Welcome to MSU! We are excited to be your home for the next two years. MSU has a two-year live-on requirement to support your academic success; studies show students who live on campus for two years are more likely to graduate.
Each neighborhood provides you the opportunity to live, dine, study and find your own Spartan community. So, no matter where you live on-campus, you have access to resources to help you find success at MSU!
At MSU, incoming students do not select their space. Instead, students indicate their housing and roommate preferences and will be assigned a roommate by the Housing Assignments Office.
Please note: We cannot guarantee all preferences will be honored, including bathroom type. While we will do our best, space is limited and we will first focus on roommates remaining together, when possible. Due to space limitations we will not be able to accommodate room changes prior to the start of the year.
Preparing for Housing Selection - Due May 5
- First, admitted students must accept their offer of admission, pay their acceptance fee to the Office of Admissions to reserve their place in the incoming class and activate their MSU NetID.
- Incoming students will log in to their My Housing account to pay the housing application fee, submit the advance housing payment (applied toward their fall semester bill) and sign their housing contract. The housing contract, fee and payment are due by Tuesday, May 5.
- Beginning in mid-May, students will be able to indicate their housing preferences, which include roommates, bathroom style and any other community designations. Then, they will receive their housing assignments in mid-July.
- Students who are part of a living-learning community have specific housing and roommate requirements.
- Students who request gender-inclusive housing, substance-free housing or dietary housing will have these housing option requests honored above all others.
- Students will have the option to connect with potential roommates before they submit their housing and roommate preferences.
- Students will choose their preferred unlimited dining plan during the housing preference process. MSU’s dining program offers a variety of options to meet different needs and preferences.
LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Students who are in a Residential College, Living-Learning Community (LLC) or special interest program will be required to adhere to specific roommate rules and housing placements. It is the student's responsibility to ensure their chosen roommate meets the LLC guidelines.
Please visit the LLC Guidelines page for full details and information.
GENDER INCLUSIVE HOUSING
We are pleased to offer gender-inclusive housing (GIH) to our new and returning students. GIH means that, in select spaces, students from all gender identities and expressions may choose to live together. Incoming students who would like to live in GIH can request this housing during the preference process.
