Conduct Guidelines
Community Wellbeing
Noise
Smoking
Non-Smoking Ordinance
Commercial Use
Pets
Overnight Guests
Unauthorized Occupancy
Right of Entry
Responsibility for Personal Property
Community Wellbeing
We expect that members of the MIT community will not engage in behavior that endangers their own sustained effectiveness or that has serious ramifications for their own safety, welfare, academic well-being, or professional obligations, or that of others. In situations where an individual student’s physical illness or emotional difficulties affect not only the student, but also others in the community, it is our responsibility to consider the well-being of community as well as the individual in care decisions.
Noise
The Division of Student Life (DSL) allow each living group to determine any enforced quiet hours. However, you have the right to object to noise (especially noise caused by loud music) that prohibits you from studying or sleeping or that is audible well beyond the individual's room.
If you are causing disruptive noise and refuse to lessen it upon request, you may be subject to disciplinary action by the residence and/or the Division of Student Life.
Smoking
You are prohibitied from smoking in all areas of MT residences, inclusind all student bedrooms, hallways, and lounges unless stated otherwise. Violators are subject to disciplinary action.
Smothing is permitted in some rooms of some residences provided that all students in the room are smokers and have completed smoking agreement forms. Ask your house manager to find out if smoking is permittedin any of the rooms in your residence. http://housing.mit.edu/undergraduate/smoking_agreement_form
Non-Smoking Ordinance
A City of Cambridge Ordinance establishes the following requirements for MIT residence halls:
- Smoking is prohibited in all areas of MIT residence halls, including all student rooms, hallways and lounges, except as noted below.
- Smoking is permitted in private residences (e.g., Housemasters’ rooms) and student rooms if all of the students are smokers and request in writing that smoking be permitted in their rooms.
Anyone who violates this policy will be subject to discipline under the procedures applicable to him or her as a student at MIT.
Commercial Use
You are prohibited by law from conducting a business operation or other commercial activity from within any MIT residence. You are prohibted from using MIT mailbox, telephone, or Internet service for commercial purposes.
Pets
You are prohibited from keeping a pet in any undergraduate or graduate residence unless specifically notified otherwise. The term "pet" includes mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. You are permitted to keep fish unless specifically notifed otherwise.
If you are an upper-class student in one of the following residences, you may be eleigible to participate in a program that allows a very limited number of cats to be kept in certain residences. Find out more about the program. http:web.mit.edu/dormcon/pets/
- Bexley
- East Campus
- Random
- Senior House
If you are accompanied by a guide or hearing dog, you must obtain permission from the Disability Services Office to keep your dog with you on campus. If your rommate is accompanied by a dog, you will be allowed to transfer if needed. http://studenlife.mit.edu/not/94
Overnight Guests
Undergraduate Students:
Students are allowed to have guests, not to exceed three nights in any given week. Overnight guests are permitted in Institute Housing with the advance permission of all students of the room/suite in which the guest is staying. The host student[s] is [are] responsible for the conduct of her/his guests including damages caused by them. Students within Institute Housing are collectively responsible for their own conduct as well as the conduct of their guests. Sleeping overnight in the public areas of a House [e.g., lounges] is prohibited. Consideration should be given to the rights of roommates at all times. House Governments may provide additional guidelines within this general Institute policy. Please consult your House Government for further information regarding overnight guests.
Graduate Students:
Graduate overnight guest policies vary from building to building and can be obtained through your house government.
Unauthorized Occupancy
You are prohibited from occupying a room or apartment at MIT unless you have an assigmnet fro the Houseing Office. If you have a housing assigmnet, you are prohibited from trading places with another person, regardless of whether the other person lives on or off campus. Violators may be subject to disciplinary action and/or have their housing assignment cancelled:
- If you have an undergraduate studet, you are prohibted from subletting, transferring, or sharing your room.
- If you are graduate studet, you are permitted to sublicense you accomodations during the summer or during IAP. Learn more at the graduate housing Sublicense Center. http://housing.mit.edu/graduatefamily/sublicense_center
Right of Entry
MIT recognizes that entry into your private living space is a serious matter, and we respect your privacy to the greatest extent possible. Because our residences and apartments are MIT property, however, authorized MIT personnel have the legal right to enter your roo or apartment at any time when imminent danger to life, safety, health or property is reasonably suspecte as determined by the MIT Police, the Division of Student Life, your house manager, or their authorized representatives.
MIT also reserves the right, with advance notice whenever reasonably possible, to enter your room or apartment to
- inspect the condition
- conduct an inventory
- show prospective residents
- inspect for fire and health hazards
- enfore MIT rules and regulations
- make repairs, installations, additions, or alterations to the space or building
- remove pacards, signs, fixtures, alterations, or additions that violate MIT standards.
Responsibility for Personal Property
MIT assumes no responsibility for loss or damage to your personal property or the personal property of your guests. This includes, but is not limited to loss by fire, theft, water, and malfunction of electrical or mechanical systems. We recommend that you obtain insurance to cover personal property if the homeowner's insurance carried by your parent/guardian does not cover your property.