Over 2,100 students live on campus at UBC Okanagan. We try to place students in rooms based on all the information provided during the application process. This includes whether you’re eligible for a guaranteed room, roommate group requests, residence or room type preferences and lifestyle habits. We can’t guarantee all preferences will be accommodated.
Winter Session Residence
First-year applicants can most often expect to receive an offer to live in one of our single-connected or single units.
Upper-year applicants typically receive an offer to live in either Cascades or Monashee residences.
- Most offers go to students who qualify for a guaranteed room in Winter Session Residence. A limited number of spaces are reserved for returning students.
- After accepting an offer, we work behind the scenes to assign residence areas and rooms based on room type preferences and roommate group requests. We cannot make guarantees in this process.
- Students who do not receive an offer will be placed on a waitlist and may receive an offer any time during the summer or upcoming academic year.
Timeline for Prospective Residents
June—First-round housing offers are sent in June. Offers are time-sensitive and require a deposit to accept.
July—Student Housing continues to send out offers, and begins assigning students to residences and rooms based on their application preferences, including those who applied to live in Living Learning Communities. We do our best to accommodate these preferences—lifestyle habits, roommates, etc.—but can’t make guarantees.
August—Students receive specific room assignment details.
Timeline for Returning Residents
February—Students receive and accept offers to live in residence. Students who don’t receive an offer will be receive a waitlist number.
March/April—Students go online to update preferences (residence area, room type, Living Learning Community) and request roommates. After May 1, Student Housing arranges residence assignments.
June—Students receive residence area assignments.
August—Students receive detailed room assignments.
Additional Information
Gender and trans experience
In addition to application date, age and vacancy type, we make room assignments based on the gender identity and trans experience a student identifies in their residence application.
Single-gender units
Many of our shared suite-style units are single gender—students are placed in a unit with other students who indicated the same gender identity.
For example, if you are assigned to a woman-identifying unit, you may be placed with roommates who identify as cisgender women, transgender women or non-binary (or a combination if you have multiple roommates).
All-gender units
We also have a small number of all-gender units. Students who indicate a preference for an all-gender unit may be assigned to this type of unit with students of any gender.
For example, if you are assigned to an all-gender unit, you may be placed with roommates who identify as non-binary or another gender diverse identity, transgender or cisgender.
While we do our best to accommodate all requests for an all-gender unit, especially for trans, non-binary and other gender diverse students, placement depends on availability, and we cannot guarantee placement for every student who selects an all-gender unit as a preference on their application.
Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns regarding about your application or the assignment process, please contact us.