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Fall 2026 Housing Process for First Year & Transfer Students

January 15 to May 15

Complete the Housing Application and Roommate Matching Questionnaire.

Apply for Specialized Housing: (Optional)

  • Emerging Leader
  • Honors Complex
  • Army ROTC
  • Engineering
  • Mixed Gender
  • Nursing & Health Professions
  • Business
  • The Arts


May 15 to May 21

Form Your Roommate Group in the Housing Portal.

Groups Where Housing Staff Completes Room Selection for Students:

  • ADA Accommodations
  • Scholarship Athletes
  • All Specialized Communities, except Honors


May 23 to June 3

Your Roommate Group Selects a Room

Room Selection Schedule:

Date Room Type
May 23-24

Honors Complex Shared Singles - interested groups must have emailed Residence Life a request for a shared single: reslife@uakron.edu

  • New incoming Honors Students only who complete the Themed Housing application
  • Must have a 2-person roommate group
  • Assignments emailed out by 4pm on May
May 26

Honors Complex Shared Singles and Doubles

  • Must be a 15f year Honors Student who completes the Themed Housing application
  • Must have a 2-person roommate group
May 27

Honors Clusters

  • Includes: (If Available) Apartments/Shared Singles in Exchange: Doubles in South
  • Must be an Honors student who completes the Themed Housing application
  • Must have a 2-person roommate group for shared singles and doubles
May 28

Apartments (If available)

  • Must have a 2-person roommate group to participate
May 29

Shared Singles (If available)

  • Must have a 2-person roommate group to participate
June 1

Doubles & Suites

  • Must have a 2-person roommate group to participate
June 2

All room types

  • Must have a 2-person roommate group to participate
After June 2

Residence Life will assign anyone with a completed contract who did not participate in a selection date after June 2nd