Welcome to Housing and Residence Life
The Department of Housing and Residence Life at Southern Miss offers a convenient and safe place for students to live while making the most of their social and academic lives. The department’s mission is to provide a high quality physical, social and cultural environment that encourages and supports the holistic development of the residential student and the virtual student at home. The department is comprised of 350 staff who help oversee operations in 14 residence halls, 10 sorority houses and 9 fraternity houses. We employ our own maintenance tradesmen, tradeswomen and housekeeping staff, and the student population living on campus numbers more than 3,500 students.
Announcements & Application How-to Information
- Beginning Fall 2021/Spring 2022 residents of campus housing MUST be vaccinated against Meningitis B and Meningitis ACYW. Before moving in to their residence hall, students must provide proof of the Meningitis ACYW vaccination and at least the 1st round of Meningitis B vaccination. Most health insurances cover these shots at $0 copay to students, and they are currently available for purchase at the Moffitt Health Center on campus. Current and incoming new students are encouraged to continue to provide the University with proof of these vaccinations at time of housing application submission.
- November 24th: Residence halls close for the Fall semester
- November 25th-27th: Thanksgiving holidays (Housing & Residence Life central office will be closed)
- November 30th- Exams begin
1. You must first apply and be accepted to the University through the Office of Admissions.
2. After you have been admitted to the University and received an ID # you may apply
for housing.
3. Click on the ""Submit Your Application"" link at the top of this page and follow
the steps.
4. Once you complete the steps, click on 'Make Payment' to pay the $75 non-refundable
processing/application fee ($150 after February 15th priority deadline). Enter your
credit card information and click 'Finish'.
5. If you have difficulty accessing any portion of the website or are completing the
housing application with adaptive technology because of a disability, please contact
our central office located in Hickman Hall between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Monday-Friday at 601-266-4783 or reslife@usm.edu.
How to send/accept a roommate request:
1. Log in to your Housing application using your SOAR ID and password.
2. Go to the Roommate Request page and click on 'Create Group'. You will be listed
as the leader of your group.
3. Click 'Invite' and type in your preferred roommate's first AND last name. If more
than one name appears, type in their student ID number instead.
4. Your preferred roommate will receive an email letting them know to log back in
to their application and accept your invitation. They MUST accept the invitation for
the preference to be mutual.
5. Once your preferred roommate has accepted your invitation, they will be listed
as a member in your group.