Roommates
Roommate Information
Finding a roommate is not required. We have many students who simply select their preferred living space and another Jayhawk chooses the remaining space(s). However, if you would like to pick your roommate, be aware you will only be allowed to pull ONE other person during room selection. Housing & Residence Life offers an optional roommate questionnaire as a tool to help you meet fellow Jayhawks wanting to live on campus.
Roommate Questionnaire
This questionnaire helps you find potential roommate matches based on your preferences. Utilize the bio area to further indicate information about yourself, lifestyle, and building/community preferences. A roommate matching report will compare your answers with other students' answers. You will see contact information for potential roommates and may use that to connect with each other. The questionnaire can be found in your MyKU Portal.
You can find the roommate matching questions below, including a description of the question, and what would be indicative of a “yes” or “no” answer. The Questionnaire will be available from February 3 until May 16 at 8:00 a.m. CST. Students will have the ability to print roommate matching reports from February 10 until May 19 at 8:00 a.m. CST.
I plan to live in a special interest community and would like a roommate who wants to live in the same special interest community. The special interest communities are Gender Inclusive Housing, ROTC, Engineering, and Honors. (Indicate in your bio which learning community you plan to live in).
This question serves the purpose of helping a student find a roommate in the same special interest community. For students interested in Gender Inclusive Housing who may not feel comfortable indicating this interest in the roommate matching portal, additional opportunities to connect with potential roommates will be shared with you by email.
Yes – I’m planning to live in a special interest community, have completed the special interest community form in the myKU portal, and am looking for a roommate who is living in the same special interest community.
No – I’m not living in a special interest community
I am an upper-class student returning to KU or a transfer student seeking an upper-class roommate.
This question asks about the importance of your roommates’ year in school.
Yes – You are an upper-class student and are seeing an upper-class roommate.
No – You are an upper-class student or an incoming first-year student and are not interested in living with an upper-class student.
I would be a good roommate to a person who identifies as trans and non-binary, including an individual with varying gender identity, sex identity, or gender expression.
The University of Kansas and Housing & Residence Life are committed to creating and supporting representative, equitable and inclusive communities for all students, including all gender identities. For some students, gender identity does not align with biological or birth-assigned sex. Roommate, room selection and assignments processes are based on sex, with female students assigned with female students and male students assigned with male students. The purpose of this question is to help students who may identify differently to search and request potential roommates who are open to, accepting of, and comfortable living with gender-diverse roommates.
Yes – I would feel comfortable and willing to live with a trans or non-binary person.
No – I would not feel comfortable.
I feel comfortable living with a roommate who chooses to drink alcohol and/or congregate socially around others consuming alcohol.
Students have many social choices when they come to campus. Although it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to consume alcohol, many minors choose to do so. KU encourages healthy decision making and drinking responsibly. We want students to answer this question honestly as we are aware that alcohol use may impact roommate dynamics.
Yes – I would feel comfortable living with a roommate who chooses to drink alcohol and or/congregate socially around others consuming alcohol.
No – I would not feel comfortable living with a roommate who chooses to drink alcohol and or/congregate socially around others consuming alcohol.
I am focused on academics and prefer roommates wanting to create a quiet environment conducive to studying.
This question helps to clarify the importance of study habits.
Yes - I do prefer roommates who want quiet environments for studying.
No - I am okay with conditions that aren't as quiet.
I feel comfortable with frequently visiting guests, who do not violate the Student Housing Guest Policy.
Some residents are more social than others. It is important to know how visitors and guests affect the roommate dynamic.
Yes - I am comfortable with frequent guests.
No - I prefer not to have many visitors or guests in my room.
Include information that would help potential roommates learn more about you. This could include:
- Special Interest Community
- Buildings you would like to live in
- Major
- Year in school
- Pronouns, if safe
- Hobbies and interests or what you hope to be involved in as a student
- Cleanliness habits
- Routine habits, such as waking up early, staying up late, etc.
- Studying habits, such as limited noise/distractions, music playing, etc.
- Temperature you prefer in spaces
- In state, out of state, or not from the United States
- Bringing an approved emotional support or service animal
- Ways you manage and work through conflict (passive, direct)
- Whether or not you are a smoker