Welcome to UC Berkeley!
UC Berkeley Housing wants to offer a warm welcome to you and a digital introduction to your campus housing options.
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Explore Campus Housing
Get started by exploring your campus housing options, all of which will provide an inviting home where scholars create memories, share ideas, and grow alongside friends. Make the most of Berkeley’s world-class education by living on campus and alongside your peers.
First-year students: You can choose to live in one of seven residence halls that frame the boundaries of the campus. Residence halls include live-in staff (providing both social and academic support), utilities and wi-fi, community centers, on-site laundry, easy access to transportation, and much more. A meal plan is also included!
Transfer students: Choose from any of our residence halls, or opt for independent living in one of eight campus apartment buildings, including our newest building, transfer-only Anchor House. Options include new transfer hubs, where you can live together with other transfer students. Learn more about housing for newly-admitted transfer students.
Did you know? About 96 percent of entering first-year students and about a third of entering transfer students choose university housing and the benefits that come with it.
Housing Guarantee
For the 2025-26 academic year: Incoming first-year and transfer students are guaranteed to receive a housing offer for their first year, provided they apply on time and meet all deadlines and eligibility conditions as noted below.
Guarantee and Priority Conditions
In order for the above policies to apply, you must:
- Meet all UC Berkeley and UC Berkeley Housing deadlines.
- Adhere to all Terms and Conditions of the housing contract and residential policies.
- Have flexible housing preferences (choose “any room, any location” as one of your housing preferences). The Housing Guarantee does not ensure any specific room type, location or amenity.
- Apply for single undergraduate housing. Guarantee does not apply to family student housing. Incoming undergraduate students with dependents or domestic partners will receive housing priority in family student housing, University Village.
How to Apply
New students will need to create a Berkeley campus identification (CalNet ID) after accepting their offer of admission. You’ll need your CalNet ID to access the housing application portal.
- May 2: Deadline for first-year students to apply for housing. UC Berkeley Housing begins to send housing contract offers to first-year students in late May.
- June 2: Deadline for transfer students to apply for housing. UC Berkeley Housing begins to send housing contract offers to transfer students in mid-June.
When you’re ready, you can apply through our Housing Application portal. We look forward to welcoming you to campus!
For a guide to the application, see: How to Apply: New Students.
Explore FAQs for Newly Admitted First-Year Students or Transfer Student FAQs for more information.
Want to see more?
- Take a virtual 360 tour of campus housing.
- Watch video tours of rooms and apartments.
- Hear from UC Berkeley students about how they found community in campus housing.
- Find the latest Housing Rates.