Housing FAQ for Students Participating in Study Abroad Programs

• You will not participate in housing selection.
• You will need to complete the Winter Housing Application; this will be available later in the Fall Term through eRezLife. Check the University Housing Dates for when the form is available and the deadline. The Application provides the opportunity to request a specific room assignment for Winter Term and/or list your housing preferences.
• If you have identified a student to swap rooms with (i.e., a fall student going abroad Winter Term), please ensure that you’ve noted this on your Winter Term Application. (The Office of
• Housing & Residence Life will work with any student unable to secure a room swap.)
  Winter Term room assignments will be released through eRezLife prior to the end of Fall Term (exact dates will be noted on the housing application).
• You will not be billed for Fall on-campus housing.

Register for the Housing Lottery by the communicated deadline by filling out the housing agreement via eRezLife. If you happen to have the earliest timeslot, you will need to be responsible for room selection in order to have the best choices available at that time. It will be your responsibility to stay in close communication with any roommates/roommate groups.

Instructions for completing applications will be provided when housing applications open in the Fall. This process will be communicated via WLU email.

• Students are encouraged to coordinate with friends and classmates to arrange a room swap. The Office of Housing & Residence Life will make every effort to honor all mutual room swap requests if submitted via the proper application/form by the advertised deadlines. It is important to communicate with ALL current residents in the apartment/townhouse where you intend to reside to ensure a smooth transition back to campus.
• Be sure to complete the Winter Housing Application by the communicated deadline and indicate your building and room type preferences in rank order. The Office of Housing & Residence Life will work with any student unable to secure a room swap based on available vacancies. The sooner you reach out to Residence Life for assistance the better.
   

Yes. Residence Life staff will work closely with students who are interested in living with a specific group of people by “swapping out” particular spaces where the student studying abroad in the Fall moves into the room of the student who will be studying abroad Winter/Spring Term. We will attempt to honor such requests, but good planning and communication is essential for this to occur. This process will be conducted during Fall Term. In the event two or more people leave your apartment/townhouse for Study Abroad, the Office of Housing & Residence Life will also allow/consider consolidations. Room swaps are not final until approved by the Office of Housing & Residence Life and may be reversed if study abroad plans fall through. You will not be penalized if you are unable to find someone to fill your room.
 

All placements will be announced prior to the university closing for Winter Break via WLU email.

We will review and approve requests for apartment/townhouse consolidations on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Residence Life.

You will need to move out completely before you leave for Winter Break by the posted closing date. See University Housing Dates.

Yes. Facilities Staff will be asked to clean all bedrooms vacated at the end of Fall Term. In the event of room consolidations, students must completely move into the consolidated apartment/townhouse room BEFORE leaving campus for Winter Break in order for Facilities Staff to clean. Cleaning is not provided for common areas in the Village or Woods Creek Apartments.

Students returning from fall study abroad programs may move into campus housing on the posted date. See University Housing Dates.

Be sure to complete the Winter Housing Application by the communicated deadline and indicate your building and room type preferences in rank order. The Office of Housing & Residence Life will work with you on a placement based on your preferences and space availability.

Last minute planning could impact your housing assignment. Written notification from the student declining to participate in the Winter study abroad must be received two weeks before end of Fall Term along with confirmation from the Center for International Education. After this time frame, the student no longer going abroad Winter Term forfeits his/her Fall Term room assignment to the returning student that has been assigned for Winter Term. The student returning to campus for Winter Term will be permitted to live in the room as assigned unless an alternative, mutual agreement is reached between students. The student no longer going abroad will be reassigned to a different campus housing room by the Office of Housing & Residence Life in order to comply with the 3-year residency requirement.
 

Spring Term Housing Applications will be available in April. Housing considerations will only be made for those enrolled in a Spring Term course. Students going abroad Winter Term must completely move out of campus housing at the end of Fall Term. Your room will be reassigned to a student that has been abroad Fall Term. You may NOT store any items in University Housing while abroad. We do not “hold” rooms. If your original room is still available, you may be assigned there. If not, you will be assigned a space based on availability at the time of your Spring term housing application.

This annual room rate is payable in two equal installments, as billed in advance by the University Business Office. A Student studying abroad will only be charged for University Housing during the term they reside on campus. No separate room fee is charged for spring term for those students who have paid the Comprehensive Tuition and room fees in either the Fall or Winter Term, in full. However, a student returning for Spring Term enrollment who has not paid the Comprehensive Tuition and room fees for either the Fall or Winter Term will be billed a prorated amount for housing. There is no refund for study abroad Spring Term.

As long as you lived in and paid for University Housing for either the Fall or Winter term, no — there will be no additional charge for Spring Term housing thus no financial credits are issued for those studying abroad for Spring Term.

Students participating in winter study abroad during the upcoming year will participate in the Housing Lottery and live on campus during the upcoming fall term. Students will NOT be billed for on-campus winter/spring term housing. Students abroad Winter/Spring Term will be required to completely move out of campus housing PRIOR TO end of fall term/winter break.