Thank You for Your Interest in Living On Campus!
Please read the following carefully before applying!
At the bottom of this page select Apply Online or Apply By Mail.
Complete an Application! (Online or By Mail)
Carefully and accurately complete the application, giving us all of the requested information on both pages. If you have a roommate choice, the requests must be mutual and information accurate for each in order for roommate requests to be honored. Every effort is made to honor hall and roommate preferences. Private rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The application for Housing and the application process for the University are totally separate from each other. You may apply to Housing before you are admitted to the University, but you will not be assigned a room until you are admitted. If your admission to the University is denied, your $100 deposit will be refunded.
If applying using the Mail-In form, please print each page of the completed application form and send along with a $100 deposit (check or money order payable to East Tennessee State University) to the:
- OFFICE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
P.O. Box 70732
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
JOHNSON CITY, TN. 37614-1710
ETSU Housing and Residence Life works closely with the designated homeless-student liaison in the Financial Aid Office to provide homeless students who are enrolled in the institution access to housing resources. These resources include assistance with submitting an applicaton/deposit; first priority in housing placement and for placement in housing facilities that remain open for occupation for the most days in a calendar year; and other resources during and between academic terms.
Apply Early!
You are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as housing/room assignments are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Acceptance of an application and deposit does not guarantee an assignment. Assignments for fall semester begin in March and continue throughout the summer. Spring semester assignments begin in mid-December and summer school assignments begin the first of April.
Submit your Reservation Deposit!
The $100 deposit is used as a reservation, cancellation and damage deposit. The deposit will be refunded if:
- Housing is notified by email (housing@etsu.edu)the student is not returning to housing, prior to June 1 (for Fall) and January 3 (for Spring).
- The student is prevented from entering the university because of medical reasons, confirmed in writing by a licensed physician.
- Residence hall or family housing space is not available.
- Full refund will be made in case of death.
You must return the signed agreements or confirm your agreements online by the deadline date stated in your assignment letter, or the assignment will be canceled. If there is a question about the assignment, contact the Office of Housing immediately. The Housing assignment and agreements are for the academic year (fall and spring). If you enroll spring/summer, the agreements arefor the one semester.
Rent is payable at the time tuition fees are due each semester. If you receive a housing assignment after tuition fees are paid, rent is due immediately at the Office of Financial Services. Please be aware of fee deadlines stated in the Schedule of Classes each semester. You will not always receive a bill in the mail.
Apply Now!
Apply Online
Apply By Mail
Applying for on-campus housing is a 2-Step Process: Application AND $100 deposit.
Please be sure to complete BOTHsteps.
Step 1
Complete your application and roommate matching process by entering the Residence Portal below.
Need help completing the application? Watch our how-to video below!
Roommate matching profiles are used only to aid students in finding a roommate, but does not count as your official roommate request. If you find a match please email your request from your ETSU email to assignments@etsu.edu. We will also need an email from your requested roommate. Roommate groups are not part of the assignment process at this time.
Step 2
Submit a $100 deposit.
If you are a current or former student, login to your Goldlink account and click on Account/Make a Housing Deposit.
If you are an ETSU applicant not yet admitted, login to your Goldlink account and click on My Application/Links to Next Steps/Submit Housing Deposit (https://goldlink.etsu.edu/myapplication).
If you have been admitted to ETSU but not yet registered, login to your Goldlink and click on Next Steps/Apply for Housing/Submit your $100 deposit to reserve your home on campus (https://goldlink.etsu.edu/nextsteps).
If you do not want to pay online, or do not yet have a credit card handy, you can always come back and pay later, or print the final page and mail with a check or money order.
Just remember,we cannot begin to process your application until we have received your deposit.
