Apply Now, Select Later

Pay application fee and agree to contract terms

Payment example: After you apply and sign your contract you’ll be prompted to pay the $50 non-refundable application fee. This needs to be submitted to have a complete application and contract, and to receive a group number for room selection. Students who receive an application fee waiver from KU Admissions also receive an application fee waiver from KU Student Housing.

Room selection schedule

Room selection occurs in the spring and you receive an email with your group number. The group number corresponds to a window of time that you can select your room. Here is the schedule.

This worksheet may help as you make your decisions.

Sign into Housing

• Choose "myKU" from the uppermost blue navigation bar above or go to the myKU portal page using a desktop computer, not a tablet or phone.
• Enter your KU online ID and password.
• Click “Services” and click “Student Housing.”
• Click “Sign into Housing.”
• Click "Select a Space and Dining Plan." If you have a preferred roommate you will need the roommate PIN and dining plan.

Please note: As students self-assign or are pulled in as roommates, any remaining spaces in a room, suite or apartment are available for selection by other students. KU Student Housing retains the right to assign or reassign any remaining spaces. Students may reenter the self-assign process to seek a space or building change.

1. Identify your room and dining choices.

Consider your options before choosing your space or before choosing your apartment. Residents who will live in residence halls must also choose a dining plan. View the rates and definition of room type. This worksheet will help as you make your decisions.

2. Select your space (April 2020).

Your group number determines your room selection date, which begins in April 2020 for new incoming residents. Returning residents choose space in February, prior to new residents.

3. Sample screen shots and instructions for selecting your space.

• Set or change your roommate PIN. (pdf)
• Room selection with a specific roommate. (pdf)
• Select a space without pulling in a specific roommate (potluck). (pdf)
• Add a roommate to a room you previously selected. (pdf)
• If you have selected a room and want to change your space to another room or hall that has vacancies. (pdf)
• Current housing residents only: Keep your current space next year. (pdf)
• Current housing residents only: Keep your current space next year with a specific roommate. (pdf)

Here are instructions you'll need if you have a specific roommate. The roommate with the lowest group number should be responsible for the room and dining plan selection for the group.

Please note: As students self-assign or are pulled in as roommates, any remaining spaces in a room, suite or apartment are available for selection by other students. KU Student Housing retains the right to assign or reassign any space. Students may reenter the self-assign process to seek a space or building change.

• Set or change your roommate PIN (pdf)
• Room selection with a specific roommate (pdf)
• Add a roommate to a room you previously selected (pdf)

Roommate matching

If you wish, you may complete a questionnaire regarding potential roommate preferences, as part of room selection. So that you can become familiar with the questions in advance, the pdf below outlines the questions and how to interpret the "yes, no, no preference" options you're given. You will see a potential roommate's cell phone number and may use that to call or text, or in the textfield at the end, "About Me," drop your snap or Insta.

• Roommate matching questionnaire (pdf)

Here are instructions on how to find the questionnaire.

• Choose "myKU" from the uppermost blue navigation bar above or go to the myKU portal page using a desktop computer, not a tablet or phone.
• Enter your KU online ID and password.
• Click “Services” and click “Student Housing.”
• Click “Sign into Housing.”
• Click "Roommate questionnaire."

The roommate report asks that you select – from your own roommate questionnaire - your five most important lifestyle preferences. It will compare your answers with another student’s survey to see if you match and may help you identify prospective roommates. Keep in mind that more than half of new incoming students living on campus don’t pre-select a roommate before room sign up. If, after you look around a bit, you decide to go potluck, that’s OK.


• Instructions for generating a roommate matching report based on the questionnaire (pdf)

When you choose your room online, you will see the abbreviations for each building name. The abbreviations and the full building name are below. If you have questions, call KU Student Housing, 785-864-4560.

Building ID Building Name AMI K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall BAT Battenfeld Scholarship Hall COR Corbin Hall DOU Douthart Scholarship Hall DOW Downs Residence Hall ELL Ellsworth Hall GPH Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall GSP GSP Hall HAS Hashinger Hall JTA Jayhawker Tower A Apartment JTB Jayhawker Tower B Apartment JTC Jayhawker Tower C Apartment JTD Jayhawker Tower D Apartment KRE Krehbiel Scholarship Hall

Building ID Building Name LEW Lewis Hall MAR Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall MSM Marie S. McCarthy Hall Apartments MIL Miller Scholarship Hall OLI Oliver Hall (closed) OSW Oswald PEA Pearson Scholarship Hall RIE Rieger Scholarship Hall SEL Sellards Scholarship Hall SLF Self Hall STO Stouffer Place Apartments STE Stephenson Scholarship Hall TEM Templin Hall WAT Watkins Scholarship Hall