Single Student Graduate Apartment FAQs

Graduate housing applications open in early February for the following academic year, but there is no ‘deadline’ -- Graduate housing applications are ongoing.

Optometry students and Berkeley/Chancellor’s Fellowship recipients receive priority in Intersection, certain Fellowship recipients receive priority in Jackson House, and 1L JD (Law) students receive priority in Manville. However, any full-time registered single graduate student (i.e. without a family, dependents, etc.) is eligible and welcome to apply. The earliest applicants receive priority across all categories.

After accepting your offer of Admissions and obtaining your Calnet ID and password, you can apply for single student graduate apartments via the housing portal: portal.housing.berkeley.edu. Once you have signed in (using your Calnet credentials and password) and are on the Profile Summary page, choose the Single Student Apartments option. If you do not see the Single Student Apartments option, it most likely means your student classification is not coded correctly (i.e. you may be incorrectly classified as an undergraduate or as a summer session student). You can contact graduatestudenthousing@berkeley.edu or call (510) 642-4108 to correct your classification.

Graduate housing is not guaranteed. We truly wish we could accommodate everyone, but availability is limited and demand is high.

All students who do not receive a housing offer will be placed on a wait list. Additionally, if there are cancellations throughout the year, wait listed students will be contacted about vacancies.

Housing agreements generally begin in early to mid-August and end July 31st with the exception of spaces undergoing a summer refresh or new building construction. However, you can choose any start date you would like, including a summer start date prior to August. Do not select Summer Sessions when applying unless you are a Summer LLM.

No, subleasing is not permitted. Violation of this policy may result in eviction, legal fees, and/or conduct charges.

The Intersection Apartments are furnished - PG&E electric utilities are the responsibility of the student (water and trash are provided by the university); Jackson House is furnished and includes the cost of utilities. Manville apartments include both furnished and unfurnished spaces - PG&E electric utilities are the responsibility of the student (water and trash are provided by the university).

Intersection staff can provide tours upon request contingent upon staff availability; We do not provide tours for Jackson House and Manville.

For all rental verifications, please send an email to BusOps@berkeley.edu with the subject line "Rental Verification," and a Student Affairs Cashier's team member will process the verification.