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Upperclass Process



2025-2026 Upperclass Housing Contract

The 2025-2026 upperclass housing contract opens on November 25 at 9 a.m. CST. 


 

Important

Students will need to decide between completing a contract for:
Traditions Square Apartments
Residence Halls (Residential Colleges, Couch and Walker Centers, David L. Boren Hall)

Room selection access times are based on contract completion date.

Traditions Square will have a 10-month contract from August 1 through May 31.

 

Key Dates

Traditions Square: 

  • November 25: Contract opens at 9 a.m. CST
  • March 1: Roommate request deadline 
  • March 5 - June 1: Room selection

Residence Halls: 

  • November 25: Contract opens at 9 a.m. CST
  • March 1: Roommate request deadline 
  • March 5 - June 15: Room selection



 

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Contract Process


 


 

Step One: Complete Your Housing Contract

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.


 


 

Step Two: Form your Roommate Pair (Optional) 

Forming a roommate pair will allow a student to select open beds for themselves and another student during the room selection process.

You can form a roommate pair by searching for a specific person, browsing suggested roommates or searching based on specific answers to profile questions.

Students don’t need to pick a roommate in order to complete the contract or select your room.
 

  • To maximize your chance of living with a preferred roommate, it is important to form your pair. No roommate requests will be accepted after March 1.    

  • To create a roommate pair, one student must send a roommate request and the other student must accept the request.

  • Know where you both want to live. Be familiar with our locations, rates and floor plans.

 

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Room Selection



 


 



Traditions Square Apartments & Residence Halls

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!


 


 

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Frequently Asked Questions


 


 

Housing Contract 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.

Proxy/FERPA Information

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.

Roommates

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.

  • Make sure that you are using the correct Sooner ID number.

  • Make sure your roommate has completed their housing contract. Only students who have completed a housing contract can be located as roommates.
  • Make sure your roommate has answered the expanded roommate question in the same way. Only students who have both opted in or both opted out can be located as roommates.
  • 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.

Room Selection

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.

  • Review locations, floor plans and room rates in advance. Have several options in mind in case your first choice is not available.

  • Talk to your roommate to make sure you agree about what you want to select.

  • Only one roommate needs to assign the pair. Decide who is responsible for assigning the pair.

  • Know your access time. Access times will be sent to your OU email account in early March.
Once your access time is active, it will remain open until the end of the room selection process. You can log in any time after it is open to search for and select your room.

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.

  • The roommate with the earliest access time will have the most available options.

  • Either roommate can make the initial room assignment for both members of the pair. Talk to your roommate to decide who is responsible for assigning the pair. 

You will receive a confirmation email when you are assigned to a room. You will also be able to log in to the housing portal and see your room assignment on the Room Selection home page.
You can log into the housing portal, go to room selection home page and choose Change My Room to select a different available room. Or you can choose Swap My Room to request to trade rooms with another student.

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.

Cancellation Policies

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:

  • Prior to February 1 – no charge
  • From February 1 to March 15 - $300
  • From March 16 to May 1 – $600
  • From May 2 to June 15 – $900
  • June 16 or later - $1,200

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!