​​Residential college life is a critical component of the Brown educational experience. The On-Campus Housing Requirement Policy requires degree-seeking undergraduate students actively enrolled in courses at Brown to have a housing assignment in an on-campus residence hall for every semester of enrollment until semester level 07 unless they are on a study away or study abroad program approved by the Office of International Programs. 

Every spring, upper-division students apply for on-campus housing through the annual lottery-based general housing assignment process. Students with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations in their housing assignment and students may request a specific feature in their housing assignment based on their religious beliefs, observances, and practices by submitting the Housing Accommodations & Requests Form.

Students submit their housing accommodation requests through the SAS Online Portal. Students will also register and submit documentation through this portal. 

Those students who are approved for housing accommodations will receive their housing assignment prior to selection processes in the fall and spring. 

SAS reviews each disability accommodation request, determines the appropriate reasonable accommodation, and notifies the Office of Residential Life of the approved accommodation. SAS will also notify each student of the outcome of their request and any approved accommodation. The Office of Residential Life will assign housing based on the accommodation approved by SAS.

2026-2027 Housing Accommodation Information

The priority deadline for SAS housing accommodation requests to be considered for pre-selection placement are as follows:

• Fall/Senior Selection: November 20, 2025
• Spring/General Selection: February 24, 2026

The online housing accommodation request form will remain open and completed requests will continue to be reviewed. Completed requests submitted after the deadline are not guaranteed placements before the General Housing Selection begins.

The Office of Residential Life, in consultation with additional offices as appropriate, such as the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life, reviews requests for specific features in a housing assignment based on religious observances, and practices and determines the appropriate housing assignment. If the Office of Residential Life determines that the religious request cannot be met in an on-campus residence hall, students may be exempted from the on-campus housing requirement. The Religious Request form is available during the spring selection process. If placed, students are committed to that placement and cannot decline or participate in the general selection process. Placement applies only to you as an individual.