University of Maryland

On-Campus Accommodation

Accommodation for students with disabilities

The Department of Resident Life (DRL) is dedicated to offering students with disabilities the proper housing accommodations. The University Counseling Center's Accessibility and Disability Services (ADS) office administers all requests for reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, using university best practices for assessing and approving requests to give students a uniform quality of care.

To identify the unique accommodation(s) required, students who request any disability-related housing accommodation must first register with Accessibility and Disability Services. The need for air conditioning, single room requirements, access to a private or single-use bathroom, a kitchen-equipped apartment requirement, a mobility-accessible room requirement, the need for assistance or emotional support animal, etc. are examples of housing accommodations.

For more information, visit: http://reslife.umd.edu/housing/housingaccommodations/ 

Apartment living

A fully working kitchen is provided in each flat, a furnished living/dining area, at least one bathroom, and typically four bedrooms for six students. In the Leonardtown Community, behind Fraternity Row and roughly a 10- to 12-minute walk from most classes, are garden-style apartments for about 625 students. In the South Hill Community, close to the Chapel and South Campus dining hall, there are apartments for an additional 350 students. St. Mary's Hall houses the Language House living-learning program's 100 student apartments.

Apartment dwellers are not compelled to use the campus dining plan because all apartment units have kitchens. However, many apartment dwellers opt to acquire a Terrapin Express membership or an eating plan.

Suite living

Suites are similar to apartments. However, they don't have a kitchen or dining area. For 4–8 students, each suite contains a furnished living room, 1-3 bathrooms, and 3-5 bedrooms. The South Hill Community, close to the Chapel and South Campus dining hall, has apartments for roughly 1,000 students. Suites lack kitchens. Thus, cooking is not permitted there, and all residents are expected to participate in a dining plan that has been approved.

For more information, visit: http://reslife.umd.edu/housing/aptsuites/ 

Graduate students

Priority for housing in the residence halls owned by the institution. Undergraduates who are enrolled full-time are provided lodging in residence halls. Accommodation in residence halls is available for graduate students at the University of Maryland. The living halls do not have any amenities for postgraduate students or students' spouses, partners, or families. Graduate students have extremely little access to residence hall space.

For more information, visit: http://reslife.umd.edu/housing/graduate/ 

Housing Options and Assistance for LGBTQ Students

The Department of Resident Life is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment where everyone has a legitimate position in the community. Resident Life thus promotes each resident's academic and social achievement. Resident Life asserts that regardless of differences in identification, one's dignity and membership should be acknowledged and respected within the multicultural community of residence halls. A legitimate threat to the health and welfare of society is any deliberate attempt to suppress, undermine, or harm any individual or group. Such actions are naturally at odds with the objectives. As a result, any instances of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abuse, assault, or verbal or written threats (direct or indirect) will be addressed immediately and taken seriously.

For more information, visit: http://reslife.umd.edu/housing/lgbt/ 

Extended Housing Capacity in Triples and Quads

There are many triple and quad rooms among the more than 4,900 student accommodations on campus. 1,201 beds (13 per cent of the total) of the 9,180 beds in 37 residence halls are in triples and quads.

73 per cent of the rooms in the residence halls are doubled in that two students can share. Most upper-division students who participate in the room selection procedure take up about 14 per cent of the single rooms.

For more information, visit: http://reslife.umd.edu/housing/triplequads/ 

For general enquiries, visit: http://reslife.umd.edu/housing/housingaccommodations/