Housing assignments at AUP are processed on a first-come-first-served basis. This means that when the “Indicate your Housing Preferences” form opens on the AUP Status Page, students will be able to submit their preferences and the housing office will process them one by one based on time stamp. The form will open on the following dates:
| Student | Date |
| First-year students (degree-seeking, visiting, or gap year) – required to enroll in AUP Housing | May 21st, 2024 at 4PM Paris Time (10am Eastern, 7am Pacific) |
| Transfer and visiting students with previous college experience – not required to enroll in AUP Housing | May 23rd, 2024 at 4PM Paris Time (10am Eastern, 7am Pacific) |
This can be a competitive process: in previous years, the housing office has received over 200 submissions in the first 5 minutes of the form opening. This is why we strongly recommend going into the housing assignment process with an open mind, and with a flexible selection of preferred housing.
Please do note that the housing preference form allows you to indicate preferences, not to select a specific housing. While we would love to, ideally, place all of our students in their first choice, we receive many submissions in a very short period of time, and beds in all residences are limited. We may not be able to place you in your first or second choice – in some cases, all the preferences of a specific submission may be booked by the time we process the student’s form. Should that be the case, we will contact the student for new preferences based on updated availability.
Roommate requests in the housing preference form:
If you know someone also attending AUP starting Fall 2024 with whom you wish to share a room, you will be able to request them as a roommate in your housing preferences form on your AUP status page. Students are guaranteed to room with their requested roommate provided that they a) both request each other and b) both submit the same shared housing preferences in the exact same order on their form. If a student has requested a roommate, we will check their requested roommate’s preference form: so long as they have also requested the other student and listed the same preferences, they will be pulled into their requested roommate’s room regardless of submission order.
It is important to note when two students request each other as roommates for a shared assignment, we do not assign either of them to the residence if only one spot remains available in that option– we automatically move to the next preference in their form that would accommodate both of them. Should you wish to prioritize your residence preference over your roommate request (meaning you wish to be assigned to the residence even if the roommate request cannot be honored), you should indicate this in the comment section of your housing preference form.
If you do not already have a roommate in mind but would still like to register for shared housing, do not worry: we will be sending a roommate and housemate preferences survey in the summer, after registrations have been finalized, to match students in shared housing based on their living habits and preferences!
Medical needs and the first-come-first-served process:
If you have medical needs that require a specific type of accommodation within our housing offering, we encourage you to submit a medical exemption request – this will excuse you from the housing requirement while providing you access to housing assistance through the database. Medical exemptions cannot be granted retrospectively after AUP housing is assigned.
Shared housing gender policy:
Our AUP Tisserand residence includes one gender-inclusive apartment; students will be assigned to this apartment without consideration for sex or gender identities. This apartment includes single rooms with private en-suite bathrooms, and a shared kitchen and living room space. Students will be able to indicate on their preference form whether they would like to request the gender-inclusive apartment – priority will be given to our gender non-binary and transgender students for assignment to the gender-inclusive apartment in AUP Tisserand.
Our remaining shared housing, whether in twin studios or single and double rooms in shared apartments, does not allow for mixed sex and gender allocations. We are working on expanding our inclusive housing offering for our LGBTQA+ students, including those who identify as gender non-binary or gender-fluid, as we continue building our roster of AUP-managed residences.
Students identifying as gender non-binary, gender-fluid, or transgender will have access to single studios should they not wish to list AUP Tisserand as a preference, or should the apartment no longer be available through the assignment process. We are able to prioritize their housing assignment to ensure they are placed within those options, especially as we want to make sure that they feel safe in their housing; this is why students can indicate their gender identity in their housing preference form.
Accessible AUP Housing
Accessible accommodation is available in select AUP residences and Partner residences. Students who need accessible housing should contact the housing office directly at housing
aup.edu before submitting their preferences. We will work with them to ensure that they are placed in housing that best suits their needs.