Your answers will help us provide you with roommate suggestions once you get to the Roommate Request page.
You must disclose if you have ever been convicted of a felony, or are obligated to register under the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Offender Registration Act.
The preferences collected on this page will only be used if you are not assigned to your same room or you do not participate in room selection (refer to the room selection information below).
Selecting a meal plan is optional.
Consider renter's insurance: Renter's insurance is reccommended but not required for on-campus living. You can purchase or decline renter's insurance through OU's partner GradGuard.
These pages include listing FERPA, missing person and emergency contacts, and a meningitis waiver.
All students are required to pay this fee.
Sign the terms and conditions to submit your contract.
To participate in room selection you must complete your housing contract. During room selection, you will get to select your exact room!
Room selection access times will be determined by contract completion date. Keep an eye on your OU email account for more information about the room selection process!
To participate in room selection you must complete your housing contract. During room selection, you will get to select your exact room!
Room selection access times will be determined by contract completion date. There is limited inventory in the Residence Halls, so complete your contract as soon as possible for the best chance to select your preferred room!
Keep an eye on your OU email account for more information about the room selection process!
In order to log in to the housing portal using your OUNetID or OU email address, you will need to set up your OU account at one.ou.edu/account/general if you have not already done so. In addition, you will be required to sign various pages of the contract with your 9-digit Sooner ID, so make sure you have that handy.
Some other helpful items to have ready are contact information (phone number(s) and email address) for anyone you might designate as a Proxy or emergency contact, and 9-Digit Sooner ID number for any potential roommate you know you want to request.
When you have signed the terms and conditions of your contract and clicked Submit Contract, it has been submitted. You will receive a confirmation email with a copy of the terms and conditions.
When each location reaches its capacity housing will no longer accept contracts for that location. You can submit an application to be on the wait list for your preferred location. If space becomes available, you will receive an email from housing to complete a housing contract.
A parent or legal guardian who has the legal authority to make decisions about their student’s education and living arrangement when their student is less than 18 years old.
Students under the age of 18 who are entering into a housing contract are required to designate a Proxy.
Your Proxy should be a person, such as a parent or legal guardian, who has the legal authority to make decisions about your education and living arrangement while pursuing an education.
During the contract process, you will designate a Proxy by entering their name, email address and relationship to you. Your Proxy will receive an email from housinginfo@ou.edu with a link to complete the agreement.
A copy of the student’s meningitis waiver and terms and conditions of the contract. The Proxy may be held responsible for violations of the contract while the student is under the age of 18.
Students under the age of 18 will not be able to complete their contract until their Proxy has completed the agreement.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a federal law that requires the University to keep your education records confidential. This means the University cannot disclose these records to others without your permission, which may include your parents or legal guardians. More information about your rights is located at (ou.edu/registrar/academic-records/ferpa).
Your Proxy will have limited access to your housing information if they are not also listed as a FERPA contact.
Forming a roommate pair will allow a student to select open beds for themselves and another student during the room selection process.
You can have one confirmed roommate to form a roommate pair.
By default, all students are eligible to live in suites and share private living spaces with other students of the same legal sex. Housing & Residence Life will also be offering an expanded roommate option, which is a voluntary program that allows students to share living spaces regardless of their legal sex. This option will allow family members, friends, and other like-minded students to choose to live together regardless of their legal sex if that living arrangement meets their needs and/or wishes.
Note: Housing and Residence Life strongly encourages romantic partners to live separately in on-campus housing.
You will receive an email, from housinginfo@ou.edu, to your OU email account and your personal email (if we have one on file for you).
Yes, you will have the option to send your potential roommate a message via the housing portal where you can exchange contact information should you choose to do so.
You will be able to view outgoing, incoming and mutual requests on the Roommate Request page of your contract.
If you participate in room selection, you are welcome to choose any open space available. When viewing a room that already has an occupied space, you will be able to see the current occupants’ names and send them a portal message. You can connect with them to determine if you want to select that room.
If you choose a space in an already occupied room or if you select a vacant room and another student selects the other space later, you will be able to see all current occupants’ names and OU email addresses on the Room Selection home page once you select your room. You can connect with them to determine if you want to keep that room or change it.
If you do not participate in room selection, housing will place you based on your contract preferences and lifestyle questions.
During room selection, you will get to select your exact room! Every student will be given a room selection access time and access times will be assigned based on contract completion date. More specific information about the process will be provided to you during the spring semester. Keep an eye on your OU email account so you don't miss any important information!
Room selection begins March 5.
We collect preference information from all students just in case they do not participate in room selection.
All students with a completed housing contract will receive a room selection access time and access times will be assigned based on contract completion date. The sooner you complete your contract, the better your chances of receiving an early access time. Log in as early as your access time allows.
Traditions Square residents whose spring room assignment is available will automatically be assigned to that room for the coming academic year when room selection opens in March. Students assigned to their same room will be notified in early March and will not need to participate in room selection unless they want to change their room. Traditions residents who are not assigned to their same room should participate in room selection.
Current residents of the Residence Halls will not be able to request their same room.
You can cancel your contract until you move in via the housing portal.
Traditions Square
You will be charged cancellation fees based on the date you complete the cancellation form as follows:
Residence Halls
Cancelling a signed contract will result in a $300 Housing Administrative Fee.
Keep an eye on your OU email account so you don't miss any important information!
