Housing Renewal and Room Selection

Students who are eligible to renew their current room space may do so on Monday, March 2 between 12:01 am - 11:55pm. 

Remember, not all rooms are eligible for renewal. Students residing in the following room types and areas will not be able to renew their current room space:

• ADA-equipped rooms
• RA Rooms
• the following buildings
  • Aspen
  • Telluride
  • Steamboat
  • Cucharas

All of these buildings and room types are undergoing some type of configuration change, renovation, or repurposing for residential learning communities and won't be available for renewal or self-selection.

Students wishing to renew their contract, but select a different room for Academic Year 26-27, should make note of the following dates:

• Tuesday, March 3, 2026 - Fill the Suite - in La Plata Commons (regardless of classification) - this is for 3-bedroom suites or apartments.
• Wednesday, March 4, 2026 - Junior and above (60+ earned hours)
• Thursday, March 5, 2026 - Sophomores (30-59 earned hours)
• Friday, March 6, 2026 - Students who do not meet the above requirements may select from available rooms (29 or fewer earned hours)

If you select a new room on your selection date but then change your mind, you can go back in and change your room during "Room Swap Week". 

Room swap week takes place online via the Housing Application from March 9-13, 2026.

Lottery: Your lottery date is the date assigned to you as your priority during the online self-selection process based on *earned credit hours. You will receive an email from housing containing your lottery date by 5pm on Friday, February 27, 2026.

*Lottery dates are determined by the number of earned credit hours you had at the end of Fall 2025 term. Current hours in progress this spring are not included.

Open Housing: Open Housing is the new term being used to describe mixed gender housing units at UCCS. Formerly "Gender Inclusive Housing", the title was recently changed to reflect newly implemented federal policy. 

Renewal: Renewal refers to two different process. It can mean renewing your housing contract (regardless of the room you choose) or renewing your room space (selecting your same room for next year). We call the whole process "renewal" but this does not necessarily mean you need to choose your current room again for next year.

Roommate Group: Your roommate group members are the folks you want to live with next year. You can look for your friends/group members via the roommate matching page in housing application. The group leader will have the ability during self-selection to assign the other members of the groups to rooms as long as the roommate requests were accepted, so make sure whoever the group leader is has the best lottery time slot priority. You DO NOT have to have to be a part of a roommate group. You will be able to see all available room spaces during selection periods. The advantage of having a roommate group is that if your group leader has a better lottery date than you, they can pull you into the suite/apartment on their lottery date. This provides an advantage during room selection. If you are counting on your Roommate Group leader to assign you, make sure they are reliable! If they forget to assign you and you do not choose a space yourself, you may miss out on the space you want.

Room Self-Selection: Room self-selection is the process where a residential student logs into their housing application on their assigned lottery day to choose a new room space. This all occurs inside the housing portal application for Academic Year 26-27.

Yes! Roommate Speed Dating will take place on Thursday, February 26th. Keep an eye on your email for further details. It's a fun and festive environment where you can get to know a lot of people in a very short time. Come on out and make some friends!

No, though we encourage you to play this vital role in selecting your own home away from home. Any renewing student who has submitted a housing application for Academic Year 26-27, but does not select a room during self-selection, will be assigned by housing to an available room space once renewal ends.

If there is a specific room type or location you prefer, we highly encourage you to self-select your room space. Of course, housing will do their best to assign you based on your listed room type preferences if you don't wish to participate.

If you have selected a room but you decide to cancel later, you can do so anytime before moving in without penalty. 

Students who need to submit a cancellation of their renewal space should access the cancellation form.

As residents are selecting rooms for next year, you will see them populate on the "application status" page of your housing application. You can go back into your application at any time, navigate to the housing application status page, and see the status of your roommates there.

Though we will be sad to see you go, no additional forms or activities are required for students who are not returning to housing next academic year. Your current housing contract will run out on Friday, May 16th at noon. We wish you well in your future endeavors and will always be here should you choose to return in the future. 

Know that if your housing plans change or fall through, we will continue to accept housing applications on a rolling basis through the start of term on August 24, 2026.