University Housing
550 Meadow Brook Road
Rochester, MI 48309-4452
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(248) 370-3570
housing@oakland.edu
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Submit your housing contract
Take the next step toward greater independence and self-revelation by choosing to live on campus. We would love to welcome you into our community.
Please click on the appropriate student category below to learn more, and when you're ready, click here for details on how to submit your housing contract online.
Incoming Freshmen
Transfers and Current Commuters
Current and Returning Residents
Please find detailed instructions on how to submit a housing contract below. We also have a video tutorial on how to submit a housing contract available for your convenience.
- Log in to the portal using your NetID and password.
- Click on the Applications tab, and then choose the contract period for which you are applying.
- Carefully review the Terms and Conditions. Remember that when you agree to the Terms and Conditions, you are providing an electronic signature that states you are agreeing to all of the terms and conditions exactly as they are written in the contract.
- Complete the Student Preference page.
- Once you have completed these steps, you will reach a housing contract confirmation page.
After you submit your contract, additional information will be sent to your OU email address as it becomes available. We recommend that all current and future residents check their OU email accounts regularly.
To cancel your on-campus housing, you will need to complete a Contract Release Form online. Please do so by following the instructions shown below.
Please note that cancellation charges may apply, as outlined in the terms and conditions of the housing contract.
- Log into the My Housing portal.
- Click the Contracts/Forms drop-down menu, then click on the contract you would like to cancel.
- From the What Would You Like to Do with This Application? drop-down menu that appears, select Cancel/Withdraw This Application, then click Submit.
- When prompted, confirm that you want to cancel your contract by selecting Yes, Cancel This Application from the drop-down menu that appears.
- Select the reason you are cancelling your contract.
- In the Add Any Additional Notes box, provide any additional information you feel is important, then click Submit.
- You will then reach a confirmation page for the contract release, and notice that the word Cancelled now appears at the end of the canceled contract in the Contracts/Forms drop-down menu.