Starting with the freshman class of 2024-25, all undergraduate students are required
to live on campus for the first six semesters of their undergraduate career. (A Fall
or Spring semester in Rome will count as one of these six semesters, but summer Rome
will not count.) Married students, veterans, and commuter students living with their
parents or legal guardians at home within 50 miles of campus are exempt from this
policy after submitting the proper documentation.
We believe that learning is enhanced by the sense of community which develops when
students live and study on campus.
The Core Curriculum contributes powerfully to this sense of community, as students
are able to share their intellectual ferment and push their common classroom experience
to new heights by discussing and exploring in the spaces beyond the classroom. Living
on campus contributes to the intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual growth
of the individual student and the community. Therefore, the University of Dallas strongly
wishes that all students live on campus and contribute to this fruitful, powerful
continuity between intellectual and residential life.
Residence Life Options
UD has eightundergraduate residence halls, seven of which are traditional-style halls used largely for new students, as well
as some sophomores and upperclassmen: Madonna, Catherine, Theresa, O’Connell, Gregory,
Jerome, and Augustine Halls.
UD also has a suite-style residence reserved for upperclassmen: Clark Hall. The suites
have sinks, bathrooms, and showers. Clark features a modern lounge with a full kitchen
and open courtyard space with a grill, fire pit, and bocce court.
On-campus student apartments are available to juniors and seniors and are a wonderful transition to postgraduate
adult life. These apartments fill very rapidly. There are one-bedroom apartments for
two residents and two-bedroom apartments for four residents. Each apartment has a
full kitchen and bath. Apartment residents must pay their own electrical bill, but
other utilities (water, internet) are covered by the university. The Director of Residence
Life supervises the Student Apartments.
Ready to find out more about residence hall life at UD?
Up-Close and Personal: Discover the various Residential options at the University of Dallas and take a look
into life in one of our more typical freshman halls.
Food: A very important part of college life. Learn about our food service program.
