Room Change Requests

Room Change Requests

The Housing, Meal Plan, and ID Card Services team, along with the Residential Living team, is committed to providing a residential environment that supports student success, safety, and well-being.

In alignment with this mission, the University recognizes that students may at times wish to request a room change from their current housing assignment to alternate on-campus housing.

Room Change Requests are subject to space availability and University policies. Syracuse University is committed to administering this process with fairness, consistency, and transparency, while maintaining the integrity of the residential community and ensuring the equitable distribution of campus housing resources.

Students must submit their Room Change Request form through the online housing portal. The form can be found in the Forms section on the portal homepage.

To ensure an orderly process and minimize disruptions to the academic and residential experience, the following guidelines apply:

Eligibility

  • Room Change Requests are limited to currently enrolled students residing in on-campus housing.

  • Requests are reviewed based on availability, the nature of the request, and overall housing occupancy levels.

Room Change Freezes

  • To allow students time to settle into their assigned housing and to reduce disruption during final exam preparation, room change freezes occur at the start and end of each semester.

  • Room Change Requests will not be processed during these freeze periods.

Schedule of Availability

  • Fall semester: September 15 – November 15

  • Spring semester: November 16 – March 31

  • Room Selection Specific Change Requests: April 1 – June 1 (available only to students who participated in online self-selection and successfully reserved a room assignment).

Request Types

Room Change Requests

  • Function as a waitlist for students seeking to change their current room assignment for a variety of reasons.

  • Students wishing to move as a group must all complete the request process to be considered for relocation together, even if they are not currently assigned together.

Room Swap Requests

  • Two categories of swaps are available. In both cases, all students involved must complete the request process:

    • Bedroom Swaps: A bed-for-bed exchange within the same room, most often used in suites or apartments when students wish to change bedrooms within the same unit.

    • Room Swaps: A room-for-room exchange between students in different spaces.

Room Vacancy Requests

  • For students with a known or anticipated vacancy who wish to “pull in” a specific student to fill that space.

  • All involved students (both current room occupant(s) and the incoming student) must complete the request process.