General Room Selection

Are you looking for convenient on-campus accommodation? We have a variety of rooms and buildings available for general selection so that you can choose your perfect Pitt home!

Upper-Class Students: Rising Sophomores and Juniors 

Rising Sophomores and Juniors who paid their tuition deposit prior to May 1, 2025, and met their financial deposit and housing application deadlines of January 20, 2026, are eligible to choose University-owned housing as a guaranteed upper-class student. 

If you received the Housing Application and Lottery number information in your Pitt email, you must process your housing application and deposit by the due date of January 19, 2027, to be guaranteed housing. 

1. Your Housing Selection Lottery Number will be used to determine the order in which you select your room. This is a unique number within the range of the total number of current guaranteed residents. View our Non-Guaranteed Student Housing Selection Process if you received a Housing Selection Process email that stated that you are a Non-Guaranteed Student. 

2. You will participate in the Selection process in order of your years in housing and then your Housing Selection Lottery Number. Once announced, rising Juniors and Sophomores will select on the housing portal.

3. Roommates may choose to live together, provided everyone has a housing guarantee and a valid Housing Selection Lottery Number. The roommate with the lowest Housing Selection Lottery Number can log on at the scheduled time and select a room for all of the roommates.

4. Roommates with different academic class statuses may choose to live together, provided all have a housing guarantee. The roommate with the highest academic class status can log on at the scheduled time and select a room for all of the roommates. 

5. Any person who has a housing guarantee and a valid Housing Selection Lottery Number, has paid the $325 deposit, and has processed a housing application for next year, but is unable to select a room during their designated time during general room selection, should contact Panther Central.

 6. If you do not retain your accommodation, then you will be advised to complete the General Room Selection Process.