Application Process

• Click on Log into the Housing Web Portal.
• Click “Apply for Housing.”
• Click on desired application.
• Follow the steps to submit the agreement. A $50 non-refundable housing application fee is required during this process. Your application will not be processed until you have agreed to the Terms and Conditions, paid the fee, and hit the submit button. You should plan on completing this process in one sitting.

• Fall 2024/Spring 2025
• West Lake Village 2024-2025
• Academic Year 2025-2026 (August - May)
• West Lake Village 2025-2026 (August - August)

View the full Academic Calendar

Spring 2025

January 4 - May 3

Fall 2024

August 14 - December 14

Summer 2024

You must be registered for classes to live on campus during the summer. Some academic sessions overlap and will affect which housing term you should choose.

New residents (Summer B housing application available starting December 1, 2023) : First year students are typically only admitted for Summer B courses and will only see a Summer B term listed on the housing application. Transfer and upperclass students may be eligilbe for all summer terms and will need to email housing@fgcu.edu after submitting the summer application indicating which summer terms they plan to enroll.

Current residents (Summer housing application available starting March 11 at 9 AM): may be eligible for all summer terms and will need to carefully select the applicable summer terms on the housing application.

Academic Dates
Term	Start	End
Summer A	Monday, May 13	Saturday, June 22
Summer B	Monday, June 24	Saturday, August 3
Summer C	Monday, May 13	Saturday, July 20

Current residents: Please pay careful attention to the following chart as you make your summer term selection on the summer housing application, paying special attention the highlighted segments.

Which Summer Term Do I Choose?
If You're Taking Classes During These Terms...	Then Select This Term for Housing
Summer A Only	Summer A Only
Summer B Only	Summer B Only
Summer C Only	Summer C Only
Summer A and B	Summer A and B
Summer A and C	Summer C Only
Summer B and C	Summer A and B

Under typical circumstances, non-first year applicants (those with 30 or more credit hours) would have had the opportunity to participate in room selection in May. However, this year, we had an overwhelming demand from our current residents to return to on-campus housing for the next academic year, so all eligible spaces are currently assigned. Non-first year applicants are only eligible for the same room types and communities as our returning students. Therefore, we have initiated a waiting list.

We administer a waiting list because many students have a change in circumstance from the time they were assigned and the start of the academic term. Therefore, many of those on the waiting list will get assigned. Applicants' position on the waiting list is determined by the housing application complete date (agreement signed and application fee paid).

If space becomes available, we will contact the applicant via Eagle e-mail to offer a room, so it is imperative that applicants check Eagle e-mail daily. Please note -- we will not be able to fulfill roommate requests, as we anticipate only having single spaces to offer to students at any given time. Due to the nature of this process, rooms may not be available for weeks or months. We will work diligently to get through the waiting list until the end of the first week of Fall classes.

As applicants check Eagle e-mail daily, they may receive one of the following e-mail messages:

• Room offer – A room offer email will indicate that we have a vacancy and provide the building, room number, room type (NLV 4-bedroom single, NLV 2-bedroom double, or Osprey 3-bedroom single) and cost where the vacancy exists. It will not provide specific information about roommates. Roommate details are only provided to students after securing a room (this is true in all of our room selection/assignment processes). Applicants will have 48 hours to reply to the email to accept or decline the offer. If accepted, we will assign the room and send a confirmation email. If the offer is declined, the applicant will come off the waiting list and may not rejoin the waiting list or be placed at the end of the waiting list. If there is no response to the email, the applicant will come off the waiting list.
• Action required to stay on the waiting list – Periodically, we will require that students log into the Housing Web Portal to indicate they want to remain on the waiting list. The applicant must complete this task within 48 hours or will come off the waiting list.
• Waiting list update – Starting MAY 2025 DATE TBD, we will send out waiting list numbers and bi-weekly updates about our progress on the waiting list. These updates are typically sent out close to 5 PM so we can accomplish as much administrative processing of cancellations and offers before providing an update. Numerous factors impact the waiting list offers, including gender, ADA accommodation, etc.

It is critical to check Eagle e-mail daily. We highly recommend connecting Eagle e-mail to a mail application that provides notifications when emails are received (ITS provides instructions for how to set this up online at https://fgcu.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039871951-Accessing-your-FGCU-email-on-a-mobile-device).

If the applicant is no longer interested in on-campus housing and does not want to be on the waiting list or does not plan to attend FGCU, they must complete the on-line cancellation form by logging into the Housing Web Portal and clicking on the Cancellation Request Form button. Notifying another office at FGCU of changed plans does not constitute a request for cancellation of the Housing Agreement. Students may cancel the Housing Agreement prior to assignment without an approved reason and without financial penalty.

Some applicants will not be able to get on-campus housing, so we recommend that all applicants consider alternative housing arrangements by researching off-campus housing options. There are off-campus housing options available close to the FGCU campus. There are many apartments, houses, and townhouses that cater to students, some of which are within walking distance of our campus. Here are a few resources you can use to find off-campus housing options:

• offcampushousing.fgcu.edu
• Apartments.com, Zillow, Trulia, and other online listing sites that offer apartments, houses and townhouses for rent.
• If you are looking for possible off-campus roommates, you can sign-up for RoomSync (https://tinyurl.com/offcampusRoommate). RoomSync is a roommate matching platform. Housing & Residence Life provides access to the platform, but does not provide any other assistance with off-campus housing.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this process. If you have any questions, please contact us by phone at 239-590-1700 or by email at housing@fgcu.edu (please include the name on your application and UIN). Thank you for your interest in living on-campus at Florida Gulf Coast University. 

The room selection process for 2025-2026 will occur MAY 2025 DATE TBD (or until all rooms are assigned).

Additional information, including room selection date and time, will be sent to student Eagle e-mail addresses by 5 pm on MAY 2025 DATE TBD. 

Room Selection Eligibility
For applicants to be eligible for room selection, they must have completed the following:

• Completed the housing application (includes signed Terms & Conditions, co-signature if the applicant was under the age of 18 at the time of application, and paid $50 non-refundable application fee).
• If new to FGCU, paid the $200 admissions deposit.
• If you are a new undergraduate student, you must register for an orientation session (https://www.fgcu.edu/firstyearexperience/orientation/).

Community/Room Type Eligibility
Undergraduate students that are First Time in College (FTIC), Transfer students/Dual Enrolled students with under 30 credit hours are eligible for the following:

• South Village – Everglades, Biscayne, Palmetto, Eagle, Osprey (Floors 1-3)
  • 2-bedroom single (Everglades, Biscayne, Palmetto)
  • 3-bedroom single (Palmetto)
  • 2-bedroom single w/kitchenette (Eagle, Osprey)
  • 3-bedroom single w/kitchenette (Eagle, Osprey)
• North Lake Village – Building A, B, E, F
  • 2-bedroom double

Room selection guides are available on the “Application Process” page of our website for each community. These guides show community layouts, apartment numbers, amenities, etc.

Due to high demand for on-campus housing, some applicants may not be able to select their first choice of room type or location during the room selection period. We strongly encourage applicants to have several building and room type options in mind before starting the room selection process.

Timeline

• MAY 2025 DATE TBD | All eligible applicants will receive an email, at the end of the day, with a specific date and time for room selection. Applicants start time is determined primarily by the housing application complete date.
• MAY 2025 DATE TBD | Honors LLC applicants can choose rooms on Palmetto 5^th floor only
• MAY 2025 DATE TBD (or until all available rooms are assigned) | General room selection
  • Groups of approximately 200 eligible applicants will have access to start selecting rooms at 3 and 4 PM each business day

Roommates
Based on availability, you may have the ability to select preferred roommates when you select your room. The eligible applicant with the earliest room selection time, will need the University ID numbers (UIN) and roommate PINs of each preferred roommate. Roommate PINs do not need to be the same for all applicants, This PIN is an authentication method for our system to allow you to select a room on someone’s behalf.

If you do not have preferred roommates, you will proceed with room selection for yourself and choose any available room.

***It is imperative that you have more than one plan for room selection with roommates because there may not be enough vacancies in an apartment to satisfy your preferred number of roommates (i.e. – 3 applicants want to live together, but only 2-bedroom singles remain vacant or 2 spaces in a 3-bedroom single remain vacant. In this scenario, you will need to split the roommate group and only 2 of the preferred roommates can be placed together at that time).***

You must be a current resident without a past due balance (any balance from a previous term or more than 1 late spring housing installment) to participate in this process. If you checkout before February 27 (end of returning room selection), your 2025-2026 housing application will be cancelled as this process is only available to current residents. 

Returning Room Selection is a two-step process.

• STEP ONE:  Re-apply in the Housing Web Portal | February 3 (starting at 9 AM EST) - February 9 (ending at 11:59 PM EST) | It DOES NOT matter what day/time you submit the application during this week. Room selection times are based on the applicants original housing application complete date.
• STEP TWO:  Select Your Room | February 10 - February 27

*** Pull-in roommates must have a completed application and meet community eligibility (i.e. - NEW applicants are not eligible for pull-in)***

Applicants, with a confirmed room assignment, will have until March 23 at 11:59 PM (Eastern) to submit a Housing Cancellation Request via the Housing Web Portal that will be approved without a cancellation fee or an approved reason. Thereafter, applicants, with a confirmed room assignment, are bound by the Terms & Conditions of the Housing Agreement, which includes the cancellation policy and associated fees.

SoVi Room Selection Guide NLV Room Selection GuideWLV Room Selection Guide

You will have the option to pull-in roommates with a completed returning housing application at the time you select your room. These roommates must be current residents who are participating in the Returning Room Selection process.  New applicants to housing (those not currently residing on campus) are not eligible for pull-in.

Information about rental rates can be found through the following links:

Upperclass & Transfer Housing Options

Due to high demand, we may run out of inventory during the room selection process. Any applicants without a confirmed room assignment, will receive an email on with instruction to join the waiting list. Housing is not guaranteed, but if a room becomes available for assignment, it may not be until July or August (applicants are encouraged to have alternative plans).

If you are looking for possible off-campus roommates, you can sign-up for RoomSync (https://tinyurl.com/offcampusRoommate). RoomSync is a roommate matching platform. Housing & Residence Life provides access to the platform and does not provide any other assistance with off-campus housing.

February 22, 2024 email to current residents with a completed Fall 2024-Spring 2025 and were not able to select a room during the returning room selection process:

We will process the waiting list based on your earliest consecutive housing application complete date, not in the order you join the waiting list. If space becomes available, we will contact you via Eagle e-mail to offer you a room, so make sure to check your Eagle e-mail daily. Please note -- we will not be able to accommodate roommate requests, as we usually only have single spaces to offer to students at any given time. Rooms may not be available for weeks or months, so please be patient.

Applicants that selected a room during this process will have until 11:59 PM on March 17 to cancel without an approved reason and without a cancellation fee. Every year we have applicants that cancel by this deadline allowing us to offer rooms to those on the waiting list.

As you check your Eagle e-mail daily, after joining the waiting list, you may receive one of the following e-mail messages:

• Room offer – A room offer email will indicate that we have a vacancy and provide the building, room number and room type (NLV 4-bedroom single, NLV 2-bedroom double, or Osprey 3-bedroom single) where the vacancy exists. It will not provide specific information about roommates. Roommate details are only provided to students after securing a room (this is true in all of our room selection/assignment processes).You have 48 hours to reply to the email to accept or decline the offer. If you accept, we will assign the room and send you a confirmation email. If you decline the offer, you will come off the waiting list; you may not rejoin the waiting list or be placed at the end of the waiting list. If you do not reply to the email, you will come off the waiting list.
• Action required to stay on the waiting list – Periodically, we will require that students log into the Housing Web Portal to indicate they want to remain on the waiting list. You must complete this task within 48 hours or you will come off the waiting list.
• Waiting list update – Starting Friday, April 5, we will send out waiting list numbers and bi-weekly updates about our progress on the waiting list. These updates are typically sent out close to 5 PM so we can accomplish as much administrative processing of cancellations and offers before providing an update. Numerous factors impact the waiting list offers, including gender, ADA accommodation, etc.

It is critical that you check your Eagle e-mail daily. If you have a smartphone, we highly recommend connecting your Eagle e-mail to a mail application that provides notifications when emails are received (ITS provides instructions for how to set this up online at https://fgcu.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039871951-Accessing-your-FGCU-email-on-a-mobile-device). Thank you for your continued interest in living with us again and we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this process.

Honors students have the option to select a room in the Honors Building prior to general room selection. Honors College participants will receive specific correspondence about this process.

• All Honors building rooms that have not been assigned before the room selection phase of Returning Room Selection will be available to non-honors program students.