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.

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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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Liggett-Koenig Residential Community

Liggett-Koenig Residential College was established in 2006.

Living in St. Louis

Learn more about Washington University's unique, urban home.

Living Learning Communities

Living Learning Communities are themed-based communities that intentionally place students into a community where living, learning, and leading is constant.

Lock-Outs and Lost Key Procedures

See what to do if you get locked out of your Residential Life room or lose your keys.

Locked Out: Apartments North and South

Learn what to do if you get locked out of your home in the Apartments North or Apartments South.

Looking Out for Scams

Scams are crimes in which someone tricks a victim into giving them money or property using deception or fraud.

Luminescence National Residence Hall Honorary

Luminescence is the Washington University Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary.

Mail & Receiving Services

Residential Life in partnership with University Mail & Receiving Services is able to provide the below centers for students living on campus. Hitzeman Student Mail Center – (314) 935-5069 North […]

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