Back to Main Menu

Apply for housing: First-Year and Transfer Students

So far in the process, you’ve applied for admission, been admitted to CMU and submitted your enrollment deposit. Now, you can enter your housing portal, sign your housing contract, choose a meal plan and find roommates!

The housing application process is the same for transfer students and all first-year students, including international students in their first year at CMU.

Central Michigan University's campus residency policy requires that first- and second-year students live on campus. Those who reach the four-semester requirement at midyear are required to complete the full term of the contract for the academic year (fall and spring semester).

my housing portal

Watch for your ResLife guide

After you submit your enrollment deposit, you will receive the Residential Community Living Guide through your student cmich.edu email. This gives you access to apply for housing. 

Apply for student housing

Log in to your housing portal

Access housing.cmich.edu using the same login information you used to create your application to CMU. Here, you can choose your meal plan, complete a lifestyle profile and form roommate groups. You can modify your selections even after submitting your application.

My housing portal

Sign your housing contract


 

The housing contract is a legal agreement between you and the university. It is written in legal language that may be unfamiliar to you. However, we encourage you to read it carefully, and acquaint yourself with its provisions. This Office of Residence Life Housing Contract applies in all instances where a student lives in housing provided by CMU, whether that housing is in a residence hall, apartment or other type of housing.

Please note that MICHIGAN LAW DOES NOT ALLOW A MINOR TO VOID A CONTRACT FOR HOUSING. If you sign this Housing Contract and are under the age of 18, you cannot cancel it merely for that reason.

Housing contract

Start your housing application

This is where you select a meal plan, complete a lifestyle questionnaire and find roommates.

You can review your meal plan package options with CMU Dining's Residential Meal Memberships, or check out this year's  housing and food rates.

If you are part of a roommate group, your Group Leader will make the selection and assign beds within the chosen room for all members

How do you make a Roommate Group? 

  1. One person will start their housing application and create a Roommate Group. That person is the designated Group Leader.
  2. The Group Leader will invite others to the group – it’s important that everyone in the group has started their housing application. Otherwise, the Group Leader will not be able to find/invite them to join the group.
  3. Once everyone in the group has started their application and accepted the invite, the Group Leader will log on during the timeframe for the preferred location* and select a space for themselves and each roommate in the room.

*Be sure to communicate with your Roommate Group about second and third-option preferences for housing in case your first preference is already occupied.

Submit your first housing payment


Your first housing payment of $350 is due May 1, or with application if applying after May 1.

  • The first housing payment will appear on your April billing statement. If you apply after April 1, please allow one week for the charge to reflect on your student account.
  • To make a payment online, log into your centralink.cmich.edu account with your global ID and password. Then click on "view/pay my bill," and choose either electronic check or credit card.
  • If you need to defer/postpone this payment, please email reslife@cmich.edu and be sure to include your name and student ID number.

Select your room

Housing selection is scheduled for mid-July.

By 5 p.m. on July 1, you will receive an email in your cmich.edu account with your designated time to select your housing assignment. During your assigned timeslot, log into your housing application at housing.cmich.edu to choose your assignment.

FAQs about applying for housing

    There is no deadline to apply for student housing. But, you'll find that applying earlier will give you more options during room and hall selection.

    Incoming fall applicants:The first housing payment of $350.00 is due May 1. If you apply for housing after this date, you must submit your payment when you apply.

    Incoming spring applicants: There is not a first housing payment that is due when you begin in the spring semester. Your spring semester housing and food charges are due the same date as spring tuition.

    To pay by electronic check or credit card, log into QuikPAY using your global ID and password and select "Make a Payment."

    Checks made payable to Central Michigan University should be sent to:

    Central Michigan University
    OneCentral
    Bovee University Center 119
    Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

    To request to postpone/defer the first housing payment, email reslife@cmich.edu. Please include your name and student ID number.

    Student interested in Gender Inclusive Housing can apply for that in the Housing Preferences step of the housing application. Check out our page on Gender Inclusive Housing at CMU for more information.

    Each residence hall is co-ed. This means all genders will share the residence hall floor. However, each room or apartment is occupied by students of the same gender.

    Kulhavi Hall offers suite-style living, where 4 students each have their own room and share 2 bathrooms and a living room.

    A very limited number of rooms have been designated for single occupancy. These rooms are contracted at the single room rate of one and one-half times the regular room rate.

    If space is available, reduced occupancy may be an option at an additional charge. The rates are:

    • 3 persons in a 4-person suite = one and one/quarter times the base room rate.
    • 1 person in a 2-bedroom suite = one and one/half times the base room rate.
    • 2 persons in a 4-person suite = one and one/half times the base room rate.