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Continuing Student Housing
Updated Dec. 10, 2025
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Live steps away from classes, friends, recreation, and dining fully furnished rooms. Campus housing is all inclusive, with maintenance, utilities, WiFi, SpectrumU and community amenities provided. Choose from expanded room configurations in campus apartments or our new suite-style housing. All communities offer same gender, mixed gender, queer-affirming, and Pride spaces, ensuring a safe, welcoming and inclusive Mustang experience.
Poly Canyon Village (PCV)
Shared apartments for four, five and six roommates. PCV features several configurations—shared double suited rooms (bunked beds), standard double rooms and single rooms.
Sample six-person apartment. See all floor plans.
Cerro Vista Apartments
Shared apartments for four with four single bedrooms.
Sample four-person apartment. See all floor plans.
New Suite-Style Housing
Shared suite for six featuring three bedrooms, each with two standard double beds and two bathrooms in each suite. Some suites may feature bunked beds in each bedroom.
Required Students
Students who are part of our required two-year housing program are required to live in campus housing for two years.
Sign up in your Housing Portal on MyCalPoly. Visit our FAQs page for answers to specific questions.
1. Sign up Jan. 29-March 15
Complete the application, make the initial payment and submit. An email will be send to confirm your submission. Edit your application preferences until March 15.
2. Add Roommates March 2-15
Return to your completed application to request roommates who have also submitted an application. All requests must be mutually confirmed.
3. Finalize Preferences by March 15
Submit your housing application and/or finalize any edits by March 15 to be eligible for room selection, which allows you to choose your space.
4. Choose Your Space April 14-30
Eligible students select their spaces. Check your Cal Poly email for your appointment date, time and further instructions.
Selections are made by lottery, based on group size — six-person groups go first, followed by smaller groups and then individuals. Spaces shown will be in your Residential Learning Community (RLC). Preferences and roommate pairings are not guaranteed. If your preferred option fills, you’ll see other available spaces.
5. Change Rooms May 5-July 22
Students who did not sign up for housing by March 15 select their spaces. Those who have selected a space previously can view all available spaces, regardless of RLC, and switch into a different space. Switch as often as you wish.
6. Prepare for Fall
- July (TBA): Last day to cancel housing
- July (TBA): Reserve your Mustang Move-In appointment
- Aug. 1: View your housing fees
- TBA: Make your first housing payment
- August (TBA): Mustang Move-In for continuing students
Housing Exemption Requests
Students who meet specific critera can request an exemption starting Jan. 8.
All Other Students
Continuing students who are not required to live on campus can join the initial interest list for next year’s campus housing.
1. Join the Initial Interest List Feb. 12-16
Add your name to our initial interest list, available 9 a.m. Feb. 12-11:59 p.m., Feb. 16. Spaces are awarded by lottery.
2. Join the Second Interest List starting Feb. 20
If you did not secure housing through the initial interest list, you can add your name to the second interest list starting 9 a.m., Feb. 20. Spaces are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Offers expire within 48 hours.
3. Add Roommates March 2-15
Return to your completed application to request roommates who have also submitted an application. All requests must be mutually confirmed.
4. Choose your space April 14-30
Eligible students select their spaces. Check your Cal Poly email for your appointment date, time and further instructions.
Selections are made by lottery, based on group size — six-person groups go first, followed by smaller groups and then individuals. Spaces shown will be in your Residential Learning Community (RLC). Preferences and roommate pairings are not guaranteed. If your preferred option fills, you’ll see other available spaces.
5. Change Rooms May 5-July 22
Students who did not sign up for housing by March 15 select their spaces. Those who have selected a space previously can view all available spaces, regardless of RLC, and switch into a different space. Switch as often as you wish.
6. Prepare for Fall
- July (TBA): Last day to cancel housing
- July (TBA): Reserve your Mustang Move-In appointment
- Aug. 1: View your housing fees
- TBA: Make your first housing payment
- August (TBA): Mustang Move-In for continuing students
Off-Campus Housing
Students who are not required to live on campus should begin their off-campus housing search early.
→ Explore Off-Campus Housing Options and Renter Resources
Cancellations
The Student Housing License Agreement is a binding contract for the full academic year. If you plan to leave the University or vacate housing for an approved reason, you must submit the online Housing Cancellation Form to University Housing.
