On-Campus Housing for Graduate Students

BU Housing has a limited number of single- and double-occupancy dormitory-style rooms available for the 2009–10 academic year (late August 2009 through mid-May 2010)* to full-time students enrolled in a graduate program at Boston University. These brownstone residences are located near Kenmore Square.

*If you plan to enroll in a graduate program beginning in the Spring 2010 semester and are interested in on-campus housing, contact us for information.

BU Housing does not provide on-campus housing for married couples, spousal equivalents, or dependent children. Contact the Office of Rental Property Management for information about apartments located on campus. Other resources are also available.

Dormitory-style residences
Dining plan options
Residence and dining plan rates
How to apply
Contact us
Other resources

Dormitory-style residences
Rooms in dormitory-style residences contain a dresser, a desk, a bed, and a chair for each student, as well as curtains, mini blinds, or window shades. Students should bring a mattress pad, pillows, extra-long twin bed sheets (most beds are 80 inches long), a bedspread, blankets, towels, a flashlight, a desk lamp, and a metal wastebasket. Most rooms share a common bathroom on the floor; some double-occupancy rooms include a private bathroom.

Most dormitory-style graduate residences include a common lounge on the first floor or in the basement, a TV lounge, study lounges, and a laundry room, as well as front doors that are locked 24 hours a day with access for residents only.

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Dining plan options
Residents of dormitory-style residences are required to purchase a dining plan.

The Grad Flex 1000 Plan is an option available only to graduate students living on campus. It provides 96 all-you-care-to-eat meals in the residence dining rooms (48 meals each semester) and $1,000 in Convenience Points ($500 each semester). Convenience Points can be used at all on-campus dining locations, for pizza delivery, and at Campus and City Convenience stores, Barnes & Noble at Boston University, Starbucks and Subway at 700 Commonwealth Avenue, most vending machines on campus, and laundry machines in the larger residences. Graduate students also have the option to purchase one of six other dining plans in place of the Grad Flex 1000 Plan.

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Residence and dining plan rates
Residence and dining plan rates below are for the full 2009–10 academic year. Residence and dining plan rates are subject to change and could vary depending on the start and end dates of your program; additions or changes will be listed below when they become available. Residence assignments are made on a space-available basis; interest in a specific residence type or residence rate does not guarantee placement in such.

*This dining plan rate is for the Grad Flex 1000 Plan. Graduate students also have the option of purchasing one of six other dining plans in place of the Grad Flex 1000 Plan.

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How to apply

Download the Graduate Student Application for On-Campus Housing (.pdf)*

Please note: This application is only a request for on-campus housing. Applications are reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis. Before an application can be approved, BU Housing must confirm a student's acceptance to the Boston University graduate school indicated on the application. Students whose applications are approved will be sent a Residence License Agreement to sign and submit with a $600 nonrefundable housing guarantee payment before being assigned to on-campus housing.

*To view a PDF file, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, visit Adobe's website to download this free software.

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Contact us
If you have any questions about on-campus housing, contact us at BU Housing.

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Other resources
Apartments located on campus are available through the Office of Rental Property Management (19 Deerfield Street, first floor; 617-353-4101; e-mail: rental@bu.edu).

The Off-Campus Housing Listing Service (19 Deerfield Street, third floor; 617-353-3523; e-mail: och@bu.edu) maintains an online list of off-campus apartments and rooms in the local area. Also, there are many local real estate agents in the Boston University area who cater to the student market.

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