Only registered MIT undergraduate students and transfer students are eligible for Institute housing. Spouses, children or other relatives are not eligible for housing in residence halls designated for single undergraduates. During the academic year, students who are not registered at MIT are not eligible for housing in the residence halls.
A student’s eligibility for housing in approved Institute residence halls terminates at the close of their eighth semester registered at MIT (excluding summer terms), or upon graduation or termination of student status at MIT, whichever comes first. Terms at another institution for which a college transfer is granted MIT credit are counted towards those eight terms.
Terms on study abroad and co-op are also counted toward those eight terms, as are any other terms during which a student is registered at MIT.
Yearly Occupancy
Typically, returning undergraduate residents may move into their rooms on the Friday before the fall term Registration Day. Residents participating in Orientation Week activities may return earlier only with approval from Housing & Residential Services.
Graduating students must typically move out by 12:00 pm on the day after Commencement. If students wish to occupy rooms later than these dates, they must make prior arrangements with Housing & Residential Services and additional costs may be incurred.