Single Graduate Housing
Graduate students or undergraduates who are 7 or more years out of high school
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Apply for Graduate Housing
Everything you need to know to find your home at Stanford.
How to Apply
Enter the annual Housing Assignment Lottery to indicate preferences and apply.
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 disability accommodations.
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.
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.
Important Dates & FAQs
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.
Key Dates
Housing Application Deadlines, 2025-26
Quarter | Assignment Round | Application Deadline | Assignment Announced |
| Autumn | Medical Accommodations | Now-April 9, 2025 to register with OAE and April 21 to apply for housing and file the Housing Accommodation request at oaeconnect.stanford.edu | May 24, 2025 |
| First Round Lottery and Renewal Assignments | May 1, 2025 | May 24, 2025 | |
| Second Round Assignments | July 2, 2025 | July 19, 2025 | |
| Rolling Assignments | July 3 – October 24, 2025 | July 21 – October 24, 2025 | |
| Winter | First Round Assignments | October 24, 2025 (apply beginning April 2, 2025) | November 15, 2025 |
| Rolling Assignments | October 25, 2025 – February 6, 2026 | November 17, 2025 – February 6, 2026 | |
| Spring | First Round Assignments | February 6, 2026 (apply beginning April 2, 2025) | February 28, 2026 |
| Rolling Assignments | February 7 – May 1, 2026 | March 2 – May 1, 2026 |
Move-in Date Options 2025-26
Quarter | Date | Student |
| Autumn | August 8, 2025 | Students with school-age children |
| August 15, 2025 | Pre-clinical MD & MSPA students | |
| August 22, 2025 | Early arrival option for all students | |
| August 22, 2025 | First-year law students | |
| August 29, 2025 | Early arrival option for all students | |
| September 5, 2025 | Early arrival option for all students | |
| September 9, 2025 | Residents of the GSB Residences | |
| September 9, 2025 | First-year GSB students | |
| September 12, 2025 | All students | |
| Winter | January 2, 2026 | All students |
| Spring | March 27, 2026 | All students |
| Summer | June 20, 2026 | All students |
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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.
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