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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Housekeeping Request Form

Submit this form for all nonemergency housekeeping requests in Residential Life housing.

Housing Application for Continuing Students

Learn the application process and explore some of the housing options for continuing students.

Housing Application for Continuing Students

Updated 03/15/24   The Undergraduate Continuing Student Housing Application and Housing Selection process is designed to support rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors as they apply and select Residential Life managed […]

Housing in St. Louis for International Students

All the information you need to consider where to live in St. Louis

Housing Maintenance Request Form

To complete a maintenance request you may either fill out the online form or print this out and turn it in to the South 40 Office of Residential Life.

How to Help Students of Concern

Learn how to recognize behaviors of concern and how to help students who need support.

If You Have Been Accused of Relationship or Sexual Violence

Learn about the process if an individual seeks disciplinary action or pursues a formal Title IX complaint against you for sexual misconduct.

Immediate Care of an Intoxicated Person

For immediate medical assistance call 314-935-5555 for on-campus help, or 911 from off campus.

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