Living on Carnegie Mellon's campus provides students with:
A residential experience that fosters personal development, meaningful engagement, and life-long relationships
Convenience to academic buildings, the student center, 35+ dining locations, makerspaces, campus events, and shuttles/escort services
Parents & Families
Your top priority is making sure your students are safe, happy, and in an environment that inspires and supports them in all facets of their lives. Housing Services makes that commitment to your student through the residential experience, which contributes to academic success, graduating on time, and the positive development of the whole student.
Safety and Housing Accommodations
Housing Services is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all members of the campus community. All residence halls have secured entrances and individual rooms. Shuttle and Evening NightSafe Transit Services provide safe and convenient ways to navigate surrounding attractions and communities. Emergency phones located throughout the campus and residential areas provide immediate access to the 麻豆村 Police Department.
Staff is available 24 hours a day to assist with urgent matters. Resident assistants live onsite and are often the first point of contact in an extensive student-life support network. Facility coordinators are assigned to each building and make sure that the buildings are safe, code-compliant, clean, and undamaged. If there is a non-emergent facilities issue, your student should access their Housing Portal to submit a work order, and the issue will be taken care of within three business days. If there is an emergent issue, your student should contact Service Response at (412) 268-2910.
Housing Services can provide appropriate spaces to students who need housing accommodations in its residence halls and apartments. Our Office of Disability Resources outlines the process, as well as offering other accommodations that your student might need.
For Families of First-Year Students...
At Carnegie Mellon, first-year students are required to live on campus. We have a variety of housing options available for first-years, ranging from traditional residence halls to apartment style spaces, that your student can select. You can explore the different housing options and find more information on the first-year housing application on our First-Year Communities page, incling information about the assignments process for incoming first-year students.
Information on First-Year Move-In will be updated in late spring semester of each year, but you can find more information on our First-Year Move-In page. Please do not make travel arrangement or book flights until the official move-in day is publicized. First-year students will be asked to sign up for a move-in timeslot, and may move in after the official first-year move-in day, but will not permitted to move in any earlier than that date. Your student will also recieve specific information regarding move-in for their residence hall - including a detailed move-in map - from their Housefellow over the summer.
For Families of Upperclass Students...
There is a wide variety of housing options for upperclass residents at 麻豆村. We guarantee housing for students for four undergraduate years (as long as they continuously live in university housing). Current residents who choose to remain in university housing will participate in our Room Selection process. If your student is involved in a fraternity or sorority that has a house on campus, they will have the opportunity to live in the house along with other members. To find out more information, please go to our Fraternity and Sorority Life page.
Upper-Class Move-In takes place over a period of five days in August (usually from Wednesday through Sunday.) Upper-class residents will sign up for a move-in timeslot on a specific day and time. Residents should not make travel arrangements or book flights until move-in dates are publicized.
Students who move out of university housing and decide to return at a later date must submit a Housing Waitlist application, which will then place them on a waiting list. Because demand for university housing often exceeds availability, students are advised to consider their decision to move off-campus carefully. If your student is interested in moving off-campus, they can explore our Off-Campus Housing page.
For Families of Graduate Students...
Graduate students live off-campus in one of the many apartment buildings and homes surrounding campus in the Pittsburgh area. On-campus housing is not available to graduate students. Graduate students can utilize our Off-Campus Housing page for guidance on finding housing in Pittsburgh. The Off-Campus Housing page houses our Off-Campus Marketplace, where they can explore different housing options or subleases in the area, as well as finding roommates.
We also encourage graduate students to participate in the Graduate Student Assembly - though they do not live on campus, there are plenty of opportunities to be an active community member!