Residential Requirement
Vanderbilt University is a residential campus for undergraduate students, and the residential experience is understood to be an integral part of a Vanderbilt education. This commitment to residential experience is clearly expressed in the university’s residential requirement.
Housing Applications
Applying for housing is easy. Visit the Housing website and log into the Housing Portal with your VUNetID. Once logged in, click on the Applications menu, and complete the Housing Application.
- First-Year Student Housing Application
- Transfer and Exchange Student Housing Application
Roommates
We match students based on their responses to the lifestyle questions included in the housing application. Incoming first-year students may submit roommate requests; however, we cannot guarantee that all requests will be granted. Transfer students are assigned housing based on their application responses and available space and cannot request specific roommates.
Residence Halls
All first-year students are randomly assigned to one of the 10 first-year houses on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. While most spaces are double rooms, several of the houses contain triple rooms and a limited number of single rooms.
Detailed information about housing options for transfer students will be made available soon.
More information about the residence halls, including room tours, amenities, and furnishings, can be found on the housing website.
Request for Housing Accommodations
If you are seeking accessible housing accommodations for the 2026-27 academic year due to a physical, psychological or other disability-related limitation you should contact Student Access Office (SAO) as soon as possible.
The SAO website provides information about reasonable accommodations, documentation guidelines and other information about the office.
All students who request accessible housing accommodation due to a disability-related limitation must submit documentation from their diagnosing physician to SAO. Vanderbilt Housing cannot directly accept any documentation or housing requests related to the student’s disability. If SAO determines that housing accommodation is needed for access, they will notify Vanderbilt Housing. The office will make every effort to find an appropriate and reasonable assignment as recommended by SAO.
Student Renter’s Insurance Requirement
You are required to maintain adequate property and liability insurance. More information regarding the student renter’s insurance requirement is on the housing website.
The university is not liable for damage to property or injuries arising out of a resident’s occupancy of their assigned rooms, except if such damage or injury results from negligent acts or omissions by the university.
More Info
You can find more information on first-year student housing or transfer and exchange student housing on the housing website.