Submit a housing application to join the waitlist for Traditions Square. Please note that Housing and Residence Life does not guarantee housing for students on the waitlist. Learn more about the different application sections below.
Answer profile questions: Your answers will help us provide you with roommate suggestions in the event you are offered a contract.
Complete Registration Act: 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.
Consider renter's insurance: Renter's insurance is recommended but not required for on-campus living. You can purchase or decline renter's insurance through OU's partner GradGuard.
Complete legal documents: These pages include FERPA, missing person and emergency contacts, and a meningitis waiver.
Pay $50 application fee: All students are required to pay this fee.
Housing will offer contracts on a first-come, first-served basis based on application completion date beginning Wednesday, February 18. Review your OU email regularly to know the important deadlines associated with completing your contract. Learn more about the process below.
Receive an offer: Housing will send an email to your OU email account to offer you a contract if space becomes available.
Sign your contract: After receiving your offer, you will have five days to return to the housing portal and sign your contract. Please note that your application will be cancelled if you do not sign the contract within this timeframe.
Form your roommate pair (optional): Students who receive an offer and sign a contract on or before March 9 may submit a roommate request. Only students with signed contracts are eligible to be selected as roommates.
Select your room: As part of your contract offer, Housing will provide you with a deadline to select your room. To retain your contract, you must select a room by the stated deadline, as contracts are cancelled if this step is not completed.
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 application 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 an emergency contact and your debit or credit card for the $50 application fee.
Once you have completed your application, you will be placed on a waitlist. Housing will offer contracts on a first-come, first-served basis based on application completion date beginning in February. If you receive a contract offer through your OU email account, you may then visit your housing portal to sign the contract and secure your space by the deadline provided.
If you receive a contract offer (contract offers will be sent beginning February 2026), you will need to visit the housing portal to sign. 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.
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.
During room selection, you will get to select your room! 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 will be in early March.
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.
No. Rooms will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis from available inventory.
You can cancel your application anytime in the housing portal.
You can cancel your contract at any time prior to your move-in via the housing portal.
Keep an eye on your OU email account so you don't miss any important information!
