Community Living

Making WashU a New Home

Moving away from family, friends and community, even if it’s just down the street, is an adjustment. And each additional year away brings new opportunity and challenges. Feel confident in making WashU a home and keeping it a home all four years.

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Living on campus? Living off campus? Wherever you live as a WashU student, the office of Residential Life has much more to offer than room and board.

Students at the South 40 Swamp

Residential Life

It’s the starting place for new students. It’s home base for returning students. It’s a hub of academic activity and programs. It’s ResLife!

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for graduate and professional students

  • Off-Campus Housing

    Resources to assist in the search for campus-owned and St. Louis-located housing.

  • Child Day Care Subsidy

    Helps financially stressed PhD student families meet the costs of child day care tuition at licensed facilities.

  • The Graduate Center

    The Graduate Center offers dedicated spaces, programming, resources and more for graduate and professional students at WashU.

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Academic Break Housing Information

Learn more about Residential Life's winter break housing options.

Apartments North Residential Community

Apartments North Residential Community is comprised of 15 off-campus residential properties.

Apartments South Residential Community

Apartments South Residential Community is comprised of four on-campus and nine off-campus residential properties in the Ames Place/Rosedale Heights neighborhood.

Apply for Housing: Incoming First-Year, Transfer, Exchange, and Graduate Students

See the process to apply for WashU housing as a first-year or transfer student.

Congress of the South 40

The Congress of the South 40 acts as the programming body for students living on the South 40.

Faculty Associates

The Faculty Associate/Fellows Program, sponsored by the Office of Residential Life, is designed to provide opportunities for significant faculty-student interaction outside of the classroom setting.

Faculty Fellows

Faculty Fellows (FFs) are faculty members, and often, their families, who agree to live in Residential Colleges during the academic year.

Faculty Involvement in Residential Life

By participating in the program, both faculty and students gain a better understanding of the rich lives we lead outside of the classroom.

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