New This Year
On this page, you will read about policy changes as well as upcoming construction and renovation projects that affect the application process.
R&DE Renovation Projects in Graduate Student Residences
The goal of R&DE’s Maintenance Operations & Capital Projects team is to ensure student comfort and safety in their campus homes. They provide routine maintenance and system upgrades year-round, with minimal disruption to students. However, some projects are so extensive that they can only be completed in unoccupied apartments. In these cases, students are relocated to other apartments while the renovations take place. R&DE will provide more detailed information about the project once year before the scheduled start date. There is a website that lists major renovation projects through the 2028-2029 academic year. Please note that renovation schedules do change. This chart will be updated quarterly to reflect plans at that time.
Renovations completed in the EV High-Rise Apartments
Quillen was closed for major renovation from the end of the summer 2023 through summer 2024. It will reopen in autumn of 2024. All the EV high-rise apartments have now been renovated. Here is a link to see the renovated units: https://rde.stanford.edu/studenthousing/escondido-village-highrise-apartments.
Renovations in Lyman Graduate Residences
Renovations will begin in Lyman starting in autumn 2024 and last for three years. Lyman will remain open during the project. To begin the project, 32 spaces in Building 1 (all floors of apartments ending in 01 to 04) will be taken off-line for the renovations for six months. Students who currently live there will be able to renew if otherwise eligible, but will need to relocate to a different apartment within Lyman. In spring 2025, when the first-phase of renovation is complete, the 32 students in the next phase (Building 1 all floors of apartments ending in 05 to 08) will move into the renovated apartments in 01 to 04. In autumn 2025 students in the next phase (Building 1 all floors of apartments ending in 09 to 12) will move into the renovated apartment in 05 to 08. In spring 2026, 32 students in the next phase (Building 1 all floors of apartments ending in 13 to 16) will move into the renovated apartment in 09 to 12. In autumn 2026, 48 students in the next phase (Building 3 all floors of apartments ending in 01 to 06) will move into the renovated apartment in Building 1, apartments 13 to 16. In spring 2027, 48 students in the next phase (Building 3 all floors of apartments ending in 07 to 12) will move to the renovated apartments in Building 3 01 to 06. The project will be completed at the end of summer 2027.
Renovation in the EV Low-Rise Apartments
We started renovations in the Escondido Village low-rise apartments in autumn 2021. These apartments will be completely renovated, including all new bathrooms and kitchens, as well as upgrading the plumbing and electrical systems, replacing the heating radiators in the second-floor bedrooms, replacing insulation in the attic and walls, and evaluating if the roofs need replacement. The buildings will also be painted. We will take three buildings off-line at a time each quarter for these renovations.
The students in Escondido Village low-rise apartment buildings 58, 59, and 60 will need to relocate by the beginning of summer 2024. They can still renew the same type of housing, but will need to relocate to a different apartment at the end of spring quarter. Students with children will relocate to the newly renovated apartments in buildings 61, 62, and 64 and single students will relocate to vacancies in single graduate housing.
The students in Escondido Village low-rise apartment buildings 55, 56, and 57 will need to relocate by the beginning of autumn 2024. They can still renew the same type of housing, but will need to relocate to a different apartment at the end of summer quarter. Students with children will relocate to the newly renovated apartments in buildings 58, 59, and 60 and single students will relocate to vacancies in single graduate housing.
The students in Escondido Village low-rise apartment buildings 38 and 54 will need to relocate by the beginning of winter 2025. Students will have priority in the winter assignments to relocate to vacancies in graduate housing and to renovated units if available in their apartment type.
The students in Escondido Village low-rise apartment buildings 34 and 36 will need to relocate by the beginning of spring 2025. Students will have priority in the spring assignments to relocate to vacancies in graduate housing and to renovated units in building 38 and 54, if available in their apartment type.
EVGR Two-Bedroom, Triple-Occupancy Pilot Program
In single graduate housing, students are generally assigned to a private bedroom. For 2024-25 there will be a pilot program in which we will offer a small number of EVGR premium two-bedroom, two-bath apartments with triple occupancy. One student will be assigned to a single private bedroom (with a full-sized, extra-long bed) and private bath while the other two students will share the second bedroom (with twin-sized, extra-long beds) and bath. Both the single bedroom option and the double bedroom option, that requires two students to share the same sleeping space, will be offered at a reduced rate and will only be assigned to those who specifically list them on their application. These options will not be included when students indicate they are willing to live in any option on their housing application. Since this is a pilot program, students who are assigned to these options will not be eligible to renew these housing assignments, as these room types may not be available in future years. These options are being offered to single graduate students and not intended for couples.
Off-campus Subsidized Housing
Stanford has been leasing off-campus subsidized apartments in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Redwood City to meet the demand from graduate students. These subsidized off-campus apartments will be offered along with the on-campus options in the Lottery application.
While off-campus housing choices will be available to rank on the 2024-25 Lottery application, assignment to these spaces will be based on the overall applicant demand. Because we do not know the number of spaces we will assign off-campus, students listing these choices should also rank on-campus housing options. It is important to note that students assigned to these off-campus complexes may have to consolidate within a complex or relocate to campus during the academic year if demand for housing changes.
Students in off-campus complexes are not able to renew their contracts and must join the Lottery each year.
Students in off-campus housing cannot sublet their apartments.
Students who are applying for the same category of housing and have one year of medium housing priority remaining, will receive a special assignment priority and will therefore be considered early on in the assignment process.
Autumn Assignment Priority for Students Living in Housing
During the Lottery, if a student has a lottery number and priority level strong enough to be assigned in the first round, we assign that student back to their original housing assignment (if desired) before making any other assignments. This is done to reduce the number of student moves within university assigned housing over the summer months. If we don't do that, a large number of current students would be forced to change residences within university housing. As we process subsequent autumn quarter assignment rounds, we continue to allow students to remain in place if their lottery number is strong enough to be assigned in that round. For students who are not in housing or are changing assignments, assignment order is driven by both a students’ Lottery number and their overall priority level, while the location a student is assigned to is driven by their individual housing choices and what spaces are available for assignment. We will continue to do our very best to assign students within this rubric to meet their housing needs.
Non-matriculated Students Apply in the Rolling Assignments
Non-matriculated students are not able to renew their contract and are not likely to be assigned for the autumn term, due to the demand from matriculated students starting in the autumn. As a result, non-matriculated students will not be able to apply in the first and second round of the autumn quarter assignments. They will need to wait until July 4, 2024 to submit an autumn application in the Rolling Assignments. Non-matriculated students may still apply in the first round of the winter, spring and summer quarter assignments. Non-matriculated students who are assigned for winter, spring or summer term will very likely have to move out of student housing by the end of their summer contract. We encourage non-matrics to consider assignment to the Oak Creek Apartments through the Faculty and Staff Housing Office as the contracts available though that office allow for longer contracts.