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Housing and Residential Experience

Room Change and Vacancy Pull-In Information

General Information

We offer various room change processes for eligible students. Please review the detailed information in the sections below.

First-Year Students:

  • Fall Room Change Process (Begins Wednesday, August 20)
  • Spring Room Change Process (Begins Monday, January 5)

Upper-Division Students:

  • Fall Room Change Process (Begins Wednesday, August 20)
  • End of Semester Room Change Process (Begins Monday, December 1)
  • Spring Room Change Process (Begins Monday, January 5)
  • Summer Room Change Process (Begins Monday, May 18)
    • This room change period for for assigned, continuing upper-division students ONLY.

Spring 2026 Room Change and Vacancy Pull-In Information – First-Year Students

General Information

Any student requesting to change rooms should complete the Room Change Request located under the Applications menu in the Housing Portal beginning Monday, January 5.  Requests to change rooms can be submitted though Wednesday, March 31.

Room changes will be reviewed upon submission.  Due to extremely limited available space, we cannot guarantee room changes.

Vacancy Pull-In Requests

Any student requesting to move into a vacancy in a friend’s double or triple room should complete the Room Change Application beginning Monday, January 5.

If you have a vacancy in your room and wish to pull in a friend of your choice (first-year students only), please email our office at housing@vanderbilt.edu to confirm the student/s you would like to pull-in to your space.

Spring 2026 Room Change and Vacancy Pull-In Information – Upper-Division Students

Eligibility

Any continuing upper-division student assigned to a physical bed space on campus is welcome to request a room change.  Students residing off campus are not eligible to participate in the process.

General Information

Any student requesting to change rooms should complete the Room Change Request located under the Applications menu in the Housing Portal beginning Monday, January 5.  Requests to change rooms can be submitted though Wednesday, March 31. Seniority and random selection are taken into consideration.  Room changes are not guaranteed.

Upper-Division Student Room Change Freeze

Upper-division student room changes requests submitted by Friday, January 16 will be reviewed beginning the week of January 18.  Requests submitted after Friday, January 16 will be considered on a rolling basis after initial submissions are considered.  Prior to this time, Housing and Residential Experience is in the process of verifying all assigned students have taken occupancy of their assigned spaces and accounting for available vacancies.

Vacancy Pull-In Requests

Students residing in group living (apartments, doubles, Mayfield lodges, and Residential College suites) are welcome to pull in other eligible continuing upper-division students of their choice to fill any vacancies.

Students with an on-campus housing assignment interested in moving to a vacancy in a friend’s apartment, double, lodge or suite must submit the Room Change Request beginning Monday, January 5.

All students assigned to the apartment, double, Mayfield lodge, or Residential College suite must also email Housing (housing@vanderbilt.edu) to confirm the student/s requesting to be pulled in.

Once all requests/emails are received (from both the student/students filling the vacancy/vacancies, and all current occupants), Housing will process the request and students will receive a confirmation email.

Summer 2026 Room Change and Vacancy Pull-In Information – Continuing Upper-Division Students

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