- Incoming First Year students
- Visiting International Student Program (VISP)
- Incoming Transfer & Domestic Visiting students
- Rising-Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
- Students returning from Study Abroad (or Spelman College)
- Students going through the Readmission Process
- Non-Guaranteed Wait List / Commuter student
Students who have a guarantee of housing may receive a placeholder charge at the multiple room rate. Students who are later assigned to a single room will have the difference in price between a single room and a multiple room assessed to their account at the time of assignment.
Because Barnard is dedicated to promoting an inclusive and respectful community, room or roommate assignments based on race, ethnicity, religion & beliefs, religious practices, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, physical ability, and/or national origin cannot be accommodated.
Incoming First Year students
The First Year Housing Response Form is available at http://barnard.edu/reslife/new-students/ and must be submitted by June 3, 2016.
Room & Roommate Assignment information will be distributed via email in early August.
Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Incoming Transfer & Domestic Visiting students
While the College will make every effort to provide a room assignment if possible, housing is not guaranteed for new transfer students. Prioritization for housing depends on both a student's deposit date and their distance from campus. The numbers of spaces in singles and/or rooms that do not require participation in a more comprehensive meal plan are limited.
Fall Semester
The Transfer & Visiting Student Housing Response form is available online at http://barnard.edu/reslife/new-students/ and must be submitted by June 10, 2016.
Room & Roommate Assignment information, if assignment is possible, is typically distributed via email in early August.
Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Spring Semester
New Transfer & Visiting Students starting in the Spring should print and submit a Housing Application (PDF) by Wednesday, December 21, 2016.
Room & Roommate Assignment information will be distributed via email in early January.
Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Visiting International Student Program (VISP)
Students accepted to the Spring VISP program should submit a Housing Application (PDF) by Friday, November 4, 2016.
Full-Year VISP students should submit a Housing Application (PDF) by Friday, July 1, 2016.
Submitted forms must have your handwritten signature (not typed). If you are not able to fax/scan a completed form to us, you can use a website like pdfescape.com/open to fill out the form, draw your signature, and then email the completed form to housing@barnard.edu (there are also lots of iPhone & Android apps that can do this) -- please just make sure that you use the drawing tool to *DRAW* (not type) your handwritten signature on the form.
Please note that while housing for students in the VISP program is guaranteed and students may request singles on their applications, most students will be assigned to shared multiple occupancy rooms (i.e. with roommates).
Room & Roommate Assignment information will be distributed via email in early January (early August for full-year VISP students).
Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Rising-Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Eligible returning students take part in the Room Selection process in early spring to secure housing for the following academic year. Students must be currently residing in on-campus housing (or have lived on-campus for the semester prior to leaving for an approved study abroad program) in order to be eligible to take part in Room Selection.
Students who do not take part in Room Selection and wish later to apply for housing (or were not eligible to participate in Room Selection) should submit a Housing Application (PDF), no later than June 1, in order to be on the Non-Guaranteed Wait List. Priority will be given by submission date and distance from campus.
Please note that while the College will make every effort to provide a room assignment if possible, housing is not guaranteed for students who do not take part in the Room Selection process.
Students who are currently living off-campus or applying for readmission to the College should submit a Housing Application (see below).
Students returning from Study Abroad (or from visiting Spelman College)
Note: Only students who had been living in on-campus housing for the semester prior to completing an approved study abroad program are guaranteed housing (and/or may participate in Room Selection) for their return to campus. In order to receive the guarantee of housing, students must submit housing applications before the noted deadlines.
Students who withdraw before or during an approved study abroad program must apply for readmission to the College and are not guaranteed a housing assignment.
Returning for the Fall Semester (i.e. away for the Spring)
Return from Spring Study Abroad Housing Form (PDF)
If you wish to live in on-campus housing (either at Barnard or CU), you must submit the Return from Spring Study Abroad Housing Form, no later than January 1. On this form, you will designate a Proxy who will register you for Room Selection and, if applicable, pick a room for you at the Housing Lottery.
Note: even if you plan on living in CU Greek Housing, Special Interest Housing, applying for a Disability Housing Accommodation, being a RA- or ODS pull-in, etc.; you must submit the Return from Spring Study Abroad Housing Form, no later than January 1, in order to be eligible for housing.
If you do not have a Proxy select a room for you and wish later to apply for housing (or were not eligible to participate in Room Selection), please submit the Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1 in order to be on the Non-Guaranteed Wait List. Please note that while the College will make every effort to provide a room assignment if possible, housing is not guaranteed for students who do not take part in the Room Selection process.
Assignment information is distributed via email in early August. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Returning for the Spring Semester (i.e. away for the Fall)
Please fill out and submit the Housing Application (PDF) by November 1. Application forms may be faxed to 212-854-1561, emailed as an scanned PDF/JPG to housing@barnard.edu, or mailed to Residential Life & Housing / 110 Sulzberger / 3009 Broadway / NY, NY 10027.
If there is a specific room/suite with a vacancy you would like to request to live in, please specify on your application. Please have the roommate(s) / suitemates fill out and submit the Roommate / Suitemate Request Form (PDF), mutually requesting you for their room / suite, no later than December 1.
Assignment information is distributed via email in early January. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Students going through the Readmission Process
Students applying for readmission to the College should fill out and submit a Housing Application (PDF) no later than June 1 for the Fall semester and November 1 for the Spring semester. Application forms may be faxed to 212-854-1561, emailed as an scanned JPG/PDF to housing@barnard.edu, or mailed to Residential Life & Housing / 110 Sulzberger / 3009 Broadway / NY, NY 10027.
Reminder: the deadline to submit the Request for Readmission form to the Dean of Studies office is also June 1 for the Fall and November 1 for the Spring.
Please submit the application even if you are still waiting for official confirmation of your readmission (assignments will be held until readmission status is confirmed).
Please note that while the College will make every effort to provide a room assignment if possible, housing is not guaranteed for students going through the Readmission process. Students who take a Medical Leave will receive extra consideration upon application for housing as part of the readmission process; however, housing is not guaranteed. Assignments, pending the availability or space, are typically made in mid-August for the Fall and early January for the Spring.
If there is a specific room/suite with a vacancy you would like to request to live in, please specify on your application. For the Spring only, please have the roommate(s) / suitemates fill out and submit the Roommate / Suitemate Request Form (PDF), mutually requesting you for their room / suite, no later than December 1.
Assignment information is distributed via email in early August for the Fall semester and early January for the Spring semester. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.
Non-Guaranteed Wait List / Commuter students / Moving back onto campus
Students who do not have a guarantee of housing (and/or are not eligible to take part in the Room Selection process) should fill out and submit a Housing Application no later than June 1 for the Fall semester and November 1 for the Spring semester.
Because there are a limited number of rooms available, assignment to campus housing cannot be guaranteed. Students who previously lived off-campus or commuted (or did not participate in the Room Selection process) are the last students to be assigned, pending the availability of space. Priority will be given by submission date and distance from campus.
If there is a specific room/suite with a vacancy you would like to request to live in, please specify on your application. For the Spring only, please have the roommate(s) / suitemates fill out and submit the Roommate / Suitemate Request Form (PDF) mutually requesting you for their room / suite.
Assignment information is distributed via email in mid-to-late August for the Fall semester and early January for the Spring semester. Please refer to our calendar for move-in dates.