Fall 2025 Housing Strategy
May 28, 2025
As we approach Fall 2025, we would like to comprehensively outline our housing and occupancy strategy for UNM Housing.
Our traditional style halls will be reserved for incoming first year students for the 2025/26 academic year. Additionally, apartment style halls will only be available for upper-level students (sophomores +).
Be sure to pay close attention to your UNM email inbox! All important communications and instructions will be sent there.
Early Birds:
All students who register for UNM Housing as Early Birds (between February 2nd at 2 p.m. and May 1st, at 11:59 p.m.) will be eligible to select their roommates, residence halls (traditional or suite), Living Learning Communities (optional), and room. Any student who registers for UNM Housing after the May 1st deadline will be automatically assigned based on availability.
Early Bird Roommate Matching: May 12 - 25
Early Bird Room Selection Window: June 9 @ 2:00 p.m. - June 22 @ 11:59 p.m.
Early Bird Room Assignments Go Out: June 25
Waitlists:
UNM Housing has implemented a waitlist and Tiered Prioritization. Please see the following information:
RLSH will be implementing a four-tier waitlist. Newly-available housing spaces will be assigned predicated on one's class designation and eligibility to live in specific residence halls.
First year students are only eligible to live in our traditional and suite style halls.
Upper-level students are only eligible to live in the apartment style halls. Renewing residents who are on the waitlist will be given first priority placement in available apartment style halls, then upper-level students with new contracts will be placed. Renewing students must ensure that they are enrolled in fall classes no later than July 1.
- Tier 1—Required Freshmen: First-year students identified as required to live on-campus under the Freshman Residency Requirement
- Tier 2—Non-Required Freshman, Incoming International Students, Incoming Transfers: Persons who are new to UNM who are not required to live on-campus
- Tier 3—Enrolled Upperclassmen & Graduate Students
- Tier 4—Non-Enrolled Upperclassmen & Graduate Students
Enrollment Checks
- Currently assigned residents will be subject to enrollment checks. Students will receive further communication via UNM email address if found to be ineligible for housing based on hours enrolled.
Housing availability is very limited and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Students who are subject to the Freshman Residency Requirement will be prioritized to meet the FRR.
Approved Advance Arrival
Approved Advance Arrival is an early move-in option (August 8-9, 2025) for UNM Housing residents who are participating in approved university programs or groups that require them to arrive on campus prior to the standard move-in period (August 14-16, 2025). Students approved for early move-in will be assessed a fee of $175, which will be placed on their student account, for their participation in the Advanced Arrival program.
Special Circumstance Requests
Students who are not part of one of the designated groups but have a special circumstance, may request an Advanced Arrival application for individual review. Approval is not guaranteed and will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Application Timeline
- Opens: June 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM
- Closes: July 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Questions can be directed to tortiz@unm.edu
Fall 2025 Move-in
All residence halls open for all students at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 14. Residents will receive specific information about move-in through an electronic move-in guide which will be released on August 1, 2025. Check-in for the residence halls for Fall 2025 will occur from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on August 14-16. After Hours check-ins will take place at the SRC Commons Help Desk.
For Fall 2025, we have anticipate limited availability in Residence Life & Student Housing. We are committed to working diligently to provide students a housing assignment and encourage students who need housing to continue to sign-up.
