General Questions
By completing your application and paying your housing deposit by the deadline indicated in the Pitt Housing Welcome email that is sent to your University email address, you will be eligible to live in on-campus housing.
If you are planning to live on-campus as a first-year student for the upcoming 2025 - 2026 academic year, you will live in a residence hall specially designated for first-year students like you! You can list your housing preferences on your housing application, and they will be considered, along with roommate requests, when housing is assigned.
No, regardless of when an application is completed, a mass assignment is completed in June. All students who have met their individual housing deadlines and have completed their application will be assigned at this time ensuring that all students have the same opportunity to obtain their preferences.
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Applications should be completed by the indicated deadline in your Pitt Housing Welcome email. Application preferences, including meal memberships, roommates, and LLCs, must be updated by June 1.
You can find room size, dimensions, and amenities for an accommodation that you are interested in by viewing our University Housing pages.