Is housing available for transfer students?
Although we are not able to guarantee housing for transfer students, the Admissions Office and the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs and Residential Life will assist them in any way we can. Transfer students are placed on a housing waiting list and may be accommodated as openings arise during the year. In addition, transfer students can contact other transfer students through our office in order to seek local housing together. In the event that a transfer student lives off-campus during his or her first semester, it is quite likely that on-campus housing will be available during the second semester or in subsequent academic years, at which point a transfer student will be entitled to the same housing privileges as all already enrolled students of the same standing.
A variety of on-campus residence hall options and apartments are available for students interested in living on campus including nearly one-third of transfer students who choose to live on campus their first year. Information is available from the University Residences website. Priority for housing is first-come, first-served, based on the date a student submits their application for admission. Bellingham also offers many off-campus housing options for students, including those within a short commute of the University. Western’s Associated Students provides an off-campus housing registry with an online list of off-campus apartments, houses, and roommates. Since the registry is designed to serve current Western students, a Western-assigned email address is needed for ongoing use of the database. However, once you have received your Western ID number, you can access the housing registry by requesting a 30-day password.
