Housing Application
First-Year students should complete a housing application, select Honors, and identify a campus preference by June 5 to be eligible for Honors housing. Housing assignments are based on the date of housing application completion.
Instructions for choosing "Rutgers Honors Housing:"
- Go to your myRutgers Portal, open the Housing module, and click on the application link.
- Complete or update the application by June 5, if you have not yet done so.
- To be placed in Honors College community housing, click on "RU Interested in a Residential Program?" in the left column
- At the bottom of the page, select from the dropdown menu list: "Rutgers Honors Housing" option
Learn More on Residence Life Website
2026-27 Academic Year Residences
Honors housing is available across all campuses at Rutgers–New Brunswick. Below you can see the residential options available to you during the 2026-27 academic year. Students may also choose to live in a non-honors community or commute and receive access to the same honors support.
5 SEMINARY PLACE
Located on the historic College Avenue Campus
Known as "HQ" and the hub for Honors College programs
Traditional residence hall with roommate
Communal and gender-neutral bathrooms
Douglass Residential College housing community
Located on Cook/Douglass campus
Small houses with courtyard feeling
Traditional residence hall with roommate
Douglass Residential College housing community
Located in the heart of Livingston Campus
Adjacent to the Livingston Student Center
Traditional residence hall with roommate
Communal bathrooms
Centrally located on Busch Campus
Near Busch Student Center and Dining Hall
Suite-style living with five roommates
Private living area and bathroom
Located in the heart of Cook Campus
Traditional residence hall with roommate
Adjacent to Neilson Dining Hall and close
to Cook Student Center