Become familiar with the Duke Housing Website and navigating through important pages.
The Housing Assignments page holds all the information regarding short-term and long-term processes students encounter throughout the school year. Each process happens during a specific time of year and requires a separate application. During the application window, students can see a timeline, eligibility requirements and cost (if applicable). It is important to check the Housing Assignments page often as updates are added throughout the process. However, eligibility, processes, and deadlines are subject to change, so it is important to reach out to housing@duke.edu with any specific questions.
- Duke Housing Website
- Scroll down to Housing Assignments Icon
- Click on Housing Assignments
Check out the Annual Calendar for more a yearly time frame for processes. Policies and eligibility requirements do change, so it is important to stay updated.
- Housing Assignments page
- Scroll down to “Housing Processes” – separated into two sections; our 3 main processes and short-Term processes. This page is currently being updated so remember to check back soon for more information!
All housing applications appear on the Housing Portal. The housing portal is the main hub for all things housing and meal plan related. As housing processes become live, applications are available to students on the portal. Access to applications will depend on your class year.
Use the Annual Calendar to look ahead to when our main processes begin or for deadlines when applications are due. Please note: All housing process timelines are tentative and may be changed at the discretion of the Housing Assignments Office.
Check your Student Status on the Housing Portal.
You can check your current housing information as the 24-25 housing process progresses. This information will help you navigate the 24-25 housing process. You will see:
- Quad Connection
- Class Year
- Preferred Gender
- SDAO (Student Disability Access Office) Approved Accommodations (if applicable)
- 24-25 Application Details
- Decline Housing Status (approved housing release) (if applicable)
- If there is information on your Student Status you feel is not correct, please reach out to the respective office to get clarification (example: SDAO – reach out to the Student Disability Access Office regarding status).
Follow Housing social media accounts and check your Duke email regularly to stay up to date on housing information.
Make sure you are following Duke University Student Affairs on Instagram (@dukestudentaffairs) and you are receiving emails from the Housing Assignments office (housing@duke.edu) to guarantee you are getting updated information regarding the 24-25 Housing Application Process.
If you have any other questions after reading this email you can contact the Housing Assignments office at housing@duke.edu. Be on the lookout for more email communications and reminders on social media for information sessions, the application process, and quad building details!
Review all email correspondence from Housing Assignments, review this webpage, and attend an Information Session:
Tuesday 2/6 – LLC member/SDAO information session; Zoom link will be emailed out to students.
Tuesday, 2/13 – Rising sophomore information session; Zoom link will be emailed out to students.
Thursday, 2/15 – Upperclass information session; Zoom link will be emailed out to students.
Monday, 2/19 - All class years information session; Zoom link will be emailed out to students.
Information Sessions
The 24-25 Housing Information Sessions will be held on four different days via Zoom. Rising sophomores can attend sessions on Tuesday, February 13 or Monday, Feb 19. Rising juniors and seniors may attend sessions on Thursday, February 15 or Monday, Feb 19. Each session will be covering the same content, applicable to the designated class year. The application process including blocks, quad preferences (when applicable), single room availability, etc. will be discussed in detail. Students are strongly encouraged to attend one information session relevant to their class year.
The housing application for the 24-25 academic year will open Tuesday, February 20th. You can submit and make changes to the application until Friday, February 23rd at NOON EST. After this date and time, no changes or submissions can be made.
Below are the rates for the current 2023–2024 academic year. Historical rate increases have been between 3 and 5%. We anticipate a similar rate increase for the 2024-2025 academic year. Specific rate information will be shared upon approval by the Board of Trustees.
Single Room
Semester: $6,528
Academic Year: $13,056
Double Room
Semester: $4,942
Academic Year: $9,884
Apartment Private Bedroom:
Semester: $8,115
Academic Year: $16,230
Apartment Shared Bedroom:
Semester: $6,528
Academic Year: $13,056
Please note: Hollows room assignments are charged a single room rate.
Yes, if a male identifying student and a female identifying student want to live together, they can select this option via the application process and select a room to live in together.
We strongly suggest all students have a preferred roommate, even if you prefer a single room. You may select from whatever is available in your Quad during your self-assign time. If a single room is available, yes, you may choose it. Make sure your preferred roommate knows what your single room plans are.
Yes, even as a member of an LLC, please complete the housing application.
Students will be assigned to quads prior to the first day of their first year at Duke as every East Campus House is connected to one of the West Campus Quads. First year students will live in their East Campus residence hall as non-resident members of their West Campus quad and will live “in quad” for their sophomore year. Juniors may live in their connected quad or in Hollows/300 Swift. Class of 2025 may choose to live in a preferred quad, Hollows/300 Swift, or off campus. Students will retain their quad connection regardless of where they choose to live and will keep that affiliation even after they graduate.
The connection between each East Campus residence hall and West Campus quad will remain the same year after year.
Depending on quad size, 1-2 East Campus houses will connect to each West Campus quad. Each East Campus house hosts around 100-250 students, which means a community of 200-400 first years will transition into each quad for their sophomore year. Around 125 beds or so will be reserved in each quad for upperclass students.
Duke students are still required to live on-campus for three years. First-year students will live in their assigned East Campus residence halls. Sophomores will be required to live on-campus in their connected quad. Juniors will also be required to live on-campus in their connected quad or in Hollows/300 Swift. Class of 2025 may choose to live in a preferred quad, Hollows/300 Swift, or off campus. Students retain their quad connection regardless of where they live.
You must live in your connected quad with a roommate from the East Campus buildings in your connection. There is a 24-25 Roommate Appeal Form for the Class of 2027. The appeal form is closed at this time. Connections can be viewed here.
Class of 2027 may choose to submit a Roommate Appeal Form to live with a preferred roommate with a different quad connection. Students will be asked to provide a thorough explanation for their request. Your preferred roommate must also submit the request. HRL will assign the approved roommate pair into one of their connecting quads based on capacity. The application will be available on the Housing Portal. The form will be available on the Housing Portal from Tuesday, January 23rd until 12pm on Tuesday, February 6.
Connections can be viewed here.
All appeal requests must be submitted by 12pm EST on Tuesday, February 6th.
Terms of Appeal:
- Once you submit your appeal request, it will be reviewed by a committee of staff and faculty. They may be in contact with you to discuss your appeal and may request any applicable documentation. Decisions regarding your appeal will be made by February 12th.
- If your appeal is not granted you will follow the general assignments process based upon your original quad connection. You will be expected to find a roommate or block within your original quad connection.
- If your appeal is granted, you and your preferred roommate will be assigned the same quad connection and will submit your housing application with the ability to form a block with students also assigned to that connection.
Regardless of your appeal outcome, you must apply for housing when the application is open between February 20th and 23rd.
Sophomores can identify another sophomore roommate from within their connecting quad. This person can be of any gender identity. Juniors and seniors can identify another junior or senior to be their roommate. The student must be a currently active, enrolled student but can be any gender identity or of a differing class year (except class of 2027). If a junior or senior identify a roommate of a differing class year, it will impact the pair or block's lottery number. More to come on lottery numbers soon.
Yes. Sophomores will be able to select a sophomore roommate and request to block with friends from their same quad connection and same class year. Juniors and Seniors will be able to select their roommate and request to block with friends. Junior/Senior roommates and block members may be from the same quad connections or other quad connections, and can include juniors or seniors, but no sophomores.
You must live in your connected quad with a roommate from the East Campus buildings in your connection. There is a 24-25 Roommate Appeal Request Form that can be accessed here. Quad Connections can be viewed here.
Students returning to Duke after a separation of any kind should work with the Time Away Office to manage their return process. You may contact housing assignments regarding your residency status while your Time Away Return Form is under review.
- Students who are approved to return in the fall will likely have to apply for housing when the application reopens in the summer.
Students need to decline housing if they plan to study away for the fall semester. All students are verified via the Global Education Office.
Students who study away for the fall 2024 semester should plan to live on-campus when they return in the spring 2025 semester. Application information will be available via the HRL website in mid-September with applications going live in October.
Please go ahead and complete the housing application. Once you determine your plans for next fall you can submit the Decline Housing form via the Housing Portal. If you are in a block, please make sure your blockmates are aware of your plans. If you decline housing after assignments are made, your roommate may be assigned a random roommate.
Yes, you are still guaranteed housing. You will need to apply again for housing in October.
Yes, you may get a random roommate for the fall semester. You and your preferred roommate can identify each other for the spring semester. This may mean that you might have to move to a new assignment to be paired together if your fall roommate is not moving out.
We DO NOT “save” rooms or suites or apartment for students returning in the spring semester. It is hard for us to predict what may or may not be available for the spring semester. We must use the spaces that are vacant in the fall semester or become vacant due to graduation and/or students leaving Duke for various reasons.
For the spring semester you will be able to identify your original roommate as a preferred roommate for the spring semester. You may be required to move to be assigned together as roommates; it depends on where the vacancies will be for the spring semester. We cannot guarantee what vacancies we will have to assign roommates. We also do not honor blocks for the spring semester.
No, once you are officially enrolled in a program you will be contacted to decline your housing. This will remove your housing application and you will be removed from the process and/or assignment. It will not impact your lottery # or quad preference for self-selection.
Duke students are still required to live on-campus for three years. First-year students will live in their assigned East Campus residence halls. Sophomores will be required to live on-campus in their connected quad. Juniors will also be required to live on-campus in their connected quad or in Hollows/300 Swift. Class of 2025 may choose to live in a preferred quad, Hollows/300 Swift, or off campus. Students retain their quad connection regardless of where they live.
Any decisions regarding an off campus lottery for spring 2025 would not be made until the fall 2024 semester.
When you apply again for spring semester housing, you will be able to identify a preferred roommate, but will not be able to identify a block due to the restrictions on where the vacancies will be for the spring semester. We cannot guarantee what vacancies we will have.
Yes. When you complete the application, you agree to the 2024-2025 License and Terms, which commits you to living on campus. This is particularly important to note for seniors, who are not required to live on campus.
Students can decline housing for the following reasons:
- Met residency requirement (class of 2025 or lower)
- Housing accommodations to live off campus
- Enrolled in sponsored program (study away, Marine Lab, etc.)
- Voluntary leave from Duke (medical or personal leave, voluntary withdrawal)
- Involuntary leave from Duke (academic dismissal, administrative financial withdrawal, administrative withdrawal, disciplinary dismissal/suspension)
Otherwise, we expect all students returning from study away to live on campus.
It is important to us that students who require housing accommodations receive them, and we work with SDAO to ensure consistency in evaluating special housing accommodation requests. Students with approved accommodations will be offered priority for placement in an available space that meets their accommodations. For students who have accommodations on file, please submit the housing application to reflect your preferences. In the event your accommodation requires priority placement, housing assignments will contact you to discuss your options. More information on how to request accommodations can be found on the SDAO website.
Please note: Students with accommodations are still able to and encouraged to be a part of a roommate block.
Deadline to have an approved SDAO accommodation to be used for the 24-25 housing process: February 28th.
Deadline to have an approved SDAO accommodation to be used for the 24-25 housing process: February 28th.
In early March, we will begin reaching out to all students that have applied for housing and have a housing accommodation with specific details regarding the process. However, IF your accommodation requires a pre-assignment (assigned before general room selection), we will communicate the date and time in which you will be able to go in and select your room via the Housing Portal.
Please note: Not all housing accommodations will require pre-assignment.
If you have formed a roommate block, your block members will continue through the general room selection process and try to select rooms as close to your assignment as possible, if they wish to do so.
Deadline to have an approved SDAO accommodation to be used for the 24-25 housing process: February 28th.
We will attempt to meet your accommodation in your LLC. It will depend on if the rooms with private baths available are singles or double to allow for your roommate. We will be reaching out to you shortly to discuss your options. If you have more specific questions, please email housing@duke.edu.
Singles are available for selection based on lottery number order after all SDAO accommodations are met. In our process, this means that seniors and juniors will have lower lottery numbers and may select singles before sophomores. Doesn’t mean that sophomores can’t get singles, just means there may be limited opportunity for sophomores to select a single.
No, having a two-person block (you and a preferred roommate) on your application will not impact your randomly assigned lottery #.
We always advise students to go through the process with a roommate in mind, even if you prefer a single room.
It’s important for person in your block to know your plans during the application process so they may make decisions appropriate for them. If there are no more singles or they don’t want a single, they may choose a double room and get a roommate through the self-assign process.
You will be able to decide from the rooms available at your selection time. If a single is available, you may choose it. But if there are no singles, you will then need to select a double with your roommate.
You can complete the application without a roommate, but if you do end up in a double, you will be assigned a roommate and it could be a random roommate.
Please note: Wanting a single room and making a two-person block will not impact your randomly assigned lottery #.
There are no means in our process to increase your chance of selecting a single room.
The only exception to the process is an approval from the Student Disability and Access Office or a SDAO accommodation. If you think you have a need for special accommodations, please review the information on the SDAO website.
Deadline to have an approved SDAO accommodation to be used for the 24-25 housing process: February 28th.
You may also email housing@duke.edu if you have specific questions.
Because each student chooses their own room and there is no guarantee what may be available during your selection time, there is the ability to change plans and roommates during the actual self-assign process. You do not have to room with anyone specific in your block.