Residence Life and Housing

Convenience. Connections. Community. Without a commute all the amenities campus has to offer are at your fingertips. You have more time to study, more flexibility to meet with professors, stop by CASA, hang out with friends, and participate in clubs and activities on campus.  In the residence halls you will be a part of a vibrant community with engaging staff, great events, and new friends!

The Office of Admissions will inform you if have been accepted as a resident or commuter based on your admissions application. If you wish to change your status from commuter to resident, please contact Admissions and they can assist.

Once your enrollment deposit is made, information on how to access the online housing application is provided by Admissions. Be sure to monitor your FSU student email for information related to housing assignments.

To satisfy the Residence Hall License Agreement, resident students are required to complete the online housing application academic year. 

If you have trouble logging in to the application, first, be certain that you paid your deposit. Next, try to log in using a different browser.  If help is still needed, please contact the Office of Residence Life via phone 508-626-4636 or email at residencelife [at] framingham.edu (residencelife[at]framingham[dot]edu).  The office is open Monday through Friday 9:00AM to 5:00PM.

It is important to note that these floors/areas have limited space and requests for preferences are not guaranteed.

FSU primarily assigns housing based on preferences indicated on the housing application. These preferences include:

FSU primarily assigns housing based on preferences indicated on the housing application. These preferences include:

• Room Location and type
• Living Learning Communities
• Full academic year housing option (includes Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring breaks) (Larned Hall and Miles Bibb Hall)
• Gender-Inclusive Housing 

Other Options:

• Full academic year housing option (includes: Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring breaks) (Larned Hall and Miles Bibb Hall)
• Gender-Inclusive Housing 
• West Hall (semi-private bathrooms)

It is important to note that these floors/areas have limited space and requests for preferences are not guaranteed.

FSU primarily assigns housing based on preferences indicated on the housing application. These preferences include

• Room Location and type
• Living Learning Communities
• Full academic year housing option (includes Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring breaks) (Larned Hall and Miles Bibb Hall)
• Gender-Inclusive Housing 

YES! If you complete your housing applications by the published deadline you will have an option to create or join a “Roommate Group” when completing your online housing application. Then self-select your room assignments online. Please note, both roommates must complete their applications by the deadline in order for this process to work.

First-year students may be assigned to live in any hall except for Miles Bibb Hall. We purposely arrange for first-year and returning students to live as neighbors, which allows upper-class students to serve as unofficial mentors to first-year students. This also mirrors the social dynamics of student interactions in campus clubs, organizations, athletic teams, etc.  

Due to limited availability, you are generally not assigned to a single room as a first-year student. Most single rooms are selected through the returning student room selection process on a seniority basis. The Office of Residence Life maintains a single-room wait list for residents interested in a single occupancy room. New students may request to be placed on the single-room wait list after taking occupancy.

Please review the room rates for each residence hall in the “Quick Facts and Amenities” tabs above. All resident students are required to have a meal plan. Those who do not pick one will receive a meal plan based on their academic year. The Ultimate Plan is the default for freshman and sophomores.

Meal plan options can be found at https://framingham.sodexomyway.com/my-meal-plan

• General Safety Policies and Procedures
  • It takes the collective effort of all Framingham State community members to ensure a safe and secure environment. Students play a major role in the process and have personal responsibility for their safety. All members of our community must make a concerted effort to be aware of what might be happening around them and promptly report suspicious activity. In case of an emergency, the Framingham State University Police Department is available 24/7. Community members who remain alert and report concerns to the Framingham State Police Department greatly enhance campus safety.
• Card Access and Video Monitors
  • All residence halls are equipped with card access and video monitoring systems. This state-of-the-art system allows each resident's identification card to function as a combination of residence hall front door key, meal card, and library card. The card access and video monitoring systems help limit access to the halls to authorized individuals only.
  • Security Desk Attendants (SDA) staff the security desk in the residence halls. SDAs verify residency upon entry to the hall, screen and register guests, sign out hall equipment, enforce policies within the lobby, and monitor the entrance. Residents must present their identification cards to the SDA each time they enter the residence hall.
  • Rooms are secured by metal keys that residents are issued when they arrive for the semester. 

Click here for our suggested packing list.  You will see we highlight some of the prohibited items on the list.  For a full list of prohibited items, please refer to The Guide to Residence Living.

You can bring your own compact refrigerator as long as it is is under 3.1 cubic feet and is ENERGY STAR rated.  You may not bring a personal microwave.  There are commercial microwaves available in each residence hall kitchen area.  MicroFridges are combination microwave/freezer/refrigerator units that may be used in the residence halls long as it is is under 3.1 cubic feet and is ENERGY STAR rated and approved by the Residence Life Department.

For the safety, health, and well-being of all residents, pets are not allowed in the residence halls, except for fish kept in a tank with a capacity of 10 gallons or less. Fish may not be left in the residence halls between the fall and spring semesters.

Information regarding housing assignments and assigned roommate(s) is accessible through the myResLife portal on myFramingham. You will be notified when this is available.

It is common for students to worry “What if things don’t work out with my roommate(s)?” It is important to have an open mind and honestly communicate with a new roommate about expectations in the living environment. Area/Residence Directors and Resident Assistants are available to consult with you about how to have these conversations and/or navigate conflict with roommates. There is also an open room change process which will begin about two weeks into each semester. This process is open to residents interested in living in another room and/or residence hall. Students interested in applying for a room change should see their Area/Residence Director (professional staff member in the residence hall) for a Room Change Request form. 

Rooms are furnished with dressers, desks with chairs, a closet/wardrobe, and a bed. Premium single rooms have full-size beds, all other rooms have extra-long twin beds. 

Most of the beds are adjustable.  Most have a 20" minimum clearance.

You are encouraged to decorate your room to make it feel like your new home. Moderate amounts of posters, etc. may be put up on room walls. Removable non-marking poster tape or putty are the only adhesives permitted to be used on room walls.

Wired and wireless internet are available in the halls at no additional cost.  You will need to bring your own Ethernet cord for wired internet which is available in all halls except West Hall and Miles Bibb Hall.

The anticipated date for first-year student move-in is historically, the weekend prior to the first day of class. Specific instructions, including time frames for move-in based on hall and floor assignment, will be emailed to your FSU email account in mid-August.

Mailboxes are located near the lobby in each residence hall. Mail is delivered Monday – Friday with the exception of holidays. You will be assigned a box number within the first two weeks of the academic year. All mail should include the following information:

Name 
Residence Hall – Room #
Mailbox #
Framingham State University
100 State St., Box 9101
Framingham, MA 01701-9101 

Packages that do not fit in students’ mailboxes will be stored and students will receive a slip in their mailbox that they have a package. Packages can be picked up each evening when an RA is on duty.

Resident Assistants (RA) are student leaders who live with the resident students and are selected and trained to help establish a healthy residence community. They either assist directly or provide referrals for questions or concerns with academics, safety and security, physical or mental health, and other topics that are a part of living on-campus. The next level of staff is the Area Directors (AD) and Resident Director (RD). ADs and RDs are full-time, professional staff that work and live in the buildings. They supervise student staff and are responsible for the overall management of the residence hall(s) to which they are assigned.