RESOURCES FOR INCOMING STUDENTS

Students will have the opportunity to express interest in participating in the Communitas Learning Community and apply to a theme as part of the Housing Application. 

Roommates

Selection of a preferred roommate(s) is optional. This process is for students who have someone they know and with whom they would like to live. Residence Life will make a reasonable effort to accommodate preferred roommate requests. 

• Your preferred roommate(s) must have been admitted to the University as a Resident Student and have paid their Admission Deposit.
• Interest in residing together must be mutual, and both students must verify each other on the Housing Application. 

• Students will have the ability to identify a preferred roommate(s) on the Housing Application in May.
  • If a student wishes to add a preferred roommate(s) after submitting their housing application, they may edit their Housing Application in the Housing Portal until May 31. Requests received after May 31, 2025 may not be honored.
  • Incoming first-year students have the ability to identify one or two preferred rommates.
  • Students should note that space in standard triple rooms (rooms designed to accommodate 3 students) may be assigned to students requesting to live with more than one preferred roommate in addition to students who only request one roommate.

Housing Assignments

First-year housing assignments and roommate information will be available during the last week of July. Students will receive an email to their villanova.edu address when housing assignments are available.

• First-year residents may not request a specific area, building, or type of room on campus. 
  
• Housing assignments for preferred roommates will be based on the earliest date of housing application submission of the two (or more) roommates. 

New residents are assigned housing and roommates based on gender, enrollment in designated Learning Communities or Special Interest Housing Options. 

Everyone who submits their housing application by the May 31 deadline will be given equal opportunity and are randomly allocated in our system for their housing assignment.

Incoming first-year housing accommodation requests must be submitted by June 15, 2025. Any requests received after this date may not be honored. 

• Students seeking a housing accommodation must indicate "yes" within the "housing accommodations" page via the online housing application. Please follow additional instructions outlined within the "housing accommodations" page. 
• Housing accommodation requests do not guarantee you a space in a particular area/building/room type as the University is limited to the space that is available. 
  • Housing accommodations are for the approved student and do not extend to their roommate(s).
• All housing accommodations are processed and approved/denied directly through the Office for Access and Disability Services and/or Learning Support Services. Please visit the websites below for more information. 

Students who are admitted to the University as a “resident” are guaranteed three consecutive years (six consecutive semesters) of on-campus housing, beginning with the Fall semester of the academic year of their admission. Students who forego a semester(s) of housing for any reason (i.e. participation in a study abroad or internship program, deferred acceptance, leave of absence) are not guaranteed an additional semester(s) of housing in their fourth year.

Housing for a fourth year is not guaranteed, except to students who are admitted to the University with Presidential or certain scholarships that specifically guarantee a fourth year of housing. There is an annual housing lottery for seniors interested in on-campus housing. On-campus housing is limited, and typically, housing is available for one-third of the senior class.

Housing for transfer students will be offered on a limited and rolling basis for Fall 2025. Transfer students will be notified of housing availability with their offer of admission, but additional spaces may be offered if space becomes available.