UCLA Housing is the best guide for finding the right kind of accommodation for different lifestyles and budgets. It includes detailed information about the different residence options, dining plans, support and extracurricular programs, and an online housing application.
Many students, especially those in their first year, choose to live on campus. Besides the convenience, campus living is a good way to meet other people and to find out about social and academic activities. Four classic residence halls, six deluxe residence halls, two residential suites, and five residential plazas accommodate over 14,000 undergraduate students. All on-campus housing buildings are coed and within walking distance to classrooms. New freshman and transfer students who are admitted for fall quarter and apply on time are guaranteed housing. Graduate student housing is also available.
Rooms in undergraduate residences are furnished and usually shared between two or three students. Meals are served daily at residential restaurants, and students may choose from a variety of meal plans.
Students apply for on-campus housing, by posted deadlines, at the My Housing website. Students who apply for winter or spring quarter are assigned housing on a space-available basis in the order their applications are received.
Per-person rates for the academic year vary depending on housing type. See housing rates for current rates.
Residential Life is responsible for student conduct in all residential communities. Its professional and student staff members can counsel students on residential problems.
Facilitated by Residential Life, Living Learning Communities offers students with similar interests an opportunity to live together and participate in programs according to their academic, social, and personal needs and interests. Students can live in communities as varied as creative collective; first-to-go; gender, sexuality, and society; global health; interfaith; public service and civic engagement; sustainable living; technology and innovation; transfer experience; and various cultures.
Within walking distance of campus, UCLA maintains 13 undergraduate off-campus apartment buildings for full-time, single transfer, and students beyond their first year. Apartments vary from singles to four-bedroom units, with bedrooms usually shared by two or three students. Not all types of apartment spaces are available to entering students. Virtual tours are available.
Married, single-parent, and single graduate students are accommodated in eight off-campus apartments; some are located within walking distance of campus, others about five miles from campus and served by a campus shuttle. Apartments include furnished and unfurnished studio and one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. Assignment to several apartments is by wait list; students must be accepted to UCLA to apply.
Many of the fraternities and sororities at UCLA own chapter houses. Complete information and membership requirements are published by Fraternity and Sorority Life.
UCLA Early Care and Education (ECE) operates three accredited child care centers near UCLA and student housing. Care is available for children two months to six years old at most centers. Fees depend on the age of the child. A limited number of state grants and partial scholarship subsidies is available for eligible student families.
University Parents Nursery School is a UCLA-affiliated, parent-participation, multicultural cooperative school for two- through five-year-old children of UCLA students, faculty, and staff. It is located in the University Village Child Care Complex.
Parking permits, transit passes and commuting options, and related services are offered through UCLA Transportation.
Subsidized public transit pass programs are available to assist UCLA students with transportation costs, and help them get to and from campus without driving a car. Students can use the UCLA trip planner to determine their best transit route to campus. The undergraduate Bruin U-Pass and graduate student Bruin Grad Pass allow fare-free transportation through seven transit agencies that serve UCLA.
Students who do not qualify for these passes can receive a free one-quarter transit pass through the Bruin commuter transit benefit.
For long-distance campus commuters, several vanpool companies serve the UCLA area. Vanpool vendor, group, and parking information is available.
Parking at UCLA requires a paperless Bruin ePermit that uses the vehicle license plate number. Campus parking space is limited and is not guaranteed.
Students must be registered in, and complete a student parking application for, each term that parking is desired. Application deadlines are posted in advance. Parking applications are prioritized by class standing. Residence hall and University apartments residents use an exemption application to apply for parking, which are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Disabled students who hold a valid California DMV disabled parking placard or license plate must submit a special permit request through the ePermit website.
Commuter students who come to campus infrequently may purchase daily discounted parking, subject to availability. Qualified commuter students may also apply for a discounted carpool permit.
