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Important Dates

  • Wednesday, February 4 at 11:00 AM - Housing registration available to eligible, current Notre Dame students.
  • Wednesday, February 18 - Priority deadline for housing accommodations are due to the Sara Bea Accessibility Services Office. Priority deadline for housing exemption requests.
  • Monday, March 23 at 11:59 PM - Deadline to register for housing to participate in room picks.
  • Thursday, April 30 - Final deadline to submit housing exemption requests for 2026-27 academic year.
  • Monday, July 6 - Final deadline to register for 2026-27 academic year housing. Registration received after deadline may not be fulfilled.

Overview - Renewal and Room Picks Process

The housing registration and room picks process allows current students the ability to renew their on-campus housing for the upcoming academic year. Every student taking part in this process is assumed to be returning to their current residence hall for the next year, but there are options for students to change their residence hall (see the Hall Transfer and Float for Single processes below). Wherever you decide you would like to live, the renewal and room picks process is the method by which a student must secure their housing for the upcoming year.

Each residence hall has its own traditions and events related to room picks, but generally there are three steps to the process: registration, lottery, and room picks.

  1. Housing registration step occurs from February 4 - March 23, 2025, in which students go online to Home Under the Dome to complete their registration for on-campus housing. If a student would like to also request to transfer residence halls or float for a single room, they can also request this no later than February 18.
  2. Lottery numbers are randomly generated in the Office of Residential Life, unless your hall has a live lottery event; the Rector will post lottery numbers for all students, which is the order in which students will be able to select their room in the hall for the next year.
  3. Room picks then occur in the hall between April 6-12, 2026. Hall staff will host a room pick event or events where students physically select a room and who they want to live with in the hall for the next year. For more information on your community's room picks process, please contact your Rector.

How to Register for On-Campus Housing

Registration for 2026-27 housing will be available on February 4 at Home Under the Dome and is due by March 23.

Housing Registration Process

Current students are asked to answer several items as a part of the housing registration, including their contact information, emergency contact information, and sign the housing contract.

Requests for Special Accommodation

Students who are in need of special housing accommodations must be in communication with Sara Bea Accessibility Services regarding these requests. The priority deadline to request or renew your accommodation is February 18 to Sara Bea in order to be considered in time for room picks. Sara Bea will communicate with the Office of Residential Life regarding students who need accommodations prior to lottery numbers being released in the halls.

Late Registration

The housing registration period for room picks closes on March 23, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Any housing registration received after this date and time will be considered late and these students will not be included in the room picks process. Late registering students who are required to live on-campus will be assigned to any remaining space on-campus after room picks by the Office of Residential Life.

Waitlist Registration

Students who are not required to live on-campus must register for on-campus housing by July 6, 2026, in order to receive on-campus housing. Registration received after this date from these students will be fulfilled as space allows after all other students are assigned on-campus housing.

Cancelled Housing Registration

If a student has applied for on-campus housing but would like to cancel their housing registration (and is eligible to cancel under the residency requirement), the student must cancel their registration online at Home Under the Dome. To cancel a submitted housing registration, login to Home Under the Dome, select the "Register for Housing" tab, select the completed "2026-27 Residence Halls" registration, and then click the cancellation option within the registration form. There is a $500 cancellation fee assessed for all registration canceled after submission, unless:

  • The student has not been assigned a room by the Office of Residential Life
  • The student has not selected a room in the room picks process
  • The student is separating or taking a leave of absence from the University

On-Campus Residency Requirement

Notre Dame students are required to live on-campus their first six semesters (please see our Residency Requirement policy to learn more). The University affirms the value of in-person community-style residential living as an essential component of the holistic formation of a Notre Dame education and expects that all required students will live on campus in Fall 2026. To this end, students who are required to live on-campus will be placed in an on-campus room and billed for this space for the 2026-27 academic year. If a student who is required to live on-campus does not complete their housing registration by March 23, they will not be permitted to participate in their hall's room pick process and will be assigned by the Office of Residential Life to available space after campus room picks are completed. These students will be notified of their housing assignment prior to the end of the spring semester. Students must complete and sign their housing registration form to properly check in to their on-campus room reservation.

Exemption Requests

Given the importance the University has placed on the undergraduate residential experience, exemptions from living on-campus in our residential communities are rare. The University affirms the value of in-person community-style residential living as an essential component of the holistic formation of a Notre Dame education and expects that all required students will live on campus. The University’s policy of meeting full demonstrated financial need of each undergraduate mitigates most financial considerations for an exemption. Additionally, personal or family ownership of local lodging does not constitute reason for an exemption.

Requests for exemption to the residency requirement are considered individually based on information gathered and rationale provided during the request process. In addition to this, exemptions shall be approved for the following reasons if the required documentation is received:

  • Married
  • Parenting
  • U.S. Military Veterans
  • 24 Years Old and Older

For more details on these specific reasons for exemption, please see the information provided below.

How to Submit a Request

Students may submit a request for exemption to the Office of Residential Life. online at homeunderthedome.nd.edu. Generally, decisions are returned within one month of receipt or sooner.

Qualified students with disabilities will be connected to the Sara Bea Accessibility Services as a part of the request process so their medical documentation can be received and reviewed. Sara Bea then provides Residential Life a recommendation based on their documentation so it can be considered with the student’s holistic request, which may include other factors outside of medically related reasons.

Married Students

Undergraduate students who are legally married should provide a digital copy of their marriage certificate as a part of their online request.

Parenting Students

Undergraduate students who are a parent or legal guardian to a minor should provide a digital copy of their child’s birth certificate, or other proof of guardianship, as a part of their online request.

U.S. Military Veteran Students

Undergraduate students who are honorably discharged veterans of the United States military should provide a digital copy of their DD214 (short/redacted version) as a part of their online request.

24 Years Old or Older

Undergraduate students must be 24 years old or older by the first day of classes for the requested semester in order to be approved. No additional documentation needs to be provided with the online request.

Other Special Considerations

Undergraduate students requesting an exemption beyond those listed above are encouraged to provide a detailed rationale as to why they believe they should be exempted from the University’s residency requirement. This should include information about how the student has tried to address the concerns shared in their rationale through University resources without an exemption (e.g. hall transfer, medical accommodations through Sara Bea, Campus Dining/nutritionist, conversations with Rector) keeping in mind that exemptions are rarely approved and a student’s individual situation should reflect this.

Deadlines

Generally, requests for exemption are considered in the term preceding the requested exemption period (e.g. request submitted in Spring 2026 for the 2026-27 academic year; request submitted in Fall 2026 for the Spring 2027 semester). Below are the deadlines by which requests for exemption should be received for consideration.

  • February 4-18, 2026: Priority application for 2026-27 housing exemption requests. Requests received in this window will receive a decision by March 20.
  • February 19 - April 30, 2026: Application for 2026-27 housing exemption requests. Requests received in this window will receive a decision starting April 1 or one month after receipt, whichever is later.
  • October 1 - December 11, 2026: Application for Spring 2027 housing exemption requests.

Hall Transfer Requests

The University believes the residential experience is an essential component of a Notre Dame undergraduate education. First-year students are randomly assigned to residence halls and assigned to live with at least one roommate to develop a sense of responsibility and to cultivate a capacity to live with people of all backgrounds. Yet, the University recognizes students may develop other points of connection on campus or sometimes feel that they are not fully flourishing in the community to which they were initially assigned. Any undergraduate students in the latter circumstance are particularly encouraged to reach out to their hall staff who can assist with concerns related to their experience of living in community in the residence halls.

Once a student has registered for on-campus housing, they will have access to the Hall Transfer/Float-for-Single Request Form online at HomeUndertheDome.nd.edu. A student must register for on-campus housing to request hall transfer. After the request period closes, Rectors will receive lists of students participating in the Hall Transfer process. Each Rector will then review applications for their hall and will determine whether or not a request will be granted in consultation with the Residential Life leadership team. These decisions will be made based upon anticipated space in the hall and occupancy numbers. Unfortunately, we may be unable to meet all requests submitted and Hall Transfer requests are not guaranteed.

There are two rounds of Hall Transfer requests, which allows for students to submit another request if their first request is denied. Round 1 requests may be submitted online between February 4 through February 18. Decisions will be released on February 27. Round 2 requests may be submitted online starting on February 27 at noon through March 2. Decisions will be released on March 6.

If approved, students will be required to participate in room picks in their new hall community. Students switching halls will receive lottery numbers at the end of the selection order. Unless they are "pulled in" by a future roommate ahead of them in the lottery list, they will choose a room after all current students in the hall have selected their rooms. Please note: The lottery number of students who are "pulling" students into their halls will not be impacted.

Once a request for hall transfer has been approved, the request cannot be cancelled. Students may not submit requests for both Hall Transfer and Float for Single; these requests are mutually exclusive. Students whose requests are not granted and who did not also indicate a willingness to transfer to any available hall will be returned to their original hall's room picks process. Late requests for hall transfer will not be accepted.

Special Hall Transfer Requests - Coyle & Grojean Halls

In Fall 2026, two new residence halls will open on-campus - Coyle Hall for male students and Grojean Hall for female students. Each community will be accepting special requests for hall transfer from current Notre Dame students who want to be a part of starting these new campus communities. From February 4-18, students may submit a Hall Transfer request (after completing their housing registration) for either Coyle or Grojean Hall. In this request, students can list up to five other students they would also like to live in the new hall with. Including these student names does not guarantee they will be your roommates (which will be determined during the room picks period for each community); rather, it allows students to create a group of friends who want to live in this community together. Residential Life will make every effort to accept each person listed in a group request. Including other student names is optional. After the request deadline, Residential Life will work with the new Rectors of these communities to select which requests will be accepted, trying to created a balanced cohort across class level and many other factors. Students selected will be offered the opportunity to accept transfer on February 27; students may choose to decline this offer.

Float for Single Requests

The Float for Single process allows students to remove themselves from their hall's room picks process to request a single room located anywhere on-campus for the 2026-27 academic year. In this process, students are not able to specify a hall. On February 20, students who have requested to Float for Single will receive a lottery number that is specific to this process. The float lottery number determines the order in which students are assigned when/if a single room becomes available. Lottery numbers will be segmented based upon class year (i.e. rising seniors, rising juniors, and then rising sophomores).

Submitting a request to float for a single room in no way guarantees nor implies availability of a single room assignment. The Office of Residential Life is unable to predict the exact number or timing of rooms available for these assignments.

Float for Single assignments are not made until after the room picks process is completed and special accommodations are made. Students requesting to Float for Single will receive notification of their assignment beginning in early May. Students who are not assigned a single room by this time will remain on the float lottery list throughout the summer and will be assigned into singles when (and if) space becomes available. Applicants who are not assigned a single room by mid-July will be assigned to a space in a multi-occupancy room (with roommates) in any hall over the summer. The assignment will be based upon space available at the time of the assignment and no specific building is guaranteed. While we attempt to find space in the original hall community, it is not guaranteed.

Applicants may cancel their Float for Single request through March 23 by emailing the Office of Residential Life. If a student cancels their request to Float for Single, they will be placed back into their hall's regular room pick lottery. After March 23, applicants cannot retract their Float for Single request, they must remain in the Float process, and they will not participate in hall room picks.

Students may not submit a request to Float for Single and a request for Hall Transfer; these are mutually exclusive applications. This request process will be available until February 18 until 11:59 p.m. as a part of the online housing registration; late requests to float for a single will not be accepted.

Room Picks Information

Each residence hall has its own traditions and events related to selecting a room for next year. Your Rector will have information and how, when, and where room picks will occur for your hall community, but each hall must complete room picks between April 6-12, 2026.

Lottery Numbers

  1. Lottery numbers for in-hall room picks will be released to students seven (7) non-break days prior to room selection night(s).

  2. Lottery numbers will be segmented based upon class year (i.e. rising seniors, rising juniors, and then rising sophomores). The classification will be determined based upon years enrolled in a University, not the number of credit hours accumulated by a student. For example, a student who enters the University with the first-year class but has enough credits to be considered a sophomore, will select their room with the first-year class. Some exceptions may apply.

  3. In rare instances where a lottery number needs to be adjusted, Rectors will submit a request through an approval process. For clarification, please consult with your Rector.

Information for Students Participating in ND-Sponsored Off-Campus Programs

Students currently studying in a Notre Dame sponsored off-campus program who are returning for the Fall semester need to complete the 2026-27 housing registration. Please be in contact with your Rector to coordinate how you will select a room for next year during your hall's room picks.

Students currently on-campus who are studying abroad through a Notre Dame sponsored program in the Fall semester WILL NOT complete the 2026-27 housing registration. You will receive information via email during the Fall semester about applying for on-campus housing for the Spring semester only.

Students currently on-campus who will be on-campus in the Fall, but are studying abroad in Spring 2027 need to complete the 2026-27 housing registration. During the Fall, the Office of Residential Life will receive a list of students studying abroad through a Notre Dame sponsored program in the Spring and will release your Spring assignment with no cancellation fee.

Information for Fifth Year Students

Fifth year undergraduate students, including those in five-year Notre Dame programs such as in the School of Architecture or Reilly dual degree program, are not eligible to participate in residence hall room picks. If fifth year students who have completed four years of a five year Notre Dame undergraduate program (Architecture or Reilly) would like to live in on-campus residence halls, they have three options. First, they are welcome and encouraged to register for waitlist housing beginning March 24. The waitlist housing registration for the fall semester has a priority submission deadline of early July. Second, these students are also welcome to apply for Resident Assistant positions in the undergraduate residence halls. To learn more information about the hiring timeline and process, please visit our Student Employment webpage on the Resident Assistant position. Finally, unlike other undergraduate students, these fifth year students are eligible to reside in Fischer Graduate Residences, which are two-bedroom apartments located on-campus and managed by Bradley Company. To apply to live in the Fischer Graduate Residences, please complete the Bradley Company "Contact Us" form to submit your inquiry.