Florida Atlantic University Housing
Your Home at Florida Atlantic
Living on campus helps you connect, belong and make the most of your Florida Atlantic experience. This page is your starting point for exploring housing options, understanding what life on campus is like and finding the resources you need to plan your move.
What’s It Like Living on Campus at Florida Atlantic?
Follow along as we take a look at move-in day, complete with Q&A and top tips, from our Student Vlog.
Move-In Day at Florida Atlantic University
The Benefits of Living on Campus
On-campus living puts you at the center of university life and helps you build connections from day one.
Students who live on campus benefit from:
- Easy access to classes, dining and campus resources
- Built-in community with other students
- Support from professional staff and resident assistants
- Opportunities to get involved and feel connected
And, families value on-campus housing for the structure, safety and support it provides as students transition to college life.
FAU Housing & Residential Education Options
Discover the living experience that fits you best. Housing options may include:
- Traditional residence halls
- Suite-style and apartment-style housing
- Living-learning communities
- Options for new students and continuing students
- Wilkes Honors College housing
Availability depends on the campus and time of year.
Resources for Families
Families play an important role in helping students prepare for on-campus living. FAU provides information and support to help families understand housing options, policies and expectations.
Family resources include:
- Residence hall policies and safety information
- Move-in and move-out guidance
- Contact information for housing staff
How to Apply for Housing
Applying for housing is an important step once you decide FAU is right for you. Housing applications, deadlines and processes are different depending on what type of student you are and when you plan to enroll. Places fill up quickly, so it’s best to understand the deadlines and apply as early as possible after acceptance.
Join in the Annual Res Fest!
Each year, residents from various halls on campus compete against each other during two days of fun and friendly recreational games. Help your building win the title by playing sand volleyball, flag football, super smash or ping pong, among others.
All about Res Fest
Dining, Safety and Support
On-campus housing is closely connected to dining services, campus safety and student support resources.
Dining locations and meal options
Read more about Dining locations and meal optionsCampus safety and emergency resources
Read more about Campus safety and emergency resourcesStudent health and wellbeing services
Read more about Student health and wellbeing servicesHousing FAQs
We make every effort to resolve roommate conflicts. Before deciding to change rooms, please contact your Resident Assistant on your floor first to see what he/she can do to mediate the situation. Our Residence Education staff has been trained to help you with issues affecting you and your roommate.
We recognize that social networking sites provide a lot of potential information about your future roommates. However, we do encourage you to make contact with your new roommate before requesting a room change through our office. Impressions made through these websites are not always accurate pictures, and creates generalizations which may be false. In general, we do not make changes in room assignments until after the semester begins.
Break housing is not offered to all students and limited on the Boca Raton campus and Jupiter campus. Break housing between Summer and Fall Semesters is limited to upperclassman students only based on the criteria below. New entering summer first year students are not able to receive break housing between summer and fall. Break housing between Spring and Summer Semesters is limited and students must also meet the criteria below. To be eligible for this, you must log on to the housing portal and request break hosing, and also:
1. Have no disciplinary hold on your student account.
2. Have a completed housing contract and housing assignment for the next semester after the break period.
3. Have no past due university balance.
4. Must be registered for the next semester after the break period.
5. From a distance greater than 100 miles from campus.
6. The student must have the ability to relocate to another space for break housing by the end of move-out and relocate to their future semester housing space within 24 hours. No exemptions are made for the timeframe to move. Any items not removed within 24 hours will be disposed of immediately and not reimbursed by FAU Housing and Residential Education.
We will send e-mail reminders about break housing availability and deadlines. If you have questions please call (561) 297-2880 or email housing@fau.edu.
1. Have no disciplinary hold on your student account.
2. Have a completed housing contract and housing assignment for the next semester after the break period.
3. Have no past due university balance.
4. Must be registered for the next semester after the break period.
5. From a distance greater than 100 miles from campus.
6. The student must have the ability to relocate to another space for break housing by the end of move-out and relocate to their future semester housing space within 24 hours. No exemptions are made for the timeframe to move. Any items not removed within 24 hours will be disposed of immediately and not reimbursed by FAU Housing and Residential Education.
We will send e-mail reminders about break housing availability and deadlines. If you have questions please call (561) 297-2880 or email housing@fau.edu.
Residents need to provide their own linens, towels, desk lamps, cleaning supplies and trash receptacles. Students may also bring televisions, stereos and computers but may want to wait until they have received their roommate/ suitemate assignments to determine their specific needs.
While none of these items are required, we recommend you consider bringing the following items:
Sheets, mattress cover, blankets, bedspread (beds are twin size, extra long – 36” x 80”), Pillow
Soap, shampoo, and other toiletries
Laundry basket and detergent (there are laundry rooms located throughout on-campus Housing facilities)
Small area rug (see question on carpeting)
Dishes, drinking cups, silverware, dish soap and towels. (Apartment residents will also want to bring pots, pans, etc. to use in their kitchens)
Alarm clock
Calendar/Organizer
Desk supplies (pens, pencils, notebooks and paper, desk lamp)
Dictionary and thesaurus
CD player, headphones
Computer, printer, surge protector
A good lock, if you bring a bike
Umbrella
Refrigerator no larger than 4.2 cubic feet
Electric Grill (i.e. George Forman Grill)
Cleaning supplies
While none of these items are required, we recommend you consider bringing the following items:
Sheets, mattress cover, blankets, bedspread (beds are twin size, extra long – 36” x 80”), Pillow
Soap, shampoo, and other toiletries
Laundry basket and detergent (there are laundry rooms located throughout on-campus Housing facilities)
Small area rug (see question on carpeting)
Dishes, drinking cups, silverware, dish soap and towels. (Apartment residents will also want to bring pots, pans, etc. to use in their kitchens)
Alarm clock
Calendar/Organizer
Desk supplies (pens, pencils, notebooks and paper, desk lamp)
Dictionary and thesaurus
CD player, headphones
Computer, printer, surge protector
A good lock, if you bring a bike
Umbrella
Refrigerator no larger than 4.2 cubic feet
Electric Grill (i.e. George Forman Grill)
Cleaning supplies
Items that are not permitted include:
Candles and/or incense
Illegal drugs
All pets, except fish (see below)
Weapons, including all firearms and ammunition, explosives, knives, and any other dangerous articles or substances
Halogen lamps
Toasters with open heating elements (unless the student lives in Innovation Village Apartments North or South, or in University Village Apartments)
Appliances with exposed heating elements
Candles and/or incense
Illegal drugs
All pets, except fish (see below)
Weapons, including all firearms and ammunition, explosives, knives, and any other dangerous articles or substances
Halogen lamps
Toasters with open heating elements (unless the student lives in Innovation Village Apartments North or South, or in University Village Apartments)
Appliances with exposed heating elements
Possession of animals, other than fish as defined below, are prohibited. Any cost associated with the possession of an illegal animal will be charged to the responsible resident(s) or to all residents of the room/apartment, (damaged furniture, cleaning, pest control, etc.). Feeding or petting stray or wild animals is prohibited. Fish, may be maintained as pets, as long as they are kept in fish tanks which are no larger than 10 gallon capacity. Residents are responsible for maintaining the tanks and are responsible for any and all damage caused by the fish or the tank. This policy shall not effect service animals or emotional support animals approved by the Student Accessibility Services.
Residents of Glades Park Towers, Heritage Park Towers, Indian River Towers, and Parliament Hall, may bring a small refrigerator and/or microwave. Refrigerators should be 4.2 cubic feet or smaller and should have a maximum of 400 watts at 120 volts. Microwave ovens should be 1.5 cubic feet capacity or smaller and should have a maximum of 1100 watts at 120 volts.
Remember, each University Village and Innovation Village apartment unit has a full-size refrigerator-freezer.
Remember, each University Village and Innovation Village apartment unit has a full-size refrigerator-freezer.
Carpeting in student rooms IS NOT provided in Glades Park Towers, Heritage Park Towers, Indian River Towers, or Parliament Hall. Carpeting IS provided in the following areas:
University Village Apartments
Innovation Village North Apartments
Innovation Village South Apartments
University Village Apartments
Innovation Village North Apartments
Innovation Village South Apartments
High-speed internet access is provided in all Residence Halls and Apartments as part of the housing rate. Students will be able to connect their device(s) to the FAU Network by connecting to the FAU WIFI, for faster connections we recommend plugging their device(s) to one of the data ports located in each room. Please keep in mind that the campus network is a shared resource and its transmission speed will vary depending upon network traffic load. Before connecting your device(s) with the FAU network please make sure to have it registered at talon.fau.edu For details on how to register your device(s), please visit the /student/technology/.NOTE: To take full advantage of the fast internet that you have available, please make sure to keep any wireless printers, Bluetooth speakers, and devices that create a hotspot OFF while not in use since they interfere with the WiFi and drastically lowers the speed and signal.
Yes. You must register your car or motorcycle with FAU Parking Services on the FAU Parking Services Website.
All residential charges can be appealed by e-mailing us at housing@fau.edu to be reviewed by the Associate Director for Residential Education. You will be notified of the results of the appeal afterwards