Our Fall 2025 timeline is designed to give you a timeline of our housing application process.  

• December 1 – 2025-26 Housing Application Opens for all Current and Incoming Students  
• January 22 – Retainter Consideration Closes for Current Residents
• January 22 – Housing Renewal Event in Norse Commons
• February 1 – Room Selection Portal Opens for All Students with confirmed contracts  
• May 31 – Last day to cancel the housing contract without any cancellation charges
• June 1 – Housing cancellation fees apply  
• June 30 - Last day to select your housing space
• July 1 - Housing Auto Assignments begin
• July 15 (approx) - Fall 2025 Tuition, Room and Board Charges Applied to Student Account  
• August 14 – University Housing Move-In Day 

All first-year students are required to live in University Housing for their first full academic year.  

It is highly encouraged that incoming first-year students review the first-year residency requirement by going to the First-Year Residence Requirement webpage. 

Students are responsible for understanding this information and following this university requirement or will be subject to additional cancellation and other housing fees.   

Residential students will have the opportunity to select their own roommates and room spaces. Below are important dates to remember for the room selection process.   

• February 1 – Room selection portal opens for all New Incoming First-Year and Transfer Students 
• June 30 – Room selection portal closes for all students  

For Incoming First Year Students, Housing will send out information in late January 2025 about how you can select your room space for the next academic year.  

For our current/returning students, Housing will send out information about how you can select an upper division housing space for next year.  Current residents living in the New Hall and Kentucky Hall are not eligible to retain their room for next year and will need to choose between Norse Hall, University Suites, and Callahan Hall.  

The terms of the Housing Contract begin when a student is admitted to Northern Kentucky University and continues until the residence halls close at the end of the spring semester; unless cancelled by NKU or the student prior to check-in, cancelled by breach, termination by University Housing in accordance with this Housing Contract or by an approved Housing Contract Cancellation after check-in (see Schedule of Charges and Deadlines). Exceptions or changes to this Housing Contract are not valid unless the Director of University Housing or their designee has confirmed them in writing.

What is the Fall-to-Fall Contract?

• University Housing is offering a Fall 2025 to Fall 2026 where current residential students can apply to live on-campus for the full calendar year. 
• The Fall-to-Fall contract will cover the Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026 terms. 
• Students who choose to be part of the fall-to-fall contract will not need to pay for the winter break fees.
• Students can begin applying for the fall-to-fall housing contract on December 1, when all of the housing applications open.

Who qualifies for the Fall-to-Fall contract? 

• Returning NKU students are eligible to sign the fall-to-fall contract, which can be found by going to the Housing Portal (left side gold button).
• Incoming new students do not qualify for the fall-to-fall contract.
• Returning students who have a current contract and wish to be part of the fall-to-fall contract can do so based on space availability.

Where will the Fall-to-Fall community be housed?

• Norse Hall will be the home of the fall-to-fall contract for the next academic year.

What is the rate of the fall-to-fall contract?

• The housing rate will be based on the room type a student chooses for the upcoming academic year.
• Information about our rates can be found by going to the Housing and Dining Rates webpage.