All residents have the ability to bring their car to campus. Our parking lots are next to or within sight of your residence. To park your car on campus, you do need a parking hang tag. You can purchase a hang tag via Parking Operations. They will also provide a map of places your car will be authorized to park without receiving a ticket.

If you are residing in the Residence Halls, you will be able to retrieve your package(s) at the front desk in your respective residence hall. If you are residing in the Apartments or Townhouses, you will be able to retrieve your package(s) at the HCOM package room. You will receive an email from Residence Life once your package has arrived.

You will need a picture ID to pick-up your package.

We hold packages for 2 weeks. If they are not claimed by the second week, they are returned to the sender.

If you are unable to claim your package, please contact the Department of Residence Life (reslife@uis.edu).

Please see our list of mailing addresses for our residential areas. When shipping something to your on-campus address, please use your full legal name and list your unit/room number on Address Line 2.

If you need an Address Verification, please stop by the Residence Life office located in HCOM.

Residence Life requires all first and second year students to live in the Residence Halls. If you have earned more than 60 credit hours AFTER high school or are 21 or older, you may live in upperclassmen housing.

Reassignment Requests are conducted as a last resort for students not happy with their space. We encourage students to attempt to work out roommate differences, utilize their Resident Assistants, and/or contact their Area Coordinator. If a situation calls for a space change then you will need to contact your Area Coordinator for assistance.

Reassignment Request Open Period

• Returning Students: April 13th - April 17th
• New Students: July 13th - July 17th

Reassignment Request

Roommates can be chosen as long as it is a mutual decision between both parties. There are two ways to accomplish this:

1. Incoming UIS students and Approved Affiliates can request a roommate when submitting their online Housing Contract. You will need the student’s UIN to submit your request. If you do not have the student’s UIN, then please contact the Residence Life office to make the request. 
2. You may request a roommate in the Student Housing Portal up until June 17th. After this date, please email Residence Life at reslife@uis.edu with your roommate request. Both students requesting to room together must each submit an email requesting one another for the request to be honored. After June 17th, roommate requests are NOT guaranteed. Please keep in mind, Residence Life does not honor suite mate requests in the residence halls.

You will receive an email from the Department of Residence Life which will provide you with important Move-In information. You may also checkout the Move-In Information webpage.

Welcome to college life! Remember that you cannot bring everything you own from your bedroom at home. The link below sends you to our what to bring and what not to bring web page for both residence halls & townhouses/apartments. What to Bring to Campus

For the latest information on Move-In, please check out our Move-In page.

Login to the Student Housing Portal and you will be directed to the application summary page where you will see your room assignment and roommate information. To email your roommates, simply type in your roommate/suitemates name in outlook and outlook will generate their email.

If you apply before June 17th, you will receive your assignment and roommate information on July 6th via UIS email.

If you apply for housing after June 17th, you will receive your assignment and roommate information via UIS email approximately 1-2 weeks after you apply.

If you are a UIS Student, you will need to follow the New Student Application Process.

If you are a Non-UIS Student applying to live on campus, you will need to follow the Approved Affiliate Housing Application Process located at the bottom of the page. (UIC Nursing students, ISU Nursing students, and Interns)