2025/26 Academic Year
There are a limited number of upper-year spaces for the 2025-26 academic year. The Upper Year community will be in Watts Hall. All rooms are Single Plus style.
- The upper-year residence application for 2025-26 will open on January 15th at 11am ET.
- Apply through the .
- Applications are due by February 5th at 4pm ET.
If we receive more applications than spaces available, a lottery will be run to allocate the available spaces. If necessary, the lottery will be held the week of February 10th.
Health Accommodations
The deadline for applying for a health or non-health accommodation is February 5th, 2024. This form is available on your Student Residence and Dining Portal. Please reach out to reshouse@queensu.ca if you have any questions.
You must submit an accommodation form even if you have submitted one for a previous application to residence.
Visit our accommodations page to learn more!Fees
If you are successful in the upper-year lottery, you must pay a non-refundable $800 deposit. Lottery success results will be provided the week of February 12th. Visit the Registrar’s Financials Page for details on how to pay your deposit.
View the 2024-2025 Residence FeesSelf-Selection
The self-selection process allows you to choose your room allocation as an upper-year student living in residence for 2025-26. A self-selection window will open for students who were successful in the upper-year residence lottery, where room selection will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
We will send information the week of February 24th with the self-selection date and time and specific instructions for the process of selecting your room. The Residence Admissions team may have to place students in their rooms manually in certain circumstances.
Self-selection is scheduled to be held the week of March 3rd, 2025. All students who were successful in the upper-year lottery will receive a self-selection date and time the week of February 24th, 2025.
The Upper Year community will be in Watts Hall. All rooms are Single Plus style.
The self-selection platform will be hosted in the .
You can visit our Building Pages to learn more about Watts Hall's features, services, and amenities.
- Residence is not guaranteed for exchange, transfer, or graduate students. Please email reshouse@queensu.ca to express your interest in living in residence.
- Please note that residence is a high-density living environment, and that the majority of students are in their first year. We cannot guarantee a particular campus, building, or room style. Visit our buildings page to see what type of rooms are available.
- We typically make offers to exchange, transfer, or graduate students on the waitlist, in late August.
- We encourage you to connect with the Off-Campus Living Advisor for support in finding housing in the community and/or Community Housing for information about availability in rental properties owned by ³ÉÈË´óƬ.
- You must be taking a full course load in an on-campus program.