Continuing Housing
Interested in signing up for housing and dining? Housing is not guaranteed for continuing students and spaces will be limited, but we do anticipate having a variety of apartment styles available in our Douthit Hills West community. Learn more about signing up below!
Is housing guaranteed for me?
Housing is guaranteed and required for first year and Bridge to Clemson students. On-campus housing is prioritized for new-to campus students to support their transition to campus during that critical first year. Continuing students are offered housing as available.
What if I miss the deadline?
Continuing Student Late Applicants
Housing is not guaranteed or required for continuing students. Off-campus housing information can be found on the Off-Campus Services webpage.
What if I’m in a fraternity or sorority, or an athlete?
Please be sure that you are in contact with your house manager (if in a fraternity or sorority) or coach (if an athlete) about your plans for housing in the fall.
Sign Academic Year Contract
- Select a Term – Academic Year 2025-26 will begin in August 2025.
- Review, sign, and print/save contract & addendum – legally binding upon acceptance.
- Select Your Dining Plan – First-Year students must select an unlimited plan
- Consider Your Community Choices – Living-Learning Community or General Housing
What are my Academic Year housing options and rates?
A Living-Learning Community (LLC) allows you to pick your community rather than a building. We offer a wide selection of LLCs focused on a variety of topics, including Major, Identity, and Involvement-centered. Check out our LLC page for a full list of available communities.
General Continuing Housing allows you to select from any available space in Douthit Hills West.
What are my Academic Year dining options and rates?
- Unlimited Plans
- Unlimited 300
- Unlimited 200
- Unlimited 100
- Block Plans
- Block 150 +200 Paw Points
- Block 75 +300 Paw Points
- Block 30 +300 Paw Points
When will I move in and out?
- 2025 Move-In will occur August 13-16
- Housing will close for Winter Break Dec 13
- Housing will reopen January 4
- 2024 Move-Out will occur May 2
Residents will not be required to move out for Winter Break, but will not have access to their space during this period. Apartment residents may submit a Winter Break late stay request if there are extenuating circumstances.
Continuing Contract Open February 3 (at 8:30 AM ET) – February 12 (at 4:00 PM ET)
Create Academic-Year Roommate Group
- Create your profile in the Clemson Home Portal
- Create your roommate group prior to the deadline.
- Select a roommate
- Two is the maximum group size
What if I don’t know who I want my roommate to be?
Don’t worry! The Clemson Home Portal has a roommate matching option, so you will be able to create a profile, answer the lifestyle questions, and search for other students who may be a good fit as a roommate.
How Can I Search For a Roommate?
Whether you are trying to create a group with someone you already know or needing to use our roommate matching tools, you’ll simply need to visit the Roommate Groups section of the Clemson Home Portal and use one of the search options.
Search by details allows you to search by specific details such as name, keyword, state, Clemson username, and age.
Suggest roommates gives you a percent match based on your profile responses.
Search by Lifestyle Question allows you to filter profiles by specific responses to profile questions.
What if I want a random roommate?
All students will select their own space, so you will still want to form a roommate group prior to the deadline. If you do not create a roommate group, your Room Selection timeslot will be after all students in roommate groups have selected. The Roommate Matching process in the Portal will provide suggestions for potential roommates and you can connect directly from there.
Continuing Roommate Groups Open February 3 (at 8:30 AM ET) – February 12(at 4:00 PM ET)
Select Your Academic Year Space
You will be emailed a specific timeslot during which you will select a space for you and your roommate(s) (if applicable).
- February 18 – Priority numbers sent to Continuing students with Timeslots for those that will be eligible to select a space during the first round of room selection
- February 20 – Room Selection for Continuing LLCs
- February 21 – Continuing Room Selection – Contracts will be cancelled for all students who did not select or did not get a timeslot by end of the day.
- March 3 – Waitlist Opens for Continuing Housing – students on the waitlist will receive an update in mid-June
How will I know when I can select my housing
Continuing Timeslots
You will receive an email with a timeslot when your priority number is within the number of spaces available. For example, if there are 100 four person apartments available in a selection time and you are in a group of 4 with a Priority Number between 1 and 100, you will receive a timeslot and be able to select a space. If your Priority Number is 101 or higher, you will not receive a timeslot until more spaces are available in another selection.
How does priority work?
Continuing Priority
You will be emailed a Priority Number. This number will be randomly assigned within each roommate group size. This means there will be separate priority lists for groups of 4, groups of 3, groups of 2, and singles. Since each group size will be limited to only spaces that will fit all members of the group (a group of 4 will only be able to select an apartment with 4 open spaces), groups of 4 will select first, then 3, then 2, and singles last. This allows apartments to be filled completely and provides the best chance for roommate groups to live together.
What if I do not receive a timeslot with my priority number?
Contracts will be cancelled on February 21 for all students who did not receive a timeslot or had a timeslot and did not select a space during their time. A waitlist will open on March 3 in the Clemson Home Portal. Students on the waitlist will receive an email update in mid-June.
How do I cancel my contract?
- If you have received a priority number but have not received a time slot you may cancel your contract at any time prior to Room Selection by emailing Clemson Home at clemsonhome@clemson.edu.
- If you have selected a space, but it has not yet been 72 hours since you got your space, you may cancel your contract through the housing portal.
- If it has been more than 72 hours since you got your space, the contract is legally binding. You would need to file an appeal to request a cancellation based on extenuating circumstances.