Exchange Students - Housing and Residence Life Services

Welcome!

We are pleased that you are considering living in residence. Carleton University and its Residences are a dynamic and diverse environment. Our community includes people from across Canada and around the world, making up a mosaic of different languages, traditions, cultures, political beliefs, and faiths. So whether you’re coming from Australia, France, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, China, Germany, Spain, England, Scotland or any one of the other partner institutions of Carleton International, residence is a global village that we hope will allow you to live, learn and grow.

A limited number of spaces are reserved for exchange students in both traditional and suites residence.

Online applications for 2024-2025 Residence open on February 1, 2024 at 10:00 am.

Applicants who complete their Residence Application by 11:59 pm June 10, 2024, will be entered into a room lottery.

Applications received on June 11, 2024, or later, will automatically be added to the waitlist in chronological order of receipt.

Meal Plans are required in ALL buildings, except for Leeds House. No exceptions.

The 2024-2025 Residence Agreement can be viewed here. The 2024-2025 Residence Agreement is currently pending final approval.

Apply for Residence Online

For important dates and deadlines, please click here.

Please note that you must have Carleton University student ID number issued (the first three digits will start with ‘101’) before you can apply for residence.

Step 1: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal by clicking the link below. You will require MC1 credentials to log into the portal.

APPLY HERE

Step 2: Once you have logged in, click on “Housing Application”.

Step 3: Select Academic Year 2024-2025.

Step 4: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.

Step 5: Be sure to complete and save your application by June 10, 2024 in order to be placed in the room lottery.

Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.

If you have not yet set up your Carleton account, please click here for instructions.

Room Assignment/Waitlist Information

Room Assignment Process

Rooms are assigned according to the order determined by lottery.

Those who are waitlisted will be considered for residence in order of when the application is received and based on availability.

Roommate/Suitemate Matching

Those interested in living with a specific roommate group may pre-select their roommate group in the application.

Those without a pre-selected roommate group will be eligible to select any space not already assigned that are aligned with their preferences.

Most spaces are assigned as all-gender meaning that any combination of genders can live in the shared space. For those requesting to live with only those of the same gender, these limited spaces will be indicated in the system when applying.

Some factors that we take into consideration when matching roommates/suitemates are:

Request for all gender/single gender floors
Smoking (although all residences are smoke free)
Answers regarding personal lifestyle

Room Changes

We will begin accepting room change requests on September 30, 2024. Room changes are offered on a first come, first serve basis according to student type and availability. While every attempt is made to accommodate room change requests, a new room assignment is not always readily available. Residents will be contacted if and when there is a new room assignment to consider. More information regarding room changes can be found here.

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