Oakland Fall Application and Selection

Application Process

Please contact the Housing Office with any questions. Students receive all email communication to their Northeastern e-mail account with the information that pertains to them.

Incoming First Years

Undergraduates who enter as first-year students in Boston through fall admission and NUin will live in university housing during their first and second years, unless an academic or co-op experience takes them outside of the Boston area. Undergraduates who enter as first-year students in Oakland through fall admission will live in university housing during their first and second years, whether in Oakland or Boston for the second year, unless an academic or co-op experience takes them outside of those cities.

Those first-year students in Oakland, live in one of our popular Living Learning Communities (LLCs), themed housing environments that connect students of similar academic and personal interests. LLCs are a great way to enrich your academic experience outside the classroom and to form long-lasting bonds with other students who share the same values and enjoy the same activities.

Applying for First Year Housing

Once you have set up your paid your enrollment deposit (which includes the housing deposit) and claimed your Northeastern Student Account, you will be able to fill out the Housing Application on your Application Status Check, under Housing Online. It can take 24-48 hours from when you pay your deposit to have access to Housing Online. As long as you have paid the enrollment deposit by May 1, 2026 you will be able to fill out the housing application. Housing Applications are due by May 7, 2026 and can be edited until that date. As a required student, if you do not complete the housing application, or are approved to live off campus through the Residency Waiver Process, you will be assigned randomly. Assignment are released for students over the summer to their Northeastern emails.

Assignments for first year students are done in enrollment deposit date order. 

Required Second Year Students

Currently, undergraduates who enter as first-year students to Boston through fall admission and NUin are required to live in university housing for their first two years. Beginning with entering undergraduates in Fall 2026, those who enter as first-year students to Boston or Oakland through fall admission and through the N.U.in program are required to live in university housing for their first two years. 

Application Process Dates

TermApplication PostedApplication DueDepositSelection/
Placement
Fall & SpringDecember 2025January 16, 2026Deposits waivedSpring-Summer

Selection and Placement Information

More information on the Fall 2026 Oakland returning student housing selection and placement process will be provided in January and February to students who indicate they will be staying in Oakland for their second year.

More information about the Oakland Selection and Placement Process will be available here in January/February!

It is anticipated that second year students returning to Oakland will reside in the apartment style residence halls for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. Specific building(s) will be announced during Spring 2026 along with selection information. Undergraduate resident students in Oakland are required to be on a traditional meal plan and 2026-2027 meal plan details will be announced in late Spring 2026.

All Gender housing is defined as a housing option in which two or more students share a multiple-occupancy apartment or suite, in mutual agreement, regardless of the students’ sex or gender.

In order to view All Gender Housing during your selection date and time, you must have applied for it through your application on Housing Online in February. 

Please note: if you are in an All Gender roommate group, all members of your roommate group will need to have selected “I prefer All Gender Housing” to All Gender Housing on the application in order to select an All Gender room. 

Any medical accommodation must first be reviewed by the housing accommodation team. Please review the information on how to start that process here.

Additionally you will need to select “Yes” to the housing accommodation question on your housing applications prior to the application deadline in order to qualify for pre-selection.

Undergraduates who enter as first-year students through fall admission to Boston, Oakland, and NUin are required to live in university housing unless approved for a  residency waiver.

If you are taking an official separation from the university or participating in a co-op or study abroad that would take you outside of Boston, please refer to our cancellation policies and deadlines.

If you are changing your campus of attendance, please email housing@northeastern.edu