To live in residence, you must be a full-time student in a degree program at Brock or studying in our IELP program.

September 2024 Residence guarantee: Brock is pleased to guarantee a space in residence to full-time undergraduate students in any year of study who apply and pay the Residence application fee by June 3, 2024. The guarantee does not apply to Brock Suites which continues to be first come, first served. The residence application for Sept 2024 opens in November.

YES!  As soon as your application and your $600 application fee payment are received, you will be prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis.  If you are interested in joining us in January visit this FAQ for more information.

You can apply for residence as soon as you have a full-time undergraduate or graduate offer from Brock. You do not need to accept the offer first.

In fact, we recommend that you apply for residence and pay your $600 residence application fee as soon as possible.  If you change your mind, you still have time to cancel.

To be included in the residence guarantee, you must have both your residence application and $600 residence application fee payment received by Brock by June 1. Late payments are still accepted!  After June 1st, these are prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis.

So, if you haven’t already done so, make your payment as soon as possible! After making your payment please watch your Student Finance History in your my.brocku.ca portal to see when it’s received.

Students will have the opportunity to reserve starting in February of each year for the coming Spring/Summer term.  Visit the Spring/Summer page for more information about staying on campus during the Spring and Summer months.

Yes, this is possible but this starts with you and your friend’s residence application.  If you have a friend coming to Brock and you would like to share with that person, list each other’s names and rank your preferences in the same order.

Learn about building styles in order to rank all of your style preferences.

First year and new residents must rank 7 preferences:

• Single room in traditional-style (DeCew Residence)
• Double room in traditional-style (DeCew Residence)
• Single room in semi-suite style (Earp, Vallee, Residence 8, and Lowenberger)
• Double room in semi-suite style (Lowenberger)
• Single room townhouse-style (Village Residence)
• Double room in townhouse-style (Village Residence)
• Single room townhouse-style (Quarry View Residence)

Visit the Fees and Payment page to view the residence and meal plan fees.  These are paid by 3 installments.

You can pay your application fee anytime after you have submitted your application. Learn more about making application fee payments.

Carefully choose your application preferences when you apply.  Once submitted, residence application changes cannot be made online in your residence application portal.  If you do need to make a change, these need to be requested before June 1 by emailing res@brocku.ca.  All responses to your change requests will be sent to your Brock Outlook student email.  After June 1 changes cannot be made to your residence application.

Visit these pages if you are cancelling or withdrawing early before move-in day or after move-in day.

Your residence agreement outlines these in detail.

We are happy to work with you on this. The process starts with indicating this on your online residence application.  You can visit our medical considerations page to learn how to submit the appropriate documentation.

The deadline for new students to submit their documentation is June 1, 2023.

Yes, you can apply at any time, even during the school year.  The January intake is subject to availability.  After submitting an online application for January make an application fee payment of $600 onto your student account to be considered.  Applications will be reviewed beginning in November and based on availability room assignments will go out in December.

Only those with special circumstances can stay in residence over winter break but you can learn more about these at this link.

Apply early and pay your fees to increase your chance of getting into residence. Your name will be put on a waiting list if we are unable to offer you a space in residence. We will email you and tell you your place on the waiting list. You will be sent weekly updates on your waiting list number. You will move up the list as we get cancellations.

If you are still on the waiting list at the start of term and are not offered a room, the full application fee of $600 will remain as a credit on your account with the University and will be put toward other fees (e.g. tuition). You must inform us in writing should you wish to withdraw from the waiting list. Only written notice of withdrawal on the day it is received by the Department of Residences will be accepted in order to provide a refund. Your full application fee will be left as a credit on your student account as long as you notify us in writing of your wish to withdraw before we offer you a bed.

Please note, however, if you leave your name on the waiting list and we offer you a bed in residence, the refund dates above apply. If your name remains on the waiting list and you are offered a bed that you turn down, you will forfeit the $600-application fee. Students whose status is to be reviewed for discipline reasons may be placed on the waiting list or prohibited from re-admission to residence. The full application fee will be refunded if a student is prohibited from returning to residence for discipline reasons.

Room assignments for September start are sent out by the end of July. Room assignments for January start are sent out by the beginning of December.  Meeting your roommate (bathroom mate/unit mate) will be one of the things you do on move in day.  (We are unable to share names and personal contact information for other students due to privacy legislation.)

There are no changes to room assignments prior to move-in. Information about the room switch process and how to submit your request can be found here.

Move-in Day is scheduled for September 2-3, 2023*.

* Assigned move in dates will depend on your room assignment. Move in dates and times will be made available by mid-August so you have time to prepare.

Learn how to prepare for move-in day. More information will be added in the coming weeks to include further details.