Summer 2026 Housing
For questions, please email Campus Residences Conference and Summer Housing at crch@stonybrook.edu
Eligibility
Students who complete the entire application by the deadline will be eligible for summer housing as long as they meet one of the following criteria:
- They are a current spring resident or fall resident registered for summer or fall classes. Classes are not required to be in person.
- They are a student without housing affiliation enrolled in summer classes that require an in-person presence.
- They are a spring semester graduate in need of summer housing.
- They are a part of a summer program with a campus partner who has a summer-sponsored housing agreement with Campus Residences.
Students who do not meet one of the above criteria will not be eligible for summer housing. To apply for summer housing and be assigned a space, a student must have no current financial holds on their student account.
Do not apply for summer housing if you are a:
- Returning Graduate student in 12 month gradaute agreements for 2026-2027.
- Newly admitted graduate students for summer or fall 2026.
- Summer Global Studies.
- Summer Oceanography at Southampton.
- EOP/AIM Pre-Freshman Summer Academy participants.
- Summer Sponsored Students such as REU Summer Students, Athletics, Explorations in STEM, SOAR, Velay, URECA staying ONLY the dates sponsored by their program. If you need dates before or after your program sponsored dates, you must apply for summer housing.
How to Apply
The Summer Housing Application will go live on the Housing Portal on April 7, 2026.
The priority deadline for a Session 1 arrival is May 1, 9:59PM. The priority deadline for a Session 2 arrival is June 15, 9:59PM.After the priority deadline, we will house students on a space-available basis but cannot guarantee housing or the desired arrival date. Applicants who do not submit a completed application by the final deadline of July 8, 2026 at 4:00PM will not be given a summer housing assignment.
Locations and Rates
Summer housing is located in West Apartments and Southampton Campus. Only students with an academic reason to be at Stony Brook Southampton will be housed at Southampton.
Please note that these communities are open all year round, and your apartment may have already been occupied. Our priority is to ensure your bedroom space is ready for your arrival upon move-in. Please bear with us as our staff may need to return to apartments to address any room readiness issues in common areas. For any urgent matters upon arrival, contact your office or building staff, who will do their best to address your concerns.
West Apartments Rates
| Room Type | Per Night Rate | Full Summer Term Cost* |
| Single Room | $69.50 | $6,533.00 |
| Double Room | $59.75 | $5,616.50 |
| Three Person Economy | $55.25 | $5,193.50 |
Stony Brook Southampton Campus Rates (Only for students required to be at Southampton for their academic program)
| Room Type | Per Night Rate | Full Summer Term Cost* |
| Single Room | $69.50 | $6,533.00 |
| Double Room | $59.75 | $5,616.50 |
*Full Summer Term Rates are based on the maximum days any individual could stay 5/20/2026-8/22/2026
if you have spring and fall housing.
Applicants will be asked to give a preference for a single, double or three-person room. Double rooms are limited and not guaranteed. Applicants will be placed in a single room if a double room is not available.
Billing
Students housed for summer housing are billed at the published summer rate for the space they are assigned from their date of arrival and for the remaining duration of summer housing. Students without fall reservation billing will end on August 14. Students with a fall reservation billing will end on August 22. Bills will be posted to one's student accounts in mid-May.
Summer Assignments & Move In
| Summer Session/Student Group | Arrival Date/s and Time/s |
| Summer Session 1 (Classes start May 26) |
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| HSC accelerated BSN students (Classes start June 1) |
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| Summer Session 2 Extended (Classes start June 22) |
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| Summer Session 2 (Classes start July 6) |
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- Summer housing assignments and additional check-in instructions will be emailed to you approximately one week prior to your scheduled arrival.
- We cannot guarantee a specific room assignment.
- Students cannot choose a preference for roommates in summer placements as all placements have to be made administratively quickly between the application deadline and arrival date and needs to factor in room availability, readiness, and academic year assignments.
- For West Apartments: Summer room change requests will be reviewed for approval based
on space availability. Requests can be made through the Schomburg and West Area Office
during the following date ranges:
- June 1 - June 8, 2026 by noon
- July 13 - July 20, 2026 by noon
Summer Move Out and Financial Liability
Students in summer housing who check out before their originally requested summer check-out date will be prorated the daily housing rate through their actual check-out date (removal of items from the room and surrender of keys to the Area Office). Once a student checks out of summer housing, that decision is final, and the student cannot return to a space in summer housing.
- Residents who move out by July 3 at Noon at the end of Summer Session 1 will be credited the unused days of the summer housing bill.
- Any residents with a Fall 2026 housing assignment who move out by July 18 at Noon will be credited the unused days of the summer housing bill. Anyone still in room at this deadline will be financially liable for the remainder of the summer.
- Any residents without a Fall 2026 housing assignment must check out by Friday, August 14, 2026. On that date, you will have to complete a full check-out by 4:00 pm. If you choose to check out earlier than August 14, you will receive a credit for the unused remaining days of your summer housing agreement.
- Any resident with a Fall 2026 housing assignment staying beyond July 18 at Noon will
be liable through August 22.
- Residents with fall assignments in a location besides West Apartments will pick up the key to their fall assignment on Sunday, August 9, 2026, between 10AM-1:00PM and complete a check-out of West Apartments by August 10, 2026 by 4PM.
- Residents with West Apartments assignments for Fall 2026 that are different than their summer assignments will move sometime between August 10, 2026 and August 14, 2026 once the area office confirms your fall assignment is ready.
16-17 Years Old Summer Student Housing
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