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Important notes
- While we offer a 100% residence guarantee for incoming (newly admitted) first-year, transfer, and PhD students, we cannot guarantee a space in residence for other student types.
- Undergraduate students must be registered as full-time, enrolled in at least 1.5 credits, or be a co-op student on an approved work term to live with Campus Housing each term. For the spring term only, undergraduate students enrolled in a degree program who are taking at least 0.5 credits may also be eligible to live in residence. Contact housing@uwaterloo.ca with any questions you have about eligibility.
- Applications for Spring 2026 will open on January 8, 2026. Sign up below to be notified when the application opens.
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Types of Campus Housing Residence Applications
Campus Housing offers 3 residence applications. Read below to see which one you'll use.
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New Student Residence Application
Who uses this application: New first-year, external transfer students, and joint academic partnership students.
Note: In this application you'll apply and rank your preferences for where to live, then wait for us to send you an offer.
Campus Housing Application
Who uses this application: Upper-year/exchange students, and graduate/optometry students.
Note: As part of this application, you can self-select your own bed; you don't need to wait for us to send you an offer!
Family Housing Application
Who uses this application: Students with live-in dependents who are eligible for family residence.
Note: There is a wait-list for Family Housing.