2025-2026 First-Year Students Room Selection

    

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APPLYING FOR ON-CAMPUS HOUSING

Please review the information and resources below to assist you during our first-year room selection process.  The following process is for incoming first-time, first year students.  Transfer and Graduate students will be assigned their rooms and emailed the assignment information in mid-July.  Please be sure to read your NJIT email on a regular basis as this is how we will communicate with you.  

Should you have questions, please contact our office at (973) 596-3039 or via email to reslife@njit.edu. 

2024-2025 Room Selection Resources:

 2025-2026 First-year Student Room Selection Timeline 

MAY 24, 2025 10AM - 12PM
VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION
Please consider attending the virtual information session for the incoming First Year Room Selection Process on Saturday, May 24th from 10am-12pm via Zoom. The session will be recorded and posted here.. You may join the information session by clicking this link or using this Zoom ID: 954 4231 4078. The passcode to enter is fy2526. 

JUNE 18, 2025 - JUNE 24, 2025
CHECK YOUR PRIORITY NUMBER (The date/time you will be able to select your room online.)

  • Login to Self Service (click here)
  • On your Home page you will see Room Selection. You will see your Start time and your priority number. This is the date/time you will be selecting your own room online.
  • Below your Priority Number you will see Selection Times. This is the time period that the entire process will occur. Your start time will fall somewhere in between one of the selection times listed. 
     

SELECTING ROOMMATE(S) AND/OR SUITEMATE(S)

  • Login to Self Service (click here) 
  • On your Home page, select Room Selection, Select Roommates (this includes suitemates)
  • Select Fall 2025 term
  • Select Search for Roommate
  • Enter the last and/or first name of the student(s) you would like to live with.
  • Select and add the student. Each student in your room/suitemate group will need to select and match with everyone in your group. The student with the best priority time will select the space for everyone in your group.
  • Access step-by-step instructions HERE.

JULY 2, 2025
MARTINSON (HONORS) HALL ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

  • Placement in MartinsonHall is based on the date you submitted your housing application. Residence Life staff will place you into your room assignment. You DO NOT participate in Open Room Selection.
  • Honors students not able to be placed into Martinson Hall due to limited space will be assigned to a room in Cypress Hall and added to the Martinson Hall waiting list.
  • If you found a roommate online through RoomSync, you may update this information on your housing application online through the Self Service portal. You have until June 13, 2025 to add this information.
     

JULY 8, 2025 - JULY 11, 2025
OPEN ROOM SELECTION

  • Based on the date you submitted your application you will be given a priority number. Your priority number will tell you the date/time you will log in to select a room in either Cypress or Redwood Halls.
  • You will add your room/suitemate preferences as indicated above prior to selecting a room online. Remember that each member in your group must match in order to be placed together by the student with the best priority number.

Important Notes:

  • Please make sure to review and read the Terms and Conditions 2025-2026, specifically the cancellation charges and guidelines.  
  • Students are not asked to submit a Housing Deposit.  The only deposit collected is the one-time $250 university deposit.  Please allow up to 48 hours for the university to process your deposit before applying for housing.