Apply for Housing

We offer DigiPen students housing during the academic year, summer, and for various DigiPen programs. While applying for housing and expressing interest in living within our apartment communities, residents can request gender-inclusive housing, DSS housing accommodations, and select roommate preferences.

Apply for Housing

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• Housing Sessions
• Dates and Deadlines
• Application Processing and Priority
• Cost
• Overseas Immersion Programme (OIP)

Housing Sessions

DigiPen Housing offers convenient terms that align with the offered academic terms. Whether you are starting in the fall, spring, or plan to live and study at DigiPen all year-round, our offered sessions cover all times classes are in session, as well as holiday breaks!

Academic Year Housing

Academic Year Housing is an eight-month contract that spans from August to April. Applications open in fall of the preceding year to new and continuing students.

Spring Start Housing

Spring Start Housing is a four-month contract that spans from January to April. Applications open in fall of the preceding year to new and continuing students.

Summer Housing

Summer Housing is a five-month contract that spans from April to August. Applications open in spring of each year to current and continuing students from the previous academic year or spring semester.

Dates and Deadlines

The application is available via the housing portal. Dates, deadlines, associated costs, and eligibility can be found in the Housing Agreements for each Housing Term.

Application Processing and Priority

DigiPen Housing continuously monitors and manages incoming applications. Applications for first-year students (freshman, transfer, or incoming graduate students) and returning students are reviewed separately for placement. Application submission does not guarantee housing. Due to limited availability, DigiPen Housing will only be able to place a limited number of students within its Housing program.

While the application is open, DigiPen Housing provides confirmations of placement to first-year students who meet admissions and housing priority deadlines. Housing confirmations provide incoming first-year students a guarantee that they will be housed at the start of academic semester. Based on our estimated availability, students will be confirmed to be placed in either our core program or in Overflow Housing. Confirmations do not provide placement information, as that comes later. These confirmations help provide additional planning time for first-year students, especially those students making college decisions or moving to the Redmond area for the first time.

To be eligible for confirmation of placement, first year students must complete their Housing application and confirm their admission to DigiPen. Confirmations are sent on a schedule based on the completion of these requirements.

Confirmations are only made to students applying for the Academic Year Housing sessions. For Spring Start Housing and Summer Housing sessions, confirmations of placements for first-year students do not occur, as the timeline between the application and placement is accelerated.

After the application closes, the DigiPen Housing team and housing application portal algorithm will review all applications and find the best fit for placements and roommates for each student. If the number of applications exceed available spaces, applications will be reviewed for priority placement. Priority factors may include year at DigiPen and time of application.

If a placement is unable to be offered due to availability, the student will be placed on the waitlist for Housing. Being placed on the waitlist does not guarantee eventual placement in housing. First-year students on the waitlist who are not expected to receive a placement by Move-In Day will be offered a space in Overflow Housing.

Students placed in Overflow Housing will be contacted prior to move-in day if a placement becomes available in our core program. If space becomes available during the housing term, residents in Overflow Housing may be required to accept and move to their new placement. Students may be housed in Overflow Housing for the entirety of the housing term if space does not become available in the core program.

See our Housing FAQ for more information about confirmations, placements, Overflow Housing, and our waitlist.

Cost

Prices shown below are for the current and upcoming Housing sessions. These do not guarantee rates for future years. Payment is due in full at the beginning of each term and is collected by DigiPen’s Accounting Department. View our Tuition and Housing Payments page for more information on how to pay for student housing.

Academic Year 2025-2026 (August to April)

Spring 2026 (January to April)

Summer 2026 (April to August)

Academic Year 2026-2027 (August to April)

Spring 2027 (January to April)

Overseas Immersion Programme (OIP)

During the summer, our Overseas Immersion Programme hosts students from the DigiPen (Singapore) campus while they take courses at the Redmond campus. Learn more about OIP on DigiPen (Singapore)’s website.