Roommate Matching
Students’ experiences in on-campus housing benefit from living with roommates of your choice.
As an incoming first year student, choose to live with a select group of incoming students that also secure housing with USH. Students who have completed their lease will be able to roommate match with other USH leaseholders. You must complete roommate matching in May to participate in room self-selection.
Incoming first year students will be able to match with other incoming first year students to live in Allegheny, Brandywine and Commonwealth Halls.
Frequently Asked Questions
for Incoming Student – Roommate Matching
For incoming students with complete applications and lease documents, roommate matching will be open from April 27 to May 31.
Yes, you can search for a compatible roommate within the roommate matching process. We highly encourage students to use this option in the hopes it creates the best experience for you during your time living with USH. If you find a roommate, select each other as roommates and confirm your group.
Room Self-Selection
Participate in room self-selection to pick your suite.
Time Slot Assignment:
Timeslots for room self-selection will be awarded randomly based on the number of students in the completed roommate group.
Building and Suite Selection:
Once you have your time slot, one person in your group will go in to the room self-selection section of the USH Resident Portal and select, based on availability, the building and suite for your group.
Those Not in a Roommate Group:
If you do not participate in Roommate Matching, USH will manually assign you a bed space. Please note, USH has limited single bedroom spaces available.
Frequently Asked Questions
for Incoming Student – Room Self-Selection
Applicants who do not have a roommate group can add their name to a room preference list, and USH will manually assign an available bed space after room self-selection is completed.
If your preferred suite style or building is unavailable, choose another building with the same suite style or select the closest available option.
Ensure all roommates are in the roommate group before roommate matching closes.
Look for emails from USH regarding room selection and your time slot.
Talk with your roommate group prior to your time slot opening to identify what the group wants.
It is recommended that you have a few floors, buildings, and different suite styles (depending on what is available for your group size) outlined as a plan.
Room selection begins in June 9, 2026 and ends June 13, 2026. Your specific start date and time will depend on your time slot.
The rooms you see will depend on the following:
Availability at the time you select a room.
Groups of 2 on north campus will only see 1×1
Groups of 4 on north campus will only see 4×1, 2×2
Groups of 6 on north campus will only see 3×2
For Transfer students, groups of 2 or more on south campus will see available apartments at Village and East Village
Each roommate group will be assigned a time slot. Your time slot will be the earliest time any member of the group can log in and assign all members to a bed space. All members of the group will have the same time slot.
Time slots will be assigned based on the following:
Roommate group size – actual number of members in group, not desired group size.
Selection of north vs south campus.
The earliest you can access room selection is your time slot start time. You have until the end of room selection to choose a room, but please remember that additional time slots will be opening after yours.
Yes, all group members will have the same time slot for room self-selection.
All members of the group will have the same time slot. Only one person needs to login to select a room and assign all roommates to beds.
You will need to select another room.
You will need to have the number of people needed to fill an enter unit to participate in room self-selection. Incomplete groups will be given a later time and each person will need to log in to add their name to a room preference list. USH will then manually assign each person to an available bed space.
If you have an approved ADA accommodation and you have selected to participate in roommate matching you will receive a timeslot and participate in room self-selection.
If you have chosen to be administratively placed, you do not need to participate in room selection. USH will manually assign you to a bed space.
After room selection closes, USH will manually assign you to an available bed space.
Certain suite styles have limited availability. If you do not see the suite style that you are looking for when it is your time to select a room, this suite style has reached full occupancy.