Renewal Policies

One-Year Renewable License: Residents receive a one-year Housing License Agreement with the option to renew their Agreement for one additional year. In an effort to ensure on-campus living opportunities for incoming graduate students, a lottery will be run (space permitting) for existing residents to renew beyond a second year in MIT graduate housing provided the house meets occupancy goals.** This approach was developed in coordination with student leaders and heads of house from each community. If a lottery is not possible, or if renewal through the lottery process is unsuccessful, residents will be granted early access to select an alternative on-campus housing assignment (excluding The Warehouse) before general housing selection. If a resident successfully renews through the lottery process, the resident will receive a renewable license and will be eligible to stay in the same residence for the remainder of their graduate studies.

Renewable License: Residents may annually choose to renew their on-campus housing assignment for the full duration of their MIT graduate degree program.

Non-Renewable License: As a first-year only graduate student community, housing renewal is unavailable. Residents who are interested in continuing to live on campus may select an alternative housing assignment, subject to housing availability. Residents will be granted early access to select an alternative on-campus housing assignment before general housing selection. If a resident selects a unit in Ashdown or Sidney-Pacific, the resident will receive a non-renewable license.

Non-Renewable License: Must enter the Self-Selection process annually to select an on-campus housing assignment, subject to housing availability. Existing residents seeking to remain in on-campus graduate housing will be granted early access to select a unit before off-campus visitors, affiliates, postdocs and cross-registered students.