Residence is available to upper-year students year round!
Jobs and leadership opportunities. Dedicated upper-year spaces and options (mixed gender requests welcome)! Exclusive upper year programming to help you become job ready. We’re ready to enhance your UWaterloo experience: are you ready?
Three Step Process
Do your research and apply
We have lots of options for upper-year students. Traditional (dorm) style, suite (apartment) style, or a hybrid option (dorm style with an optional meal plan). Review our residence fast facts page, decide if you’re applying with or without roommates, and apply for the term you need housing for. Space is limited so apply early to avoid disappointment!
Accept your offer
When you accept an offer, you are agreeing to be financially responsible for your entire residence contract. This means that while fees are not due until the fees arranged deadline for the term you apply for, you will be required to pay your full residence fees, and will not be refunded if you decide to cancel your contract before its end date.
Get move in ready
There are some great job and leadership opportunities available for upper-year students in residence (both paid and volunteer). Find out about all the options available to enhance your resume and widen your social network!
Term details
Winter 2019
Continue getting the residence advantage
- Upper-year programming (Get Ready for: Life After Graduation program)
- Jobs & Leadership opportunities
- all-inclusive residence fees mean you don’t pay extra for:
- Utilities
- Unlimited high-speed Internet
- Maintenance
- Safety and security
- Study and meeting rooms
- Grocery shuttle
- Staff and peer support
- Choose your own roommate (mixed gender requests are not a problem).
Communities available for winter 2019
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Columbia Lake Village -South (CLV-South)
CLV is a suite-style residence, with single rooms in 4-bedroom townhouse.
Claudette Millar Hall
CMH is a traditional-style residence, with single rooms and semi-private rooms.
Mackenzie King Village (MKV)
MKV is a suite-style residence, with a single room in a 4-person suite.
How to apply
- Decide who you want to live with. Round-up your roommate group, or you can apply on your own and we’ll match you with some new friends. Do you have a larger roommate group than will fit in one of our suites? Or you and your friends want single traditional-style rooms near each other? You can request to live on the same floor or building. We try our best to make special requests happen.
- Decide which residence you’d like to live in.
- Apply online. The winter 2019 application is now available. Room offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply early to make sure you get your first choice of building and room accommodations!
- Check your UWaterloo email often, as we will be sending offers soon after you submit an application.
- Accept your contract offer by clicking the link in the offer email. You're all set!
Spring 2019
Continue getting the residence advantage
- Upper-year programming (Get Ready for: Life After Graduation program)
- Jobs & Leadership opportunities
- all-inclusive residence fees mean you don’t pay extra for:
- Utilities
- Unlimited high-speed Internet
- Maintenance
- Safety and security
- Study and meeting rooms
- Grocery shuttle
- Staff and peer support
- Choose your own roommate (mixed gender requests are not a problem).
Communities available for spring 2019
| Contract option | CMH | UWP |
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Claudette Millar Hall
CMH is a traditional-style residence, with single rooms and semi-private rooms.
How to apply
- Decide who you want to live with. Round-up your roommate group, or you can apply on your own and we’ll match you with some new friends. Do you have a larger roommate group than will fit in one of our suites? Or you and your friends want single traditional-style rooms near each other? You can request to live on the same floor or building. We try our best to make special requests happen.
- Decide which residence you’d like to live in.
- Apply online. The spring 2019 application is now available. Room offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply early to make sure you get your first choice of building and room accommodations!
- Check your UWaterloo email often, as we will be sending offers soon after you submit an application.
- Accept your contract offer by clicking the link in the offer email. You're all set!
Fall 2019
It's not too early to secure a space you'll love for next fall!
- The convenience factor: live where you learn!
- EXCLUSIVE Upper-year programming (Get Ready for: Life After Graduation program)
- Flexible contracts
- Jobs & Leadership opportunities
- All-inclusive residence fees mean you don’t pay extra for:
- Utilities
- Unlimited high-speed Internet
- Maintenance
- Safety and security
- Study and meeting rooms
- Grocery shuttle
- Staff and peer support
- Choose your own roommate (mixed gender requests not a problem!)
- Choose your own space
- Virtual tours available
- Accept financial responsibility
Communities available for fall 2019
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Take a virtual tour!
Columbia Lake Village -South (CLV-South)
CLV is a suite-style residence, with single rooms in 4-bedroom townhouse.
How to apply
- Decide who you want to live with. Round-up your roommate group, or you can apply on your own and we’ll match you with some new friends. Do you have a larger roommate group than will fit in one of our suites? Or you and your friends want single traditional-style rooms near each other? You can request to live on the same floor or building. We try our best to make special requests happen.
- Decide which residence you’d like to live in.
- Apply online. The fall 2019 application is now open. Room offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply early to make sure you get your first choice of building and room accommodations!
- Check your UWaterloo email often, as we will begin to send offers shortly after the application opens.
- Accept your contract offer by clicking the link in the offer email. You're all set!
Co-op
Did you know that you can live in residence during local co-op terms? Residence contracts match your academic stream so you only pay for the terms you're on campus – no worries about finding a subletter!
