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Returning Student Housing

2026-2027 Housing Process

The housing process will start on March 16th and continue through April 19th. 

We offer a variety of different housing options for you to choose from for next year.  Before deciding where you would like to live, we invite you to learn more about each building.  Please pay attention to the timelines and instructions detailed below. We will email more details as each process starts and they will also be posted to the Returning Student Housing website and noted on fliers in your residence halls. Please note that failure to complete the steps on time will most likely result in your missing that opportunity.      

Accepting Your Housing License (Your Housing "Lease")

All students living on campus next year are required to start by filling out the Housing License for the 2026-2027 Academic Year. It is mandatory that all students complete this before participating in any part of the Returning Student Housing Process. If you are successful in a process before filling this out, you (and your group) may lose your chosen accommodation.

**Please note that if you apply and are approved to move off campus after accepting the housing license (participating in any returning student process) you will be charged a $400 termination fee. Also, please note that if you are successful in the Townhouse or Apartment Process, you will not be released from campus housing for the entire 2026-2027 academic year. SUNY Potsdam requires students who enter as new first year students to live on campus for the first 2 years, or 4 semesters, with guaranteed housing for all four years. Transfer students must live on campus for 1 year or 2 semesters.

Priority Numbers

Each student is assigned a housing priority number which is based on the number of credits you have earned and the number of semesters you have lived on campus. Students who have been here the longest will have a low priority number, thus giving them the “first” choice in their housing preference. During each of the processes below, they will be used to determine who gets placed first based on availability.

  • For Individual Assignments (Single/Doubles), the selection order is based on the best (lowest) individual priority number.
  • For Group Assignments (Townhouse/Apartment/Suite) the awarding order is based on the group average. Those groups with the best (lower) group averages will be awarded first until all spaces are filled. Please note, you can apply for any and all group processes you want by filling out the forms below. We will be housing in the following order: 5 Person Townhouses, 4 Person Townhouses, 2 Person Apartments, 4 Person Suites, and lastly, 3 Person Suites. If you are successful in a process, it will remove you from the rest of the processes in the order above.
Process Dates:
Additional Housing Info
  • Co-Ed Housing Across Campus: With the exception of a few locations on campus, your assigned sex at birth will no longer restrict where you can live or who you can live with—the choice will be yours.
  • Gender Inclusive Housing: located in Bowman East, Gender Inclusive Housing is a living option for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies to foster a strong community connection.
  • Pet Friendly Housing: located on the Ground floor of Bowman East and Bowman West, Pet Friendly Housing allows you to bring your furry friend to campus with you.  Restrictions apply.  Animal must be approved in advance.
  • Changes for 2026-2027:
    • Van Housen will remain closed.
    • Draime Hall will be 100% single rooms. No double rooms will be available.
    • We are adding Sports/Athletics interest housing to the 4th floor of Lehman South and the 2nd Floor Bowman West (rooms 2104-2121).

More information will be emailed out for each process with specific instructions shared before the start of each process, so please check your Potsdam email regularly.

If you have any questions throughout this process, email or call the Office of Residence Life.

Thank you, 

Residence Life
reslife@potsdam.edu
(315) 267-2350


Do you want to know what the different accommodations look like? We now have quick videos of each space available on campus as part of the returning student housing process, just click below!

If you have any questions throughout this process, please speak to your Residence Hall Director, or come over to the Residence Life Office in Draime Hall.