The Lottery Page [1]
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Apply for Graduate Housing
Everything you need to know to find your home at Stanford.
The deadline to apply for the 2022-23 Graduate Housing Lottery is May 5, 2022.
Housing Options
Apply on Axess
How to Apply
Enter the annual Housing Assignment Lottery to indicate preferences and apply.
Submitting Your Application [10]
Eligibility, Priority and Guarantee
Matriculated and non-matriculated students are assigned based on new student status, degree program and years in housing.
Housing Assignments
An automated assignment round is held each quarter beginning with an exemption round for student staff and students requiring medical accommodations.
Assignment Rounds [15]
Shared Single Graduate Housing
Many of the on-campus options are shared apartments in which you have your own bedroom and share common space with one, two or three other students.
Escondido Village Graduate Residences
Stanford University's newest graduate residence located in the heart of Escondido Village.
More [21]
Key Information
Housing Rates
Graduate housing charges usually fall below local area rents and include furnishings, basic utilities — water, heat, electricity, garbage, sewer and coinless/cardless laundry — in the housing rate.
Contract Lengths
The length of your contract is based on your academic program, category of housing, location of your housing assignment and when you are assigned.
- Single Grads [24]
- Students with Children [25]
- Couples without Children [26]
Changes After You Are Assigned
You may cancel your housing or apply for reassignment after you have been assigned.
Residence Agreement
The residence agreement governs occupancy, conduct and expectations for living in your apartment.
Assignment Statistics
Statistics will be added throughout the year as the assignment rounds are completed.
- Current Statistics [33]
Key Dates
Housing Application Deadlines, 2022-23
Quarter |
Assignment Round |
Application Deadline |
Assignment Announced |
| Autumn | Medical Accommodations | Now-April 5 to register with OAE and April 15 to apply for housing and file the OAE request | May 4 |
| First Round Lottery and Renewal Assignments | May 5 | May 21 | |
| Second Round assignments | July 5 | July 23 | |
| Rolling Assignments | July 6 – October 28 | July 25 – October 28 | |
| Winter | First Round Assignments | October 28 (apply as early as possible beginning March 30) | November 19 |
| Rolling Assignments | October 29 – February 10 | November 21 – February 10 | |
| Spring | First Round Assignments | February 10, 2023 (apply as early as possible beginning March 30) | March 4 |
| Rolling Assignments | February 11 – May 5 | March 6 – May 5 |
Submit your 2022-23 applications for all quarters in Axess [34] beginning on March 30, 2022.
Move in Date Options 2022-23 [35]
Quarter |
Date |
Student |
| Autumn | August 5, 2022 | Students with school-age children |
| August 19, 2022 | Pre-clinical MD & MSPA students | |
| August 26, 2022 | Early arrival option for all students | |
| August 29, 2022 | First-year law students | |
| September 2, 2022 | Early arrival option for all students | |
| September 9, 2022 | Early arrival option for all students | |
| September 14, 2022 | Residents of the GSB Residences | |
| September 16, 2022 | All students | |
| Winter | January 6, 2023 | All students |
| Spring | March 31, 2023 | All students |
| Summer | June 24, 2023 | All students |
Check in at your Housing Service Center [36]
Graduate Community
Explore the Gateway for New Graduate Students. Find the resources you need to begin your graduate career at Stanford. Check your school and department websites for important information, too.
Learn more here [37]
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