Room Selection + Assignments
Room Selection for the 2026-2027 Academic Year is here! Current residents will be able to complete their application/license in February and select a room in March. If you will be a new resident to campus housing, you will be able to start roommate matching February 2. New Residents under the Residency Requirement will have a special Instagram Live Session April 15 to learn more about the room assignment process.
As you read through the information on this page, please be sure to know if you are a New Resident/Applicant OR a Current/Returning Resident/Applicant. Current/Returning are those living with TWU for the Spring 2026 term. New are those who are NOT living with TWU for the Spring 2026 Term.
Information Sessions & Events
The events listed below are intended for current TWU students enrolled in Spring 2026 classes. New future residents will be able to attend an Instagram Live event April 15.
Information Sessions
January 26-29, 2026: Community Meetings with your Resident Assistant
February 2, 2026 at 5 PM: Instagram Live
February 10, 2026 at 5 PM: Parliament Village Multipurpose Room
April 15, 2026 at 5 PM: Instagram Live
Sea Your Space
February 11, 2026, 6-8 PM: Explore our housing ocean of possibilities to discover your future land (er, room)! Join Housing & Dining for an evening of tours, food, and giveaways. The Guinn Hall front desk, Stark Hall front desk, and Lowry Woods Community Center will have a welcome/information table set-up. Tours will depart every 10-15 minutes for a tour of that specific community. The event is come-and-go so you are able to make it to each community.
Information Tables
Talk to a Room Selection expert in person! There will be a Housing & Dining table, filled with fun giveaways, at the following locations to help answer questions about Room Selection.
February 2, 11:30am – 1:30pm: Guinn Hall
February 4, 11am – 1pm: Hubbard Hall, 1st floor
February 12, 11:30am – 1:30pm: Stark Hall
February 17, 11am – 1pm: Dining Hall
February 18, 11am – 1pm: Dining Hall
Room Selection Steps
The steps for the Room Selection Process are below. Check out the Step-By-Step guide for more details on how to complete the process.
Part 1: Sign your License
Sign your license in your Housing Portal. New future residents may complete it now. Current residents may complete it starting February 2nd.
Complete the 2026-2027 Resident Application & License in your Housing Portal. You must be an accepted student to TWU. New residents will pay a $50 application fee and $100 deposit.
- Log in to the Housing Portal
- Click on "Apply for Housing" from the top menu
- Click "Apply" in the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 box
- Complete and submit the application & license. You will receive a confirmation email upon completion.
Part 2: Roommate Matching
Choose or add your roommate via Part 2 of the application in your Housing Portal. After completing Part 1 of your application & license, you will be able to access Part 2 for Roommate Matching.
NOTE: New future residents will also be able to complete Part 2 starting February 2nd.
Completing Part 2 for roommate matching enables you to find your roommate or meet potential roommates. Once you have created a roommate group, you will be able to add them to your room during self-selection. Roommates must be matched online in order to create an official roommate group. Roommate groups determine roommate pairs. If you already have someone in mind to be your roommate, you will still need to set up a profile and request each other in Part 2 of the Housing Application License.
Part 3: Select Your Room or Be Assigned
Current Residents: Select your room in your Housing Portal according to the Room Selection + Assignment Dates schedule below. If you miss your room selection period, you may participate in future selection dates.
New Residents: You will be assigned a room based on your student classification, room preference, and roommate matching profile. Please refer to the Room Selection + Assignment Dates schedule below.
Room Selection + Assignment Dates
Students who complete their application & license by the dates listed below will be able to participate in the self-selection* process or be assigned a room:
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Apartment Eligible
| Hall Eligibility | Apply By | Room Selection Start | Room Selection End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicants eligible for apartments, per the lottery* |
Lowry Woods |
March 1, 11:59pm | March 5, 9am | March 6, 5pm |
Current (Returning) Residents Under the Residency Requirement
| Hall Eligibility | Apply By | Room Selection Start | Room Selection End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURRENT residents returning for Fall | Guinn & Stark Halls | March 1, 11:59pm | March 10, 9am | March 11, 5pm |
| CURRENT residents returning for Fall | Guinn & Stark Halls | April 1, 11:59pm | April 7, 9am | April 8, 5pm |
New Applicants Under the Residency Requirement
| Hall Eligibility | Apply By | Room Assignment Notification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW Living Learning Community (LLC) Applicants | Parliament Village | May 1, 11:59pm | June 3 |
|
NEW Non-LLC or New Transfer Applicants with 30-59 credit hours completed (New applicants after June 30 will be manually assigned.) |
Parliament Village |
June 1, 11:59pm June 30, 11:59pm |
June 4 July 7 |
|
NEW Non-LLC or New Transfer Applicants with fewer than 30 credit hours completed (New applicants after June 30 will be manually assigned.) |
Parliament Village |
June 1, 11:59pm June 30, 11:59pm |
June 4 July 7 |
If a student is not under the Residency Requirement based on either age or credits completed, then they are ONLY eligible for the apartment lottery UNLESS they are a New Transfer student or a First-Time-In-College student.
*All upperclassmen applicants who are not selected for the lottery will be placed on an apartment waitlist. New upperclassmen applicants will be added to the end of the waitlist.
Self-Selection is the process that allows students to choose their own bed space. Students select their own bed space in a particular room and hall. One person from a roommate group needs to select the bed spaces for everyone in the group to confirm the same room. This is for current residents only.
Students who apply after June 30th will be manually assigned to an available space.
Depending on how many applicants are eligible to participate in each room selection period, the applicants may be assigned a timeslot within the selection period. This timeslot is when the applicant will begin to have access to the room selection portal.
Community Eligibility
Eligibility for which residential community students may live in is calculated based on criteria as of August move-in. Eligibility for requirements for each community are below. For more information about living options on campus, please review the Living Options website.
Parliament Village: New first-time in college students with less than 30 completed credit hours. Parliament Village is also home to Living Learning Communities.
Stark and Guinn Halls: Second-year residents having fewer than 60 completed credit hours AND under the age of 21. New residents, under the age of 21, with between 30 - 59 completed credit hours will live here.
Lowry Woods Apartments & Off-Campus Apartments: Undergraduate students over the age of 21 OR having 60 or more completed credit hours. Graduate students may live in the TWU partnered off-campus apartments.
Housing is not guaranteed for our upperclassmen and graduate students because they do not fall under the university residency requirement. Upperclassmen students are defined as students who have completed 60 or more TWU approved credit hours or will be age 21 or older by August 17, 2026. Upperclassmen housing options for Fall 2026 include Lowry Woods Apartments on campus or our TWU partnered off campus apartments. Graduate students may live in the off-campus partnered apartments. If you would like to live in one of the apartment options for the 2026-2027 academic year, you may complete the application and license AND create a roommate group between February 2 - March 1. Due to high demand, apartment housing, including Lowry Woods, is not guaranteed and will be decided via a lottery system by March 3. Roommate groups will not be split, and the groups will lock after March 1. If you apply after March 1, you will be added to the end of the waitlist.
Family Housing Information
Current family housing residents must reapply between February 2 - March 1 to guarantee their apartment. Family housing assignments for new and current applicants begin in April.
2026-2027 Family Housing applicants may view their room assignment in their housing portal. If no assignment is listed, that means the student is not yet assigned. If a family housing apartment is not available by September 1, the student’s $100 housing deposit will be refunded.
TWU Off Campus Housing
Texas Woman's University is enforcing community eligibility requirements for the 2026-2027 academic year to ensure housing availability for those under the TWU Residency Requirement. This has resulted in limited housing option on campus for students eligible for Lowry Woods. To still accommodate these students, the university has partnered with The Arch Denton and Redpoint Denton. Please refer to their linked pages for more information. TWU provides shuttle services during the school week. Students enjoy the flexibility of living off campus while being able to use financial aid and payment plans as a TWU resident.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please see below for additional information regarding frequently asked questions.
How to Self-Select
Detailed step-by-step instructions regarding how to locate and complete your 2026-2027 application/license, how to select a roommate, and how to select or be assigned a room can be found in the Room Selection Instructions document.
Meal Plans
Meal plans are required for residents in Parliament Village, Guinn, and Stark Halls. Meal plan selection will be available in your Housing Portal starting in the late spring.
Changing your Room Assignment
Those who select a room but then want to change must have all affected residents in both rooms mutually agree to switch and then all email housing@twu.edu. Room reassignment is not guaranteed.
Residency Requirement
All TWU full-time single undergraduates who have not completed 60 credit hours AND are under the age of 21 are required to live in University residential communities. For complete details of the residency requirement and information about requesting exemption from the residency requirement, please review the Residency Requirement Information webpage.
Applicants Under the Age of 18
If you are under 18 at the time of completing your application, a parent or legal guardian will also need to sign the Housing & Dining license. This must occur for the application/license to be considered complete and submitted. The parent/guardian signature process will automatically be included in your application process if you are under the age of 18.
Living Learning Communities
Certain areas of Parliament Village are designated as Living Learning Communities (LLC). If an LLC student has a preferred roommate, the roommate must be a part of the same LLC in order to be roommates. For more details about Living Learning Communities, please see the Living Learning Communities Webpage.
What is the Enrollment Policy?
All TWU residents must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours per semester. Residents will need to enroll in a majority (of at least 51% of all credit hours) of in-person courses for Fall 2026. An appeal form for this requirement is available in the Housing Portal after April 1.
Can I choose my roommate? What about suitemates?
Current students have the opportunity starting each year in February to complete their future application and license, as well as participate in roommate matching. If a resident does not match with someone, TWU Housing & Dining staff will utilize the resident’s roommate matching questionnaire when assigning another resident to the space. During self-selection, other residents may opt into any available room with an open space.
New students to campus housing for the fall will also be able to participate in roommate matching starting in February.
Page last updated 4:40 PM, January 5, 2026