Applying For Housing


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Living on campus allows students make new connections, excel academically and develop skills valuable for life and the work place. Arkansas Tech offers diverse residence halls with communities to support and encourage students.

 

APPLY FOR HOUSING  

 

 

How to Apply FOR HOUSING for Academic Year 2020-2021

 

Requirements
To Get Started

Click on the link at the top of this page or follow the steps below to go to the housing portal

  1. Go to onetech.atu.edu
  2. Login with ATU username and password
  3. Click on Student Life
  4. Look under Housing and Dining
  5. Select Housing Portal
Housing Application Steps

Once inside the housing portal, follow the steps below. 

Please note that due to economic impact of COVID19, Residence Life has postponed the deadline to make the $100 room prepayment to August 1st, 2020 at 10pm. Students who sign a contract will receive a timeslot and proceed to room and meal selection. 

 
STEP 1. HOUSING APPLICATION AND LIVING LEARNING COMMUNITY (LLC) APPLICATION - OPENS AUGUST 1ST, 2019 
  • Review personal details
  • Apply to LLC (optional)
  • Indicate if you need special housing accommodations
  • Complete your profile
  • Form a roommate group (optional) [Video]
  • Complete room preferences
  • Pay $25 application fee (only for new residents) 

 

STEP 2. CONTRACT  - OPENS NOVEMBER 1ST, 2019 FOR ALL STUDENTS
  • Sign the housing contract using T#

 

 
STEP 3. ROOM SELECTION
  • A timeslot will be sent to the resident's ATU address to start room selection.  A timeslot is a date & time when room selection opens for a particular resident. Timeslots typically are assigned based on room prepayment date and do not expire until a room is selected or assigned. Find out the room selection schedule below.

     

    CURRENT RESIDENTS - CALLING DIBS

     *ADA: Students with ADA priority housing registration will be contacted by the Department of Residence Life via email before February 24 to renew or select a new room. Please check your Tech email often.

 

 

First Dibs

Same Room

February 24 at 10am 

to February 26 at 10pm
  • Current residents will be able to select their current room again for Fall 2020 unless they have been displaced.
  • No timeslots are needed for same room selection. Same room renewal will be open for a limited time to all who have not been displaced.
  • Rooms not reselected during this time frame will be released for selection by others after same room selection is over.
Second Dibs

Roommate Group

February 27 at 10 am

to February 29 at 10 pm
  • All members of a group (2 or more people) will be emailed the same timeslot.
  • Groups must select one person to place all members in a room.
  • Displaced students in a roommate group will be able to start selecting during this time frame as well.
Third Dibs

Displaced  
Residents

March 02 at 10am

to March 08 at 10pm
  • Displaced residents are those residing in M Street, study rooms, RA rooms, or any other room/building being reconfigured.
  • Residence Life will contact residents in this category to let them know they have been displaced.
Fourth Dibs

Anywhere 
Sign-Up

March 09 at 10am

to March 29 at 10pm (new date)
  • All current residents will be able to select from any room on campus for which they qualify.
  • Timeslot required and issued to student's ATU email address.
Last Dibs

Auto-Allocation

March 30 at 10am (new date)
  • Residence Life will assign a room to any current resident who has signed a housing contract and not selected a room yet. Room prepayment deadline has been extended to August 1st.

 

 

Living Learning Community Participants

 

ALL LLCS

New and Returning Students

April 6 at 10am to April 12 at 10pm (new date)
  • Residents admitted to a Living Learning Community will be able to select from a room from the building assigned to their LLC.
  • Timeslots will be needed and issued to the resident's ATU email

 

  

New Residents - incoming freshmen & transfer students

 

Participants of Tech Advise Sessions 

Sessions Between
March 17-April 13

Start April 21 at 10am
  • TechAdvise Participants will be able to select a room from any building for which they qualify
  • Timeslots will be needed and issued to the resident's ATU email
  • Timeslots will be issued based on date of participation in TechAdvise and the contract signed date
PARTICIPANTS OF TECH ADVISE SESSIONS 

Sessions Between 
April 15-June 05

Start May 12 at 10am
  •  TechAdvise Participants will be able to select a room from any building for which they qualify
  • Timeslots will be needed and issued to the resident's ATU email
  • Timeslots will be issued based on date of participation in TechAdvise and the contract signed date
All Students

Incoming freshmen & Transfer

Start May 25 at 10am
  •  Incoming freshmen and transfer students will be able to select a room from any building for which they qualify
  • Timeslots will be needed and issued to the resident's ATU email
  • Timeslots will be issued based on the date of contract signed
Auto-Allocation

All students

Start August 3rd at 10am
  • All students who signed a contract and made room prepayment but have not selected a room yet will be assigned a room by Residence Life.
  • Students not enrolled in classes before August 1st will have their booking cancelled per contract terms.


 * STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED IN CLASSES BY AUGUST 1ST TO KEEP THEIR BOOKING. STUDENTS NOT ENROLLED IN CLASSES BY AUGUST 1ST WILL HAVE THEIR BOOKING CANCELLED.

 

Step 4. Meal Plan Selection

 

STEP 5. room prepayment

  

How to Apply for Housing [PDF] Housing & Meal Plan Rates [PDF]

 

 

Move-In Day: Saturday, August 15, 2020. 

  

 

 


 

Additional Housing

 

Need to stay on campus during winter break, end of spring, or summer? No problem.
Visit extended stay or summer housing for more information.

                                                                                     EXTENDED STAY   Summer Housing