Residence Halls

what to share on Tour

Share Your Positive Personal Experiences
- Where did you live? Favorite memories of living on campus? Best things about your hall? Fun things you did in the hall.
Roommates
- Students can use My College Roomie to match up with a roommate. It’s like, match.com, but for a college roomie.
- More than half of our students live with someone they didn’t know previously.
- Roommate success plans are developed in the fall with each set of roommates, and guided by the RA. This provides an opportunity for students talk about areas within their living space where conflicts may arise. Topics include things like, guests, study/quiet time, sleeping, cleaning expectations, and sharing.
Hall Culture
- Every hall is the best hall!
- What do students do for fun in halls? SO MANY hall socials and events. Bingo, movie nights, game nights, floor hangouts. It’s so easy to meet people and make friends.
Overall message to portray: Every hall is the best hall. NDSU Res Life puts on a million events. We do so much to help connect you to campus and make friends. We offer a ton of support to find a great roommate and have a great time living together.

All halls offer: furnished rooms, printing stations, mail, coinless laundry, cleaning supplies, recreation and media rooms, study lounges, community kitchen (with pots/pans/etc. to check out), vending machines, Wi-Fi, hall office with games/videos/entertainment options and secure keyless-card entrances. We offer free video streaming services.
Security
- 24-hour visitation policy, guests must be escorted by a resident at all times.
- Doors are locked at all times, students need an NDSU Card to gain access to your residence hall. Security cameras at all entrances.
Staff
- Hall Staff: Each hall has on-site staff—a full time Hall Director, plus student Resident Assistants. RAs help you make friends, learn about campus, and find resources. HDs are live-in professionals provide leadership and are a resource within the hall.
- Custodians: Custodians keep our buildings very clean. Bathrooms are cleaned daily in the low-rises and every other week in the high rises.
Contracts/Regulations
- Housing contracts can be submitted once a student has been admitted to the university. The earlier they apply, the earlier they are in line to select their room. Apply early to get your preferred space! The $100 housing application fee is refundable until May 1.
- All first year students are required to live on campus. Exceptions may be honored on a case-by-case basis; The most common reason would be to live with parents or legal guardians within a 35-mile radius of campus.

Traditional-style, low-rise halls
- All one-gender, community bathrooms that provide private shower and toilet spaces
Suite-style, High-rise halls:
- Co-ed floors. Two double rooms connected by a foyer with their own bathroom area
- Cater has mostly upper-division students, but some first-year spots are available.
Apartment-style residence halls and Apartments
- Transfer and upper-division students only