Apply for Graduate Housing

Everything you need to know to find your home at Stanford.

Application Deadline [4]

Application Brochure

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Housing Options

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Graduate Housing Map

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Apply on Axess

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2020-21 Rates Chart

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Single Graduate Housing

Graduate students or undergraduates
25 years of age or older

More [10]

Couples without Children Housing

Graduate and undergraduate students who are married or in a domestic partnership

More [11]

Students with Children Housing

Graduate or undergraduate students who have one to three legally-dependent children

More [12]

How to Apply

Enter the annual Housing Assignment Lottery to indicate preferences and apply.

Submitting Your Application [13]

Updating or Withdrawing Your Application [14]

Renewing Your Contract [15]

Eligibility, Priority and Guarantee

Matriculated and non-matriculated students are assigned based on new student status, degree program and years in housing.

Enrollment Requirements and Eligibility [16]

Assignment Guarantee and Priorities [17]

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 [18]

Medical Accommodations [19]

Student Staff Assignments [20]

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.

Applying for Shared Apartments [21]

Applying with Friends [22]

Gender-Inclusive Housing [23]

Escondido Village Graduate Residences

Stanford University's newest graduate residence located in the heart of Escondido Village.

More [24]

Key Information

Contact Information

Your housing front desk is your source for assistance and answers to your questions about living in university housing

Learn More [25]

Student Health and Security

Building Access [26]
Lost keys, lock out assistance, maintenance requests [27]
Mail & packages [28]

Residence Agreement

Key Dates

Housing Application Deadlines, 2020-21

Quarter	Assignment Round	Application Deadline	Assignment Announced
Autumn	Medical accommodations	Now-May 30 to register with OAE and apply for housing	June 12
	First round Lottery and renewal assignments	June 10	June 29
	Second round assignments	July 7	We will begin announcing assignments on July 20
	Rolling assignments	July 8 – October 23	August 3 – October 23
Winter	First round assignments	October 23 (apply as early as possible beginning May 24)	November 14
	Rolling assignments	October 24 – February 5	November 16 to February 5
Spring	First round assignments	February 5, 2021 (apply as early as possible beginning May 24)	February 27
	Rolling assignments	February 6 – April 30	March 1 to April 30

Submit your 2020-21 applications for all quarters in Axess [33] beginning on May 24, 2020.

Move in Date Options 2020-21 [34]

Quarter	Date	Student
Autumn	August 7, 2020	Students with school-age children
	August 20, 2020	Pre-clinical MD & MAPA students
	August 21, 2020	Early arrival option for all students
	August 24, 2020	First-year law students
	August 28, 2020	Early arrival option for all students
	September 4, 2020	Early arrival option for all students
	September 11, 2020	All students
Winter	December 31, 2020	All students
Spring	March 27, 2021	All students
Summer	June 19, 2021	All students

Check in at your Housing Front Desk [35]

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 [36]

Campus Dining & Retail

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