UCLA Residential Life: A Comprehensive Guide to Housing
Navigating residential life at UCLA can be an exciting yet complex process. This guide provides essential information regarding housing applications, offers, payments, and transfer requests, ensuring a smooth transition into your on-campus living experience.
Accessing Housing Applications and Offers
The gateway to UCLA housing is the Housing StarRez portal. To access this portal, you'll need your UCLA Logon ID and password. This secure platform allows you to apply for housing and manage your housing preferences and offers effectively. Several walkthrough guides are available to assist you:
- Undergraduate Housing Roommate Group Walkthrough (PDF): A step-by-step guide to help undergraduate students navigate the roommate group formation process.
- Undergraduate Application Walkthrough (PDF): A comprehensive guide to completing the undergraduate housing application.
- Undergraduate Offer Walkthrough (PDF): Provides detailed instructions on how to understand and accept your housing offer.
Housing Payments via BruinBill
All housing payments are processed through BruinBill, UCLA’s online billing system. To access BruinBill, you must activate your UCLA Logon and password, which allows you to log in to MyUCLA. Timely payments are crucial to maintaining your housing status.
Change of Assignment and Transfer Requests
Flexibility is sometimes needed, and UCLA provides mechanisms for students to request changes to their housing assignments. These processes differ slightly for undergraduate and graduate students.
Graduate Change of Assignment Request (CAR)
Graduate and Family Housing residents can submit a Change of Assignment Request (CAR) after accepting a housing offer and until their contract start date. The CAR allows graduate students to request a different housing assignment based on their needs and availability.
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Undergraduate Room Swap and Transfer Request
Undergraduate students who wish to move to a new room during the academic year can submit a room swap and transfer request during the designated Open Transfer period each quarter. It's important to note that the transfer request form is only open during specific periods. For instance, the form was closed for Winter Quarter 2026, and the next opportunity to submit a request will be during the Spring quarter. Detailed information and required steps for the process are typically available on the housing website.
Graduate Transfer Request
Students residing in Graduate and Family housing have the option to submit a transfer request after their contract start date. This allows graduate students to seek alternative housing arrangements within the Graduate and Family housing system.
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