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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Robert S. Brookings Residential Community

Brookings Residential College was founded in 1999 and is comprised of Lien and Gregg houses, located near the Clocktower on the South 40.

Room Cancellation Policy

Read the Residential Life room cancellation policy.

Room Change Process

See the process for requesting a room change and get answers to frequently asked questions.

Room Rates

See current room rates for Residential Life at WashU.

Safety and Security Improvements: New Shuttle Routes!

New routes, less wait time and more options for getting around the Danforth Campus and around town.

SafeZones

Undergraduate SafeZones is a peer facilitation group that educates and fosters discussion around LGBTQIA* issues.

Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Testing

HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are on campus. All people who engage in oral, vaginal and/or anal sex are at risk.

Shanedling, Dauten and Rutledge Residential Community

Shanedling, Dauten and Rutledge Residential College is affectionately known as The JK and L, or just JKL.

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