Official On-Campus Housing
Campus Living hopes you are able to get the room type of your choice. Below is helpful information to understand what our housing descriptions mean.
Residence hall rooms are traditional dormitory style. Unless otherwise noted, theses rooms share a common, floor bath.
| Description | What it Means |
|---|---|
| Single Room | One room with one occupant |
| Double Room | One room with two occupants |
| Triple Room | One room with three occupants |
| Quad Room | One room with four occupants |
| w/Bath | Has private bathroom in room |
Note: there are no single rooms with private bathrooms in the residence halls.
Ellicott Complex, Greiner Hall and South Campus Halls have suite style rooms. Ellicott suites have two rooms (various sizes) that share a common area. Greiner suites have two double rooms that share a common area and private bath. South Campus suites have two rooms (various sizes) that share a bathroom.
| Description | What it Means |
|---|---|
| (3/1.0) | 3 person suite with private bath |
| (3/FLR) | 3 person suite with floor bath |
| (4/1.0) | 4 person suite with private bath |
| (4/FLR) | 4 person suite with floor bath |
| (5/FLR) | 5 person suite with floor bath |
| (6/FLR) | 6 person suite with floor bath |
| Description | What it Means |
|---|---|
| -Sgl | Room in suite with one occupant |
| -Dbl | Room in suite with two occupants |
Each suite has two rooms that may be selected individually or together (in Ellicott and Goodyear) or only together (in Greiner). For example, the two rooms in a 3-person Ellicott suite would be designated as:
| Description Format | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suite | (Number of students in suite/number of bath in suite) | - | Number of students in bedroom of suite | |
| SUI | (3/FLR) | Sgl | ||
| SUI | (3/FLR) | - | Dbl | |
| The room descriptions of the two rooms in a 3-person/floor bath suite would be: | ||||
SUI(3/FLR)-Sgl SUI (3/FLR)-Dbl | ||||
University at Buffalo has five on-campus apartment complexes. Each apartment comes with a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom(s), and studio/bedroom(s). Depending on the unit, the housing agreement is for an academic or full year.
Below is our terminology used for the apartment room descriptions.
| Description | What it Means |
|---|---|
| ACAD | Academic year agreement (late Aug. to mid May) |
| FULL | Full year agreement (late Aug. to July 31) |
| Description | What it Means |
|---|---|
| (1/1.0) | 1 person apartment/1 full bath |
| (2/1.0) | 2 person apartment/1 full bath |
| (2/1.5) | 2 person apartment/1 full bath and a 1/2 bath |
| (2/2.0) | 2 person apartment/2 full bath |
| (3/1.0) | 3 person apartment/1 full bath |
| (4/1.5) | 4 person apartment/1 full bath and a 1/2 bath |
| (4/2.0) | 4 person apartment/2 full bath |
| Description | What it Means |
|---|---|
| -Studio | Studio apartment with Murphy bed |
| -Sgl | Single bedroom in apartment with 1 occupant |
| -Dbl | Double bedroom in apartment with 2 occupants |
| -Whole | Unit is being rented as a whole unit |
For example, a 4 person, 2 bath, academic unit, would break down as:
| Description Format | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment | - | Length of Agreement | (Number of people in apartment/number of baths in apartment | Bedroom Type |
| EXAMPLE | ||||
| APT | - | ACAD | (4/2.0) | -Sgl |
| APT-ACAD(4/1.0)-Sgl | ||||