Stanford is a residential university
that provides on-campus housing for over 4,000 graduate students.
Residences serve as focal points of intellectual, recreational,
and social interchange. Graduate residences offer student
living environments diverse in background, language, culture,
race, and religion of their residents. Through its residence
program, Stanford seeks to provide graduate students with
a supportive, friendly environment where they are encouraged
to develop a strong sense of community.
Residence Program. The University's
philosophy of graduate student housing is based on the premise
that supporting high quality graduate scholarship and research
is central to the mission of the University. By providing
affordable housing in proximity to academic resources, the
University creates an environment conducive to research
and intellectual dialogue among students, their peers, and
faculty members.
All residences offer social, educational, and cultural
events. Film series, faculty talks, workshops, parties,
and trips are among the variety of activities available.
Some residences also offer special classes in such diverse
subjects as aerobics, English as a Second Language, and
LaMaze childbirth. Couple/Student with Children Housing
has an active Student Spouse Network.
Programs in the residences are supported by a team of professional
and student staff members designated for each residence
or cluster of residences. Residence Deans provide counseling
and crisis intervention and act as resources to facilitate
problem solving. Graduate Resident Assistants are students
who help build community and help other students enjoy and
learn from their residential experiences. Residences also
have Resident Computer Coordinators who manage in-house
computer clusters, educate residents about computing at
Stanford, consult on computer-related problems, and support
in-room connections. In the Rains Houses, Multicultural
Theme House Coordinators help plan programs that support
the needs of students of color.
Residence Options. Residence
options available to single graduate students include apartments,
dormitories, and cooperative houses. Couples without children
and students with children live in apartments. Residences
vary greatly in their size, age, style of architecture,
and layout of student rooms/apartments and common areas.
All residences are located within ten minutes walking or
biking distance of most classrooms and libraries. Single
student rooms and apartments are fully furnished with the
exception of single-occupancy apartments in Escondido Village
which are available either furnished or unfurnished. Couples
without children and students with children may select from
either furnished or unfurnished apartments.
For more information on residence options at Stanford,
take our virtual Residence
Tour.
Applying for Housing. New,
matriculated graduate students are guaranteed housing during
their first year at Stanford if they are willing to accept
assignment to any residence for which they are eligible
and apply by the deadline to enter the Graduate Housing
Lottery. Matriculated students with children are guaranteed
four years of housing. Matriculated students who apply after
the deadline for the Lottery are given a priority for assignment
on the Waiting List or in subsequent assignment processes.
Non-matriculated students (those not pursuing degrees at
Stanford) are only eligible for housing after all matriculated
students have been accommodated. Non-matriculated students
are usually not assigned housing until after the start of
each quarter/semester.
Housing application materials for the next academic year
are available beginning in March. New, matriculated graduate
students are sent automatically a housing application booklet
called Stanford Residences: Graduate Housing by their
admissions office following admission to the University.
The enclosed housing application form should be returned
by early May for consideration in the initial Graduate Housing
Lottery or as soon as possible thereafter for consideration
on the Waiting List. Assignments for the Lottery are made
in random order after the application deadline. Assignments
for new applications on the Waiting List are based on the
dates that applications are received.
On the housing application form, graduate students are
asked to rank their preferences for housing. Single students
may rank up to eight housing preferences. Couples without
children and students with children may rank preferences
for different sized apartments according to specific eligibility
criteria. Assignment to one's highest preference of housing
cannot be guaranteed.
Specific room/apartment and roommate assignments are made
by local residence offices after students are assigned housing.
For more information on applying for housing, read the
Graduate
Housing section of Applying
for Housing.
Off-Campus Housing. Graduate
students who prefer to live off campus can utilize the services
of Community
Housing. This office offers extensive resources
to assist students in off-campus housing searches, including
on-line housing listings.
During late August to mid-September, Summer
Conference Services provides short-term
housing in a student dormitory for a moderate fee for
students searching for off-campus housing.
Further Information. For further
information on graduate housing, take our virtual Residence
Tour or read the Graduate
Housing section on Applying
for Housing. For information about touring residences,
read Visiting Campus. If you
have further questions, contact Housing Assignments
at
630 Serra Street, Suite 110, Stanford, CA 94305-6034, (650) 725-2810.
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