Graduate Housing

Graduate Housing Eligibility and Guarantee -- Summer

Over the summer, graduate housing is home to graduate students remaining in housing after the academic year, new students whose programs begin over the summer months, visiting students, and other university affiliates.

Single Graduate Student Summer Eligibility and Guarantee

  • Stanford graduate students with programs that begin in summer or autumn quarters are eligible for summer housing and guaranteed if they apply by the first round deadline, May 6, 2021.
  • Summer Visitors and students from other institutions enrolled as graduate students through Stanford Summer Session, are eligible for summer housing and guaranteed if they apply by the first round deadline, May 6, 2021. 
  • Students granted non-matriculated student status by their department are eligible for housing but are not guaranteed. 
  • Stanford affiliates with no student status are not eligible for Student Housing.
  • Co-terminal students living in undergraduate housing and students transitioning from undergraduate to graduate status as newly admitted graduate students can only apply for undergraduate housing. Students assigned to graduate housing for the 2021-2022 academic year will move to graduate housing in late summer.
  • Incoming graduate students can apply for summer housing during the summer Lottery. They will not, however, have access to University facilities such as gyms, libraries, etc. until they are enrolled. 
  • Summer contracts are for 8 weeks, ending August 15, 2021. Students with autumn quarter assignments may select a 10 week contract which will end on September 1, the same day their autumn quarter contracts will begin.

Couples without Children Summer Eligibility and Guarantee

  • Stanford students in long-term, romantic relationships, and whose programs begin summer or autumn quarters, are eligible for couples without children housing. Stanford two-student couples who choose not to live together on an ongoing basis cannot live in couples' housing for the summer only.
  • Due to limited space, students applying for this type of housing are not guaranteed summer housing. Priority for assignment goes to students who are enrolled in classes during the summer months.
  • Incoming graduate students can apply for summer housing through the summer Lottery. They will not, however, have access to University facilities such as gyms, libraries, etc. until they are enrolled. 
  • Students needing couples without children housing should apply by the first round deadline, May 6, 2021.

Students with Children Summer Eligibility and Guarantee

  • Stanford students who have children and are enrolled in programs that begin summer or autumn quarters are eligible for students with children housing.
  • Due to limited space, students applying for this type of housing are not guaranteed summer housing. Priority for assignment goes to students who are enrolled in classes during the summer months.
  • Incoming graduate students can apply for summer housing through the summer Lottery. They will not, however, have access to University facilities such as gyms, libraries, etc. until they are enrolled. 
  • Students needing students with children housing should apply by the first round deadline, May 6, 2021.