Tuesday 1/24 – Rising sophomore information session at 7pm; Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/95035682252.
Thursday, 1/26 – Upperclass information session at 7pm; Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/99687496215.
Monday, 1/30 – Rising sophomore information session at 7pm; Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/97353633162.
Wednesday, 2/1 - Upperclass information session at 7 pm; Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/98215468481.
Tuesday, 2/7 - Friday, 2/10 – 23-24 housing application available via housing portal.
Tuesday, 2/13 - Deadline for housing office to receive new or change approvals from Student Disability Access Office (SDAO)
Wednesday, 3/1 – Juniors and seniors receive quad allocations
Wednesday, 3/1 – Deadline to cancel study away application and participate in the 23-24 housing process
Wednesday 3/1 - Wednesday 3/8 - Re-blocking period for juniors and seniors
Monday, 3/20 – Room selection time slots available
Week of March 28th - 23-24 housing room selection; schedule TBD
Week of April 4th - 23-24 housing room selection; schedule TBD
Week of April 12th - Assignment summary available to students.
Blocking provides students the option to select a preferred roommate - as well as a larger group of friends whom they’d like to live near. While blocking does not guarantee an outcome, it gives all students in the block the same selection time – which may allow you to select consecutive or proximate rooms depending on availability.
You and your preferred roommate may choose to be members of a block or simply enter the quad housing lottery as two person block. For rising sophomores, all students within a block must have the same quad connection and will select rooms in their connected quad.
As you might expect, smaller block sizes have had more success selecting rooms in direct proximity to one another, as it’s easier to find contiguous rooms when there are fewer rooms involved.
Juniors and seniors will indicate quad preferences on the housing application. If you are the member of a block, your quad preferences need to match. In the event quad eligibility differs across your block, the block leaders preference will be utilized.
Blocking Rules:
Blocking Mythbusters
Mixed blocks are defined as any one of the following:
Rising sophomores cannot participate in mixed blocks as sophomores are only able to block with other members of the class of 2026 sharing their same quad connection.
Mixed blocks can be allocated to 300 Swift, Hollows, or a quad all block members are eligible for.
What happens if your are not allocated to 300 Swift, Hollows or a quad all block members are eligible for?
Juniors and seniors will receive their quad allocations on March 1. At that point in time, all juniors and seniors will be able to participate in the re-blocking period. This allows for disbanded blocks to form new blocks with other students within their quad allocation. It also allows blocks who may have had members leave since the application was submitted in February, to add new members or disband and form new blocks altogether. The re-blocking period will conclude on March 8. No changes to blocks will be accommodated after this date and time. All members of the same block will receive the same room selection time slot on March 20. Sophomores will not participate in the re-blocking period.
Students may decline housing for a variety of reasons:
All declines are reviewed and verified via respective university offices and programs. Students who are declining housing should complete the Decline Housing form via the housing portal.
Students returning to Duke are still required to meet the three-year residency requirement. You may contact housing regarding your residency status while your return application is under review.
Housing and Residence Life is currently NOT conducting an off-campus lottery for the Fall 2023 semester. Decisions for a spring 2024 lottery will be made in early September. If decisions change or develop regarding any off campus options, eligible students will be notified.
The 23-24 QuadEX Connection Appeal Request is currently CLOSED; the deadline is Monday, January 23.
Class of 2026 students with a valid reason may choose to submit a 23-24 QuadEX Appeal Request to appeal their quad connection. You will be asked to provide thorough explanation for your QuadEx connection appeal request. If your appeal is approved, you will be allowed to form a preferred roommate pair or block within your new connection. If you have a preferred roommate, they must also submit this appeal request.
Connections can be viewed here.
All appeal requests must be submitted by 12pm EST on Monday, January 23rd.
Terms of Appeal:
Regardless of your appeal outcome, you must apply for housing when the application is open between February 7th and 10th.
Students will be assigned a room selection time slot based upon their individual or block lottery number. The order for room selection will be as follows:
Students participating in pre-assignment (students with accommodations, LLC members, quad council members) will select their rooms the week of March 6th. The above order will apply along with any additional stipulations per their group.
Students participating in general room selection will select their rooms on a specific date and time. You will be notified of your room selection time slot on March 20th. Room selection will occur across multiple days between March 28th and April 6th.
Students who preference a substance free lifestyle should find a roommate who also holds the same values. Students can indicate preference for substance free living on the lifestyle questions within housing applications to assist in roommate matching.
Duke Kunshan students are required to live on campus while in Durham, and to follow the same housing processes and deadlines as Duke students, including requesting special accommodations. Students will submit their housing applications via the Duke Housing Portal in June and may indicate their preferred Duke Kunshan roommate.
Duke Kunshan students are not eligible for Living Learning Communities as these communities manage their own recruitment processes.
The Housing Assignment Office will develop communications via email and website specifically for Duke Kunshan students.
If you are the member of a Learning Living Community, you will still need to apply for 23-24 housing. Once we receive roster information from the group directly, you will we be able to select your assignment based on availability in your LLC designated area.
Please reach out to your LLC advisor with any questions regarding LLC membership or housing.
Housing and Residence Life will no longer provide housing for SLGs or Greek organizations after the 2022-2023 school year.
Students returning to campus for the Fall 2023 semester should complete a housing application via the Housing Portal. Students studying at the Marine Lab for the Fall 2023 semester should decline housing via the Housing Portal. Students studying at the Marine Lab for the spring 2024 semester will be able to cancel housing during October 2023.
Housing process for Duke Robertson Scholars:
Housing process for UNC Robertson Scholars:
NOTE: Robertson Scholars are not guaranteed a specific housing assignment, preferred roommate, nor will they be able to swap with another student.
Fall Study Away:
Spring Study Away: