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We are excited to once again offer in-person visits, and invite you to join us on our beautiful campus to Discover Stanford! Campus visit options are available Monday through Friday; on weekends and university holidays, visitors are welcome to take a self-guided tour. Campus tours and other sessions fill up quickly, so we recommend you wait to book your travel until after you receive a confirmation email with your upcoming reservations to visit Stanford University. . Please note: . The "Discover Stanford Campus Visit" events listed are umbrella events that encompass all of the various programs we offer (listed below). Once you have selected the number of guests in your party on the registration form, you will have the ability to plan out your day and select the specific programs you would like to attend. We offer several different programs to help you learn more about the undergraduate student experience and applying to Stanford. Please note that not all options may be available on the day of your visit:

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Welcome, we're so glad you made it! Now that you've arrived to campus, there are a few things we'd like to prepare you with so you know what to expect on New Student Move-In Day: Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Print 2024 Move-In Instructions, Maps and NSO Parking Pass (PDF) - coming soon

(Students: If you are unable to access the packet via Google Drive, please log into the Approaching Stanford Canvas course and download the PDF.)

Directions to your Housing Service Center

Download the Stanford Mobile app and use the "Map" feature to familiarize yourself with the Stanford campus. Look for your Housing Service Center and residence name on the searchable campus map or on the 2024 Stanford NSO Move-In Map .

Arriving at the Residences

Checking in.

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Go to your Neighborhood’s Outdoor Check-in Location (see chart below) to pick up your room key and SUID card. Be ready to show a government-issued photo ID such as a driver’s license or passport. If you have already been issued a SUID card, be sure to bring it, as a new card will not be printed.  

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Check-in will be moved inside your Neighborhood's Housing Service Center.

All students should be checked in by 5:00 p.m. Required NSO programs will begin this evening with Convocation followed by the First Student Dinner and House Meeting

After checking in, head over to your residence to locate your room and move in. Scan your SUID card at the entrance of your residence for entry. 

At your dorm, your residence team will greet you and give you your NSO packet with your NSO nametag, schedule, and other important information. Please wear your nametag for the duration of NSO.

While a few dorms have elevators, most do not. Be sure that you are able to carry the items you pack. If you have large items, handtrucks may be available at your Housing Service Center.

Your NSO meal plan will begin on September 17. Students living in graduate housing and EVGR-A will be provided an NSO Meal Plan from September 17-22.

See dining.stanford.edu for open dining halls and hours. At each meal, you will need to scan your SUID card. 

Complimentary lunch in the dining halls is available for your guests on Move-In Day.

After Moving In

Use A Student’s Guide to Stanford map to orient yourself to our beautiful campus. Familiarize yourself with the Stanford Mobile app , which includes campus eateries, all-gender restrooms, shuttle service, and more. We invite students and families to attend the following NSO signature events on this day:

• We recommend heading over to Frost at about 3:30 PM to ensure time for ticketing, security check, and seating. Students and Guests will enter at separate gates. Frost has a clear bag policy - do not bring backpacks, large bags, or suitcases, as there will not be a bag check.
• Residence Welcome
• Community Welcomes, Open Houses, and Family Welcome Center
• NSO Dinner with the Provost (families only): 6:45-8:15 p.m. at Arrillaga Center for Sports & Recreation. If tickets remain, they can be purchased online by the September 3 deadline.

The conclusion of Convocation is the traditional time for students and families to say their goodbyes. Students will be occupied with required NSO programs for the remained of the week.

Campus Parking for Move-In Day

If you will be driving to campus with family members, print and display the NSO Arrival Day Parking Pass in your car on September 17.

Upon arrival, first park your car in the nearest residential parking lot or garage, and the walk over to your Housing Service Center to check in. 30-minute temporary parking in the lots while checking in is permitted. Please do not park your car temporarily at the curb to check in, as it will block traffic.

After checking in and locating your room, return to your car to move in. Head back to your car and drive to the nearest curb for active unloading to the curb. Move-In Day Volunteers will be waiting to help you unload to the curb and to bring your belongings to your room. 

Families may temporarily park cars for active unloading to the curb near the student residences, but please stay with your car while unloading. All parking regulations will continue to be enforced.   You must not park in front of fire hydrants, FDC pipes, or barricades, cones, caution tape, or other signage indicating that parking is not allowed. Citations may be issued to parked cars blocking these emergency access areas.

After unloading your car, immediately move your vehicle to the Galvez Parking Lot located at 294 Galvez St - the corner of Galvez St and Campus Dr, west of the Stanford Stadium. Ample free all-day parking is available with this pass on September 17 in the Galvez Lot , which is close to the venues for Convocation and Dinner with the Provost, where many families will end their day. Free NSO shuttle buses will reun approximately every 15-30 minutes from the Galvez Lot back to the residences.

If you wish to re-park in a residential garage, you may choose to purchase an all-day parking permit for $8, valid in resident spaces in the garages only. See instructions on the NSO Parking Pass.

Please be sure to lock your vehicle. Do not leave any valuables or visible bags/suitcases in your car.

Campus Parking After Move-In Day

First-Year Parking Policy:  Per University policy, first-year students are not allowed to have cars on campus in their first year and cannot purchase a parking permit. There are many programs and resources at Stanford that support students’ transportation needs including the Frosh Emergency Ride Home Program . For more information, visit Transportation Options for New Students and register in advance for the Frosh Emergency Ride Home Program .

Transfer Student Parking:  Transfer students who intend to keep a car on campus after NSO must purchase a parking permit  after they have arrived to campus.

The S-T-A-N-F-O-R-D Neighborhoods, Reviewed

Love it or hate it, the housing draw is gone! Going forward, every student will be assigned to a “Neighborhood” to live in for the entirety of their time at Stanford (with some exceptions). The deadline to rank neighborhoods for the 2021-2022 school year is approaching quickly! (Sunday at 11:59PM PT) Accordingly, the Review has reviewed each neighborhood for you!

The anatomy of each neighborhood is as follows:

• One central residence (mostly for frosh and sophomores)
• Three to five Row houses (this includes Greek houses, co-ops, and generic houses) for non-frosh. Includes houses that you can pre-assign to ( see: pre-assignment ).
• Part of EVGR and Mirrielees for upperclassmen. This housing is the same between all neighborhoods; they are both apartment-style buildings on East Campus. EVGR is shiny and new! Traditionally, Mirrielees has been half substance-free, half football players, and without much dorm community to speak of. But in the New Regime, who knows?

This guide is not intended to help you choose a specific house within a neighborhood - that won’t happen until over the summer (July or August). But by knowing which houses are in each neighborhood, we hope you’ll be able to make the best decision possible about which neighborhood you will live in over the course of your time here.

But don’t worry too much - there’s something for everyone in each neighborhood. Stanford housing has always been chaos , but we have all survived, and so will you!

Neighborhood S: Wilbur I

Central residence: Wilbur Hall (East)

Cedro (All-frosh)

Junipero (All-frosh)

Arroyo (All-sophomore)

Okada (Asian ethnic theme)

As far as large dorm complexes go, Wilbur is a little less nice than Stern, and is a bit farther away from central campus. It’s great, though, if you want to live (and party!) among lots of people. Wilbur was traditionally the largest frosh dorm, and we anticipate it will maintain that same energy!

Row houses:

BOB (Robert Moore South) (Upperclass) - BOB is at the center of the Row, a very busy location, especially on weekends!

Terra (Co-op) - LGBT co-op

Z AP (Upperclass)

These two are both in the Cowell Cluster, on the far southeast of campus. A bit remote, but nice housing with all the usual amenities of a self-op (good kitchen, etc.).

Neighborhood T: Wilbur II

Central residence: Wilbur West

Rinconada (All-frosh)

Soto (All-frosh)

Trancos (All-sophomore)

Otero (public service theme)

The twin of Wilbur I, Wilbur II dorms are more or less the same. Wilbur II’s Row houses are an improvement, though!

The biggest downside to either of the Wilbur neighborhoods or the Stern neighborhood is that its Sophomore housing is not great. But, for you rising sophomores who have never been to campus, you’ll manage!

610 Mayfield (Upperclass) - Formerly Maison Française (R.I.P). A beautiful, if uncreatively named, house, and not too far down the Row!

Enchanted Broccoli Forest (Co-op) - Get it? Broccoli? This is a very mellow co-op, not an insane environment, just…relaxed. Just ask around.

Jerry (Upperclass)

Narnia (Upperclass)

EBF, Jerry, and Narnia, are all “lake houses” (near Lake Lag) in the woods on the south of campus. They are in a peaceful, albeit isolated location, closest to FloMo.

Neighborhood A: Stern

Central residence: Stern Hall

Donner (All-frosh)

Larkin (All-frosh)

Burbank (arts-themed ITALIC program)

Sally Ride (All-sophomore)

Twain (All-sophomore)

Casa Zapata (ethnic theme - Latin America)

Stern has slightly nicer facilities than Wilbur. It’s closer to main quad, and a little newer and cleaner. Also, a better dining hall. But essentially, the same. Lots of people, a real campus nexus!

Columbae (Co-op) - vegetarian/activism co-op. Excellent location, but co-ops aren’t for everyone, and this one is very political. (Our Editor-in-Chief Maxwell gives it an overall positive review though) Even if you don’t tolerate tofu well, you’ll be able to eat 5x weekly in the dining halls!

Mars (Upperclass) - one of the best locations on the Row. Five stars.

Neighborhood N: the Row neighborhood

Central residence: Crothers/Toyon

Crothers Hall (All-frosh) .

Crothers has bigger rooms and a great location. Right next to the gym and the library! The building itself is not pretty, and the interior decor is a little dreary. But it’s still much better than your typical frosh housing.

Toyon Hall (All-sophomore) .

Definitely the nicest all-Sophomore housing. Inside, it’s straight out of Harry Potter, and on the outside one of the most beautiful dorms on campus, like a small Spanish palace!

620 Mayfield (Upperclass)

650 Mayfield (Upperclass)

Durand (Upperclass)

620/650: Formerly Haus Mitt and Slav (R.I.P) - Two nice houses on the very far end of the Row. Same with Durand. In the Ancien Regime, these were two of the most desirable row houses on campus since their fun themes created a great sense of community. We don’t yet know how they’ll shake out next year, though. It’s a shame that Stanford axed them, as these houses hosted some of the better all-campus events.

Hammarskjold (Co-op) . Stunning building, not too far, and probably the mildest co-op (international themed). And a great Scandinavian name - it’s basically a Viking village!

Pluto (Upperclass) - Pluto is aptly named. This house is furthest down on the Row. It is a nice house, inside and out, though. The remote location tends to foster a strong sense of community.

Robert Moore North (UTH) - “The Well House.” Theme: substance-free. Which is great, but it strikes us as strange to put the substance-free house right in the middle of the Row, where all the substance is…

Roth (Upperclass) . - Historically, the all-girls Row house, which had some great community. Unclear if this will still be the case. Located near the middle of the Row.

Neighborhood F: Branner and Casper

Central Residence:

Branner (All-Frosh) -  One of the best (if not the best) dorms for freshmen available: one of the most beautiful dorms on campus, with a fantastic location, and its own excellent dining hall.

Gerhard Casper Quad - Castaño (All-frosh), Kimball (Upperclass), Lantana (All-sophomore), Ng (UTH) - Casper Quad’s central location makes it easy to socialize, and students from all across campus converge on the excellent Casper dining hall. Plus, the rooms are new and beautiful, especially in Ng. Easily one of the best places to live on campus, if you don’t want to be on the Row.

Row Houses:

Row - Grove (Upperclass) - Located near the beginning of the Row.

Row - Kairos (Co-op) - Manageable co-op, but still, learn about what they are before you live there (you’ll be working on cleaning or cooking!).

Neighborhood O: FloMo

Central Residence: Florence Moore Hall (FloMo)

Gavilan (All-frosh)

Loro (All-frosh)

Mirlo (All-frosh)

Faisan (All-sophomore)

Paloma (All-sophomore)

Alondra (SLE)

Cardenal (SLE)

FloMo can be a great location, depending on what you are looking for in a dorm. Located between East and West Campus, it’s the closest dorm to Tressider, not to mention it has a decent dining hall (Indian food on Sundays, as well as real ice cream (not soft serve!) during the week. The SLE dorms are also in part of FloMo.

Though it is right next to the Row, it’s known for being one of the quieter dorms. If you’re looking for action and a busy hive of students, FloMo is probably not it, but it gets lots of love regardless.

This neighborhood’s culture will probably be very SLE-oriented (lots of humanities majors).

576 Alvarado (Co-op) - 576 is by far the most...unique co-op. Unless you’re an aggressive leftist or enjoy thick-painted walls and unorthodox room designs, it’s best to steer clear of 576.

680 Lomita (Upperclass) - Lake House, far south of campus, not many people around.

Row - Storey (Upperclass) . - PRIME location. Very beginning of the Row, directly next to White Plaza, one of the closest residences to the quad.

Muwekma-Tah-Ruk (Native themed house)

Neighborhood R: Roble and Lag

Central Residence: Lag + Roble

Adelfa (All-frosh)

West Lagunita (All-frosh)

Meier (All-sophomore)

Naranja (All-sophomore)

Norcliffe (Upperclass)

Ujamaa (Black diaspora theme house)

This neighborhood is located a little further away, but has some of the news facilities. West Arrillaga (Farillaga) gym is right across the street!

Roble Hall (Upperclass)

Iconic, ivy-covered building, slightly older than most, surrounded by trees on West Campus. Roble is located close to White Plaza, Main Quad, and Engineering Quad. It’s slightly quieter, but no ghost town. It has excellent indoor and outdoor communal spaces, traditions, events, and is a lovely place to live!

Xanadu (Upperclass) - A loud area, located in the middle of the Row! Xanadu is often very busy on weekends.

Neighborhood D: Governor’s Corner

Central residence: GovCo

Adams (All-frosh)

Potter (All-frosh)

Robinson (All-frosh)

Schiff (All-frosh)

Murray (All-sophomore)

EAST (“equity” themed house - who knows what that means?)

The Suites (Upperclass)

Yost (combined French, Italian, Russian themed language house - awkward )

All of these dorms are quite far from the center of campus, and as a result, the butt of many jokes. It’s nice if you enjoy riding a bicycle, but difficult if you like walking to class. We hope that Neighborhood D will become its own great community on the far edge of campus, but this area has always been an island to itself. Historically, it’s been an introverted place, but hopefully some new frosh will energize the area!

The banishment of the cultural theme houses (French House, Casa Italiana, and Slav) away from the center of student social life on the Row to Yost is a terrible mistake on the part of University administrators. But we hope these communities can survive!

550 Lasuen (Upperclass) - Prime real estate, beautiful building, overall an excellent place to live!

Synergy (Co-op) - WARNING: frequent nudity and poor sanitary standards.

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Welcome to S-T-A-N-F-O-R-D: A guide for choosing your neighborhood

As Stanford proceeds with plans for students to return in the fall, the University is also launching a complete overhaul of the residential experience under the ResX initiative, which splits campus into eight neighborhoods. 

Neighborhoods will be made up of a variety of housing types, including all-frosh dorms, all-sophomore dorms and University Themed Houses (UTHs). 

The deadline to fill out neighborhood applications is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 25. If you want to live in a UTH — including cultural, ethnic and academic theme houses, cooperatives, Row houses and Greek houses — you’ll need to apply during the pre-assignment process, which opens June 7.

Any student from any neighborhood can live in a UTH, which will be filled completely by preassignment. Because of that, Stanford is advising students not to rank neighborhoods based on theme programs: All students will always be eligible to preassign anywhere.

So, what factors should you consider? To help you decide where you want to live next year, here’s The Daily’s breakdown of what each neighborhood has to offer. (And, in case you missed it, here’s our explainer on how the assignment process actually works .)

Neighborhood S

Neighborhood S is made up of 12 houses, including Robert Moore South (BOB) and ZAP. Both BOB and ZAP are reserved for upperclassmen. 

BOB, the only house in Neighborhood S located on the Row, is a 9-minute walk and a 2-minute bike ride from Main Quad, while ZAP is further away. From ZAP, located in Cowell Cluster, it takes a 16-minute walk and a 4-minute bike ride to get to Main Quad. (All commute times in this article are based on Google Maps.)

S is also home to the east wing of the Wilbur residential complex, including two all-frosh dorms, one all-sophomore dorm and one just for upperclassmen. For frosh, Cedro and Junipero both contain 86 one-room doubles, while Arroyo — a former all-frosh dorm — offers sophomores 82 one-room doubles. (Both dorms also contain a handful of singles, but these traditionally go to student staff members, not residents.)

Wilbur is a three-minute bike ride away from the Main Quad and a nine-minute walk. 

Neighborhood S also includes these UTHs: Okada, a four-class Asian ethnic theme dorm in Wilbur; Terra, “the unofficial LGBTQ+ co-op dorm”; and Kappa Alpha Theta, a sorority. Both Terra and Kappa Alpha Theta are located in Cowell Cluster.

Neighborhood T

On this side of Wilbur, Rinconada and Soto serve as all-frosh houses, while Trancos will be exclusive to sophomores. 

Neighborhood T also includes these UTHs: Otero, located in Wilbur and focused on public service and civic engagement; the Chi Omega sorority, located near Lake Lag; and one of the largest co-ops on campus, Enchanted Broccoli Forest (EBF) — which is an all-vegetarian house also located near Lake Lag. Chi Omega and EBF are both around 13 minutes walking or 5 minutes biking from Main Quad.

Neighborhood A

Residents of Neighborhood A will be able to explore the various communities that Stern Hall and the Row has to offer. Located on East Campus, Stern has two all-sophomore houses, Sally Ride and Twain, and two all-frosh houses, Donner and Larkin. 

You can expect a seven-minute walk or a two-minute bike cruise to the Main Quad from Stern. 

Neighborhood A also includes these UTHs: Burbank, an art-themed house located in Stern; Casa Zapata, the Latinx-themed ethnic dorm (also in Stern); Columbae, a house where residents prioritize environmental consciousness and vegetarianism; fraternity Sigma Nu and sorority Delta Delta Delta; and Mars, a self-operated house for upperclass students on the Row.  

Getting to the Main Quad from Mars, Sigma Nu or Columbae takes roughly seven minutes by foot or two minutes by bike.

Neighborhood N 

If your dream is to live on the Row, Neighborhood N is the most promising with eight Row houses. Neighborhood residents can draw into five of those houses, including Durand, Pluto and Roth.

On the other hand, there are only one all-frosh and one all-sophomore house, although both are large residences: Crothers and Toyon, respectively. Crothers, located in the center of campus, has 300 one-room doubles, 21 singles, and 3 one-room triples. Toyon offers 106 two-room doubles — the most among all campus residences — 26 one-room doubles, 13 singles, 12 two-room doubles and 3 one-room triples. 

Crothers is a one-minute bike ride and a three-minute walk from Main Quad, and Toyon is just a few minutes further. 

Neighborhood N also includes these UTHs: substance-free house Robert North, co-op Hammarskjold, and Greek house Kappa Sigma (another two-room double heavy hitter).

Neighborhood F

Clustered together, Neighborhood F is primarily located in Gerhard Casper Quad. First-year students can choose from former upper-class residences Branner or Castano. Branner has 135 two-room triples, 20 one-room doubles and 11 singles. Castano contains 54 two-room doubles, 28 one room doubles and 11 singles. 

Lantana is the only all-sophomore house in Casper Quad and offers 54 two-room doubles, 9 one-room triples, 22 singles and 28 one-room doubles. For upperclass students, Kimball mostly offers singles and two-room doubles. 

Gerhard Casper Quad is a two-minute bike ride and an 11-minute walk to Main Quad.

Neighborhood F only has one Row house not reserved for preassigned students: self-op Grove. Grove is a 10-minute walk and a 3-minute bike from Main Quad.

Neighborhood F also includes these UTHs: humanities-themed house Ng in Casper Quad, co-op Kairos, and Greek houses Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Phi — both of which mostly have two-room doubles. 

Neighborhood O

With 16 houses for students to choose from, the options in Neighborhood O are endless. Seven of these houses are in Florence Moore Hall (FloMo). Centrally located, nothing is too far — including the Main Quad which is either a nine-minute walk or a two-minute bike ride away. 

There are four all-frosh houses in FloMo. Residents can also draw into upperclass houses 680 Lomita and Storey on the Lower Row.

Neighborhood O also includes these UTHs: Structured Liberal Education (SLE) houses Cardenal and Alondra, co-op 576 Alvarado, Greek life house 675 Lomita, and the Indigenous ethnic theme dorm Muwekma-Tah-Ruk.

Neighborhood R

Most of this neighborhood’s real estate is concentrated in Lagunita Court, a nine-minute walk or three-minute bike ride from Main Quad. This complex runs along the now dried-up Lake Lagunita and is right across the street from Roble Dance Studio and Arrillaga Sports and Recreation Center. Also, many rooms in these dorms have sinks and mirrors.

Neighborhood R contains a healthy mix of upper class and underclass student dorms. Adelfa and West Lagunita are all-frosh dorms, and sophomores have Naranja and Meier to choose from — with the latter offering 54 one-room doubles, 26 two-room doubles, and 29 singles. Students seeking to live on the Row can draw into Xanadu. 

If you’re an upper class student desperate for your own space, you may be drawn to this neighborhood for Roble alone, which offers 130 single rooms in addition to 72 three-room doubles, 9 three-room triples, and 4 two-room doubles. 

If you’re in a rush to reach the Main Quad, you’ll be pleased to hear that Roble is only an eight-minute walk and a two-minute bike ride away.

Neighborhood R also includes these UTHs: Ujamaa, an ethnic-themed house focused on the experiences of the Black diaspora, and 1018 Campus Drive, which will be allocated to a yet-to-be-determined Greek organization. 

Neighborhood D

If you enjoy Governor’s Corner (GovCo), then this neighborhood might be a good fit for you: Eight of the 13 dorms in this zone are housed in the complex built in 1982.

Students who draw into this neighborhood are likely to live in two-room or one-room doubles. Upperclassmen also have the opportunity to live in Suites, where students can live in four or eight bedroom suites with a kitchenette and bathroom shared between suitemates. 

The neighborhood matches Neighborhood O for the most houses reserved for first-years, with Adams, Schiff (previously known as Freshman Sophomore College or FroSoCo), Potter and Robinson serving as all-frosh dorms in Sterling Quad. 

GovCo is relatively removed from Main Quad; it would take one a 12-minute walk or a three-minute bike ride to get there. 

Beyond GovCo, residents can draw in to one house on the Row: 550 Lasuen. 

Neighborhood D also includes these UTHs: East, an academic dorm focused on equity, access, and equality; Yost, an “at home abroad” themed house; Kappa Kappa Gamma, a fraternity; and Synergy, a co-op known for its communal living . 

Shared residences 

In order to give all students the opportunity to live in apartment-style housing, Escondido Village Graduate Residences Building A (EVGR-A) and Mirrielees are distributed throughout the eight neighborhoods. Every neighborhood will include least one wing and/or floor of EVGR-A and Mirrielees. 

Located on the east side of campus, the EVGR residences were opened in 2020 and housed undergraduates allowed to live on campus during the pandemic due to special circumstances. Because next year’s incoming frosh class will be around 400 students larger than usual, EVGR-A will be used for undergraduate housing once again next year. These apartments provide two-bedroom triples, two-room doubles, or studio doubles with a shared common space and kitchenette, although the ovens and stoves have been removed from undergraduate apartments. This building offers other amenities like a theatre, yoga and dance studio and a garden. 

To reach the Main Quad from EVGR-A, it’s only five minutes by bike and 16 minutes by foot if you travel down Jane Stanford Way. 

Mirrielees, built in 1972 and located on East Campus, offers upperclass students a private two or three-bedroom apartment with a shared living room and kitchen. Students who have emotional assistance animals are assigned to one of the two-bedroom apartments in the complex. 

A bit removed from campus, Mirrielees is a 14-minute trek and four-minute bike ride to Main Quad.

Christine Delianne is a desk editor for The Grind section. She is a sophomore from New York and is studying communications and African American studies. She’s an avid runner and the most cut-throat Family Feud Zoom host you’ll ever meet. Contact her at cdelianne ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

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Imogen Hinds, Ed.D., M.Ed.  Assistant Vice Provost, R&DE Student Housing Operations and Stanford Conferences

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Making a significant positive impact on our students’ and customers’ awareness and habits, and ensuring the Stanford campus’s long-term viability.

Creating a culture where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the center of our community.

Providing educational, professional, and athletic conferences and camps, as well as services to help plan and execute campus conferences, meetings, and events.

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Housing & Residential Life

• Community Safety
• Future Residents
• Current Residents
• Explore Housing
• How to Apply
• Move-In Day
• Rates and Dining
• Take a Tour
• Residential Education
• Forms & Policies
• Summer Housing

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Experience Stan State Student Housing for yourself on a tour of Housing and Residential Life! On this tour, you’ll visit some of the areas you would frequent as a housing resident, including:

• Front Office & Community Center
• Academic Hub
• Residential Life Hub & Community Kitchen
• Showroom Unit

Our 45-60 minute tours will tell you all about what living on-campus is like, how we can help you reach your graduation and career goals, and the differences between living on-campus and off-campus.

Just want to see inside a unit? Check out virtual unit tour videos on the Stan State Housing YouTube Channel . You can also view floorplans of all units on the Rates & Dining page of the Housing website.

Fall 2024 Tour Requests

We are open for tours Monday through Friday by appointment . Staff will do their best to accommodate drop-in tours, however drop-ins outside of these hours are subject to availability. 

• Mondays: 12PM - 4:00PM
• Tuesdays: 10AM - 4:00PM
• Wednesdays: 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Thursdays: 10AM - 4:00PM
• Fridays: 10AM - 4:00PM

At this time, tours are unable to be scheduled on the weekends or campus-observed holidays when the office is closed.

Request a Housing Tour

Use the button below to request a Housing Tour via email. In your message, please include:

• Student Name
• Preferred Tour Time and Date(s)
• Current Student or Incoming Student
• Classification (first year, transfer, upper division)

We kindly ask that you submit your request at least 48 hours prior to the requested tour time. All tour requests are tentative until you receive a confirmation message from Housing staff.

Finding the Office & Parking for In-Person Tours

Housing and Residential Life is located directly off of Christoffersen Parkway on the North side of campus, next to Stan State Parking Lots 6 and 7.

Please check in at the Housing Office. It is located outside of the Village gates, not inside of the community. Proceed straight through Parking Lot 6 and down the small sideroad, which will deadend next to the Housing Office. There, tour guests can park in one of the spaces marked “Housing & Residential Life Service Vehicles.” As part of the check-in process, tour guests will receive one temporary parking permit for their windshield, allowing them to park for free for the tour duration.

Take a Tour During New Student Orientation

New Stan State students attending New Student Orientation are invited to attend a presentation all about living on campus AND take a Housing group tour during their free time on those dates. No pre-registration required for the NSO Housing tours, but don’t forget to register for NSO !

NSO is required for all new students; failure to attend NSO may cause your admission into the university to be canceled.

Take a Campus Tour

Interested in seeing more of the Stan State campus? The Admissions and Outreach team has in-person and virtual tours available! These tours include a general overview of housing but do not go into residential units.

Learn more about scheduling a campus tour on the Campus Tours website or give the Campus Tours office a call at (209) 667-3811.

For more information about Housing and Residential Life, contact the Housing Office at (209) 667-3675 or [email protected] .

Updated: August 23, 2024

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