Off-Campus Housing

Boston University Study Abroad participants are required to live in program-sponsored housing when the program fee includes the cost of housing.

Any questions feel free to reach out to buinla@bu.edu

HOW TO REQUEST OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING:

1. Student emails buinla@bu.edu that they want to live off campus by the below dates.

  • Fall semester participants: May 15
  • Spring semester participants: October 15
  • Summer term participants: March 15

2. BULA will send a form to complete for approval.

3. The partial credit will be processed after the students’ arrival in LA at check-in, and takes up to three weeks to process and be reflected as a credit on their accounts.


GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL:

Off campus applicants need to:

  • Undergraduate students must reside with a family member whose primary residence meets the following requirements:
    • The family member has resided at the location for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the program start date
    • The residence is within a 45-minute commute of the host university/BU academic center or site office.
  • Graduate students may reside in an approved location within a 30 minute drive from the BULA offices.

Students whose housing exception requests are approved will receive a partial credit of the Study Abroad Program Fee.