On-Campus Housing

Residence Halls

Student Housing Office
(530) 752-2033; studenthousing@ucdavis.edu

Living on campus adds a measure of convenience to your life and helps familiarize you with the campus. Some 4,500 undergraduate students live on campus each year, including about 90 percent of freshman students. In each of the residence hall complexes, students and staff help create and maintain an environment conducive to personal growth and educational achievement.

Rooms are furnished with a bed and mattress, desk and chair, bookcase, chest of drawers, study lamp and wastebasket for each resident. Cost depends on room occupancy (single, double or triple) and which of the eight meal plans you choose. Rates for the next academic year have not yet been formally approved.

All new freshmen whose Statements of Intent to Register (SIR) are received on time are guaranteed residence hall housing as long as they complete all of the instructions that accompany their contracts and return the materials and reservation fee by the due date. Freshmen housing contract offers will be mailed out between May 3 and May 19. Student Housing has designated three hundred spaces in Castilian Hall for transfer students. Transfer students that have submitted their Statement of Intent to Register will be offered a housing contract beginning the week of April 3. Once the designated transfer student spaces are filled, subsequent transfer student housing contract offers will be made on a space available basis. Student Housing information is included with your admissions packet. If you have a special need, such as a medical condition, disability, dietary requirement, or circumstance that requires special accommodation, or consideration, please send a detailed letter of explanation to Student Housing, 160 Student Housing One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8712, once you have submitted your housing contract.

Student Housing

Orchard Park/Solano Park Apartments; (530) 752-2033

Orchard Park and Solano Park Apartments offer 476 university-operated, unfurnished on-campus apartments located in serene park surroundings for UC Davis students with children.

• Orchard Park; two-bedroom unfurnished apartments
• Solano Park; one-and two-bedroom unfurnished apartments

New rates subject to approval by the UC Regents will be available in mid-May. The new rates will be listed at http://housing.ucdavis.edu/parks. Once approved, they will be effective starting August 1. While our first priority is to house students with children, Student Housing supports the University's commitment to provide on-campus housing to graduate students. Our waiting list is prioritized as follows: students with children; married or domestic partnership students, graduate students; undergraduate students. Vacancies in Orchard Park/Solano Park Apartments are filled from a waiting list based on the date the application is received. For a fall assignment, you should apply at least six to nine months in advance. For an assignment during the remainder of the year, the waiting period is usually shorter. You may submit an application before you are admitted to the university. If a member of your family has a physical disability that requires special housing accommodation, please attach a detailed letter of explanation to your application.

Russell Park

(530) 753-7322

Privately owned and managed on-campus living accommodations are available for student families. Russell Park features one-, two- and three-bedroom unfurnished units.

Primero Grove

(530) 754-8455; primero@ucdavis.edu

Privately owned and operated, Primero Grove offers affordable on-campus housing for continuing undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Apartment sizes range from studios through four bedrooms.

Graduate Student Apartment Housing

The Atriums; (530) 753-0659

The Atriums offers on-campus living accommodations for single graduate students. The privately owned and managed apartments feature studio and two-bedroom unfurnished units.

Leadership and Professional Development Program at The Colleges at LaRue

(530) 754-9433; http://thecolleges.ucdavis.edu/
This program is a unique partnership between the University of California, Davis and Tandem Properties. The program fosters intellectual and social growth through student participation in enriched learning experiences centered upon a Leadership and Professional Development theme. Residents of this community focus upon contemporary leadership issues, public policy and service, communication and professional preparation. We provide professional development programs for students to enhance their scholarship, improve communication skills, interact effectively across diverse cultures and be more effective in their employment/academic careers.

Off-Campus Housing

The majority of UC Davis students live off campus. The City of Davis has ample apartments for rent, from one-person studio apartments to five- or six-person suites. Townhouses, duplexes and houses throughout the city are also available for student rental. ASUCD maintains a list of available community housing.