After admission Housing Contract
If you’re admitted to the university and pay your enrollment deposit to accept admission, you’ll be sent an e-mail that includes a link to your housing contract; e-mail contract notifications are sent periodically as students are admitted (see “When to Expect Your Contract” below).
Take the following steps to complete the housing contract:
- Log in to your My Housing page using the link in your contract e-mail.
- Review your contract and the Terms & Conditions carefully. Your contract is personalized and includes details that apply to you as an individual. You may not submit a copy of a contract sent to another student. If you are not able to retrieve the contract sent to you by e-mail, please contact the Division of Housing and Food at 512-471-3136.
- Print, sign, and return your contract by the expiration date using one of the options described in the e-mail you receive. If time is short, you may fax a copy of your contract to 512-475-6532 or you may e-mail a scanned copy to housing@austin.utexas.edu.
- Pay your $300 advance payment, either online through What I Owe or by check with your returned contract; some students are eligible for financial aid deferment.
When you log in to print and review your contract, you’ll also be able to make your housing choices. If you’re not ready to make them at that time, you may return to My Housing to make your choices or update them at any time up until July 1, when the Division of Housing and Food begins the process of assigning rooms.
Not Yet 18? Complete the guarantor section
If you’re not yet 18 years old, be sure to have the person who is legally responsible for your contract (a parent, guardian or other person of legal authority) complete and sign the guarantor section of your contract before you return it.
Details about the Housing Contract
Terms & Conditions PDFs
The Terms & Conditions explain the legal obligations and conditions that you are agreeing to when you return your signed housing contract. The following PDFs are examples of what the terms and conditions of your contract will be:
Contract Offer = Space (not a specific room)
Your contract offers you space in on-campus housing – not a particular residence hall or a specific room. The Division of Housing and Food will work diligently to offer you the kind of space that you prefer based on the room choices you make online. Be sure to make your choices online by July 1, when the Division of Housing and Food begins making room assignments for the fall semester.
Meals
Your housing contract includes participation in the university’s meal plan. The fall/spring contract includes $1200 in Dine In Dollars and $300 in Bevo Bucks.
Contracts for Fall, Spring, and Summer
- If you’ve been admitted to the fall semester, the housing contract you sign is for both the fall and spring semesters. You are bound to your contract as long as you remain enrolled at the University and attend classes on campus.
- If you apply to begin your studies during a spring semester, your housing contract will be for the spring semester only.
- Summer housing contracts are for the summer session only.
Summer Freshman Class
- If you were admitted to the Summer Freshman Class, you will have to submit a separate housing application and $50 processing fee for the summer. Because the campus has fewer students in the summer, you shouldn’t have any trouble obtaining housing space even though you may be applying late during the application cycle.
What Happens Next
After submitting your signed contract and paying your advance payment, you’ll be placed on the housing waitlist until room assignments for the fall semester are made beginning on July 1. While you’re waiting to find out about your assignment (assignments are mailed starting in mid-July), you’ll be able to:
- Confirm receipt of your contract and advance payment online by logging in to My Housing.
- Make and view your housing choices through My Housing.
When to Expect Your Contract
The Division of Housing and Food periodically sends out contracts in batches beginning in November for the upcoming fall semester.
Students who have been admitted and paid their enrollment deposits at the point when a batch of contracts is sent will receive their contracts in that batch.
Don’t be concerned if a few weeks go by before you receive your contract. Room assignments are made based on the date you submitted your housing application and paid your application fee, not by the date on which you receive or return your housing contract.