Frequently Asked Questions

The University has deemed that students attending college for the first time should be given as much opportunity to live on campus as possible. The University cannot house all the freshmen who would want to live on campus, therefore, you must be accepted by the University as early as possible so that you may apply for housing in a timely manner. First year students who pay their admission deposit by April 1 and apply for housing by May 1 will receive priority consideration for housing.

First year students at FIU are not required to live on campus. But we do encourage the on campus living experience.

Transfer students are eligible to live on campus and nearby in the off-campus student housing properties. You can check out off-campus resources at fiuoffcampushousing.com,  Graduate student housing is now offered at the Modesto Maidique Campus (MMC). Also, graduate students have the option to live on the BBC Campus or look for off-campus housing at fiuoffcampushousing.com.

FIU now offers family housing in university apartments. Family housing is available to a student and spouse, student and child, or student spouse and child.

Summer Agreements are one semester (Summer) obligations that coincide to the corresponding Summer session (A, B, or C).

Yes, in order to stay on campus with us during the summer break students need to be enrolled in a class during one of the summer terms.

All applications for housing are done through the myFIU Student Portal. Log into myFIU and go to Student Tools>Student Housing>MMC>Apply. Students new to housing will have a $100.00 non-refundable processing fee posted to their account.

For first-year students, the early fall agreement includes early fall, fall, and summer and allows the student to stay in the same room for all three terms.

For all other students, the summer and fall application periods are separate. You can apply for each of these terms once the housing agreement becomes active on the student myFIU account.

It is very important for room assignments that you have your gender correct in the MyFIU system. If you have not yet started at FIU, you should contact Undergraduate Admissions at 305-348-2326 to ask how to make the change. If you have already started at FIU, you should contact the One Stop Student Services at 305-348-7000 to have the change made. Also, please contact us to let us know about the discrepancy.

Fortunately, there are off-campus student apartment complexes near the University that can provide suitable housing. Also, the University has a website that lists different off-campus housing options for students at fiuoffcampushousing.com.

If you receive an error message while completing the application, log out of myFIU and log back in to try again. You will NOT create multiple applications by clicking through the housing application more than once. If you have tried several times and still receive an error message, please call us at 305-348-4190.

Due to FERPA regulations, we communicate directly with the students regarding specific housing information or personal matters. If a student would wish to have information given to a parent the student can fill out a Release of Housing Information form in our office.

When you are given a room assignment on-campus, you can send mail to the building address provided with the housing assignment and include your name as well as room number. All packages for residents in the Quad must be picked up at the Housing Package Center located in Lakeview South. University Apartments residents pick up their packages at the complex office.

We communicate officially via email directly to the student. It is important to add housing@fiu.edu to your email address book so that emails from us will not be put in your spam or junk folder. Email is the official means of communication at FIU and students are expected to maintain and check their email regularly.

We will send email to the address you have listed in the myFIU system. Please note that all FIU students will receive a student email address. You should make sure to check your Panthermail account regularly for communication from FIU Housing and Residential Experience, as well as other departments.

If you have not yet moved on campus, please contact the Department of Housing and Residential Experience through one of the methods on our About Us page. If you are already an on-campus resident, you can contact the front desk of the residence hall for any problems.

You may receive a housing viewbook in the mail at your home address once you are offered admission to FIU. However, all official communication with you from the Department of Housing and Residential Experience will be through email, myFIU, and the Residential Experience website.

To choose your room go to your housing portal on my.fiu.edu and go to the Room Selection page. Under Select Your Room, click General Self-Assign or Gender Inclusive Self-Assign. You will not be able to select a room until your selection appointment time. We recommend you go through the selection simulation to familiarize yourself with the process.

You will be able to select your room starting at the time of your selection appointment. Selection appointments will be emailed.

On the Room Selection page under Tools for Self-Assign, there is a Room Availability tool that will show you what rooms are available in real time during the selection process. You will only see rooms you are eligible for.

Only students who have accepted their admission into the Honors College are able to select in Parkview Hall.

Appointment times are based on agreement completion date. Your agreement is considered complete when you have paid the processing fee and your contract is signed (by your parent/legal guardian if under 17 at the time).

MCR matching takes place between a certain time period. When students are granted access to the platform, they will need to search for roommates. However, they will have to create their roommate groups in their housing portal by clicking Update/Create Roommate Group on the Room Selection page.

In order to accommodate our students who are starting in Early Fall we have rooms are that reserved for them. We cannot open these spaces to students who are starting in the fall until July.

Only students who are eligible for the same rooms as you will show when you are trying to select a room. For example, if you are selecting in a living learning community and your roommate is not accepted into that community, they will not show up for you to assign them.

This is because you have a roommate group and there are no rooms with enough spaces to accommodate your roommate group. You will have to remove your roommates on the first page of self-assign to select a room for just yourself.

To find out more information about becoming a Resident Assistant, contact the Residential Experience office at 305-348-3661.

You had an amazing year on campus, who wouldn't want to stay? To find information for returning residents, check out our website here. We will also communicate the returning resident application process to all current residents through their FIU email address.

If you didn't live with us this year, but you are interested in moving on campus, read the instructions on how to apply.

We use the contact information listed in myFIU to contact you. Log into myFIU and go to Student Self Service > Personal Information in order to update your contact information.

Prior to the move-out dates, Residential Experience staff will post information on the move-out procedures. Make sure to read this information carefully and follow all instructions. You will need to return your room keys to your front desk. For additional details, you can always ask at your front desk.

Students are responsible for ensuring their units are in the same condition when they check-out as when they arrived. Prior to check-out students should ensure work orders have been placed for any maintenance concerns within their unit. Students who do not clean adequately prior to leaving risk being charged for cleaning services. In cases where all the residents from a unit have left, cleaning charges will be split amongst all residents who resided in that unit prior to check-out. Maintaining a clean, healthy, comfortable residential environment is a responsibility shared all students within their living environment. 

If you are having a problem with your room or roommate, please speak with your Resident Assistant about the issue. He or she can recommend what to do or help you with a roommate mediation. If the issue is very serious, you should contact an Assistant Residential Experience Coordinator or Residential Experience Coordinator in your front desk.

Please check the Moving Out page for housing move-out dates.

You may see which positions are open and access applications on the FIU Careers page.

If you need help or have questions, you should contact your Resident Assistant or your Community Office. For phone numbers of the community offices, please visit our Housing Package Center page. 

We're here to help! You can always fill out an online work order with Housing Facilities by completing a maintenance request. If your maintenance problem is an emergency, such as a dead elevator, toilet running over, power out, or an extremely hot or cold room, you should call the front desk for assistance.

If parents have questions or concerns Housing and Residential Experience has several resources available to students and parents.

Housing Financial Services can be contacted at 305-348-0324 for any questions regarding payments or how financial aid is applied to housing.

Residential Experience Office can be contacted at 305-348-3661 for any roommate or community concerns.

Central Housing Office can be reached at 305-348-4190 for all other needs.

You need to accept all financial aid offered that you wish to accept on myFIU. Once the aid is accepted we can calculate how much aid will cover tuition, any remaining aid can then be automatically deferred to cover either a portion of the housing or all of housing depending on the amount of aid received.

Please see our cancellation guidelines listed in the housing agreement.

Here is our Payment information.

When you apply for housing, you are required to submit a non-refundable processing fee at the time the agreement is submitted. The processing fee is $100 and is used to process the housing agreement in our system. This fee is not assessed to the rent of the room.

When you apply for housing, you are required to submit a non-refundable processing fee at the time the agreement is submitted. The processing fee is $100 and is used to process the housing agreement in our system. This fee is not assessed to the rent of the room.

Please see our Cancellation information.

Housing payment due dates coincide with tuition due date payments.

Renters Insurance policy may cover your personal belongings such as a music player, computer and other items. It may also cover you in the case someone is injured.

Renters Insurance policies are designed to indemnify (cover your loss) you in the event of a covered loss to your personal property and protect you in the event you are responsible for bodily injury or property damage to others. It is available for apartments, rented house, condo, co-ops, dormitories, and roommate arrangements.

Some students are covered by their parents homeowners policy while living on campus.

Once we give out room assignments all of our space is completely filled, so room changes are not always possible. On the first day of classes there will be a new button on my.fiu.edu titled "Transfer request Link", student can submit a transfer through that link. Transfers will be based on availability and what the student requested.

Due to late cancellations, some assignments may change up to the day the buildings open. Updated room and roommate information is available at myFIU > Student Tools > Student Housing > View Assignment Information.

Room assignments are made based on the date you applied for housing and what preferences you entered in on your Agreement. The earlier you apply for housing, the more likely you are to be assigned to one of your top choices.

First year students may request a roommate using the My College Roomie application. Information about My College Roomie will be sent to any first year students who applies before May 1st of the given year. Returning students can self select their roommates during the room self-assign process in March.

Roommates are matched randomly unless you have a specific roommate request. We place freshmen together in our First Year communities (Panther Hall, Lakeview North and South, Everglades Hall and Honors College @ Parkview).

Your PID is your Panther ID number. Consists of seven digits.

If you have a medical condition or disability that will require special accommodations within housing, we ask you contact the Disability Resource Center at 305-348-3532 to assist you in receiving special housing accommodations.

First-Year Students

First-year students may select their room and roommates during the self-assignment process during the month of May.  You will know your assignment instantaneously.

Transfer Students

Transfer students are assigned as space becomes available. Room assignments for summer are typically available in mid-April. You will receive an email when your room assignment is posted to myFIU and you will be able to view your room and roommates on myFIU > Campus Resources > Student Housing > View Assignment Information.