Fall Housing Sign-up and Renewal

Beginning July 15, the fall 2025/spring 2026 room selection process will be offline, and all room assignments will be made manually by housing staff for incoming fall students. Please proceed to step 3 and complete your contract and prepayment to start the process.

We're excited that you're interested in living on campus in the fall! The residence halls and Northern View Community apartments are great places to find your niche on campus. Life on campus is full of opportunities to get engaged.


Get Started

Will you be a new student or are you a current resident looking to renew your housing?

Currently an off-campus NIU student who would like to live in the halls? Email us and we’ll set you up to sign our housing contract and select a room.

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    Select your room

    As a current resident, you get the opportunity to select housing ahead of incoming freshmen and transfer students. Your prepayment is waived, so there's no upfront cost to sign up for housing.

    Renew your current room
    10 a.m. Feb. 12 to 10 a.m. Feb. 18

    renew your housing

    You'll be able to secure your current room on campus for the 2025-2026 year.
    Select a different room on your current floor or cluster
    10 a.m. Feb. 18 to 10 a.m. Feb. 24
    You'll be able to select a different room on your current floor or cluster for the 2025-2026 year (residency halls only).

    Pull in a roommate from a different floor to your room
    10 a.m. Feb. 24 to 9 a.m. Feb. 25

    You'll be able to add a roommate from somewhere else to the room you reserved. This is done through email to housing@niu.edu or in person at the Main Housing Office in Neptune East 101.
    Campuswide room selection using your priority appointment.

    9 a.m. Feb. 26 to 4 p.m. Feb. 27

    Check Your Priority Appointment Time

    All residential students who have not selected a room to this point, have a Priority Appointment time which is their first opportunity to select a room in a different building, floor, or Living-learning or Special Interest community. Your Priority Appointment is based on how long you have lived with us, with earlier times for upper class residents.

    Sign-up offline for returning students
    8 a.m. March 1 to 9 a.m. April 1
    Sign-up is offline for current students

    Sign-up open to all students
    9 a.m. April 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 20

    Returning students must be enrolled for fall courses by the open enrollment period (April 18) and will require a $150 prepayment/application fee after May 31.

    Room selection is open to all students, including current residents, freshmen and transfer students.
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    Move in

    Week of August 20-24, 2025

    Stay tuned for your specific date and time once the Week of Welcome has been finalized.

    Learn more about what to expect on move-in day.

Contact Us

Housing and Residential Services
Neptune East 101
housing@niu.edu
815-753-1525

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