Campus Housing Requirement    

Housing Application Fee

As of Fall of 2018, TAMUG Campus Living & Learning has replaced the $300 deposit with a housing application fee for New/Incoming students. This fee will be a one time, $75 application fee. Please be advised that this fee is non-refundable. For students who were approved for off-campus housing and need on-campus housing they will be required to re-apply for housing and pay the housing application fee again. 

Permission to Live Off-Campus

All students are required to live in on-campus housing, as space is available. Any student hoping to live off-campus is required to apply for permission to live off-campus. To apply for permission to live off-campus, a completed off-campus request must be submitted along with supporting documentation and approved through our online application found HERE.

Permission to live off-campus is typically granted if one of the following circumstances are met:

• The student is married and living with their spouse in the local Galveston area.

• The student is a single parent/guardian and their child resides with them at their local Galveston area residence.

• The student is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces (copy of DD-214; not active duty for training only).

• The student will live with a parent/guardian in the Galveston area. (A typed verification letter from the parent/guardian with contact information, and proof of residency at a residence in Galveston county of at least two years will be required.)

• The student will enroll in 9 credit hours or less for the semester. (Proof of semester enrolled hours is required; please be advised that hours will be checked again after the last add/drop date.)

• The student has a medical exception. (Documentation from TAMUG Accommodations through the Counseling & Career Services Center will be required.)

• The student is 21 years of age or older (on September 1st of the fall semester for the academic year that permission is requested).

• The student is a Senior graduating within the next 12 months. (Please include a degree planned signed by your academic advisor showing expected graduation)

The student can also apply for special consideration (a typed letter explaining any circumstances along with any additional documentation as proof is required).

Additionally, students in the Corps of Cadets program (including NROTC, USMS License Option, and Drill and Ceremonies) may be considered for permission to live off-campus if one of the following circumstances are met:

• The cadet is married and living with their spouse in the local Galveston area.

• The cadet is over 25 years old on the first class day that they start at Texas A&M Maritime Academy.

  *Cadets are urged to NOT make any housing arrangements until their application to participate in Victor Company is approved.*

Summer Housing: Please note that the on-campus housing rule does not apply to students taking summer session courses. We recommend those who choose to live in off-campus apartments sign short-term leases or sub-let, understanding that the on-campus housing requirement does still apply for the fall and spring terms despite the students' summer living arrangement. On-campus housing is available for students who would like the option. 

Returning Students

An application to live off campus is required to be completed by ALL students who wish to live off-campus to make sure a student is not billed inappropriately.  Make sure you fill out your returning student application online through our website under the Manage Current Housing Tab. For returning students, this application is due before April 1 (*note the contract policy regarding deposit refunds) of the Spring term to be considered for the following Fall semester. All students sign a contract with TAMUG agreeing to live in on-campus housing for both the Fall and Spring semesters. Typically, a request for permission to live off-campus for the Spring term (when the student lived on-campus for the Fall term) will NOT be honored, except for specific reasons through a Petition for Contract Release process.

Also, note that the University Apartments as well as the previously leased Albatross and Polaris Halls are the closest apartments to campus; however, these complexes are NOT owned or managed by Texas A&M University at Galveston. They are independently owned and managed and considered Off-Campus Housing.

This application must be completed in order for a student to be considered for permission to live off-campus. TAMUG strongly recommends a student (or their family) NOT sign any off-campus lease, or commit themselves to an off-campus living arrangement until the student receives written approval from Campus Living & Learning to live off-campus.

Accessing the Housing Application

GENERAL INFORMATION:

You will need to make sure you have already set up your NetID and password as you will need those to complete the application.  If you have not yet set up your NetID, you will want to visit https://gateway.tamu.edu/.

You will also want to make sure you have created your university email as this is where all housing information will be sent after you complete your housing application.  All official university communications are also sent to your university email.  If you have not yet set up your university email, which will end with @email.tamu.edu, you will want to visit https://google.tamu.edu/.

ACCESSING THE HOUSING APPLICATION THROUGH THE HOUSING PORTAL:

A student must complete and submit a housing application before they can select their room in their preferred hall.

To apply for on-campus housing at Texas A&M University at Galveston, you will want to click on the blue box for “Apply Here for Housing” in the right sidebar or click here.

• After reaching the housing portal page, you will need to click "Log In" on the top side bar and log in via Single Sign On (SSO) at the bottom of the screen. 
• After you have authenticated, you will be on the main page of the housing portal.

Housing Application Instructions

COMPLETING THE HOUSING APPLICATION:

1. In order to access the housing portal, you can click on the blue “Apply Here for Housing” button on the right sidebar of the housing website.
2. On the housing portal, click “Login” on the right side of the maroon bar at the top of the screen. 
3. On the Login screen, click the Maroon button labeled “TAMUG - Student SSO Login” in order to sign in using Single Sign on. Students do not use the username and password login. 
4. Once logged in, click “Application” on the maroon bar at the top of the screen.
5. You will then be routed to the Term Selecter screen. After reading the announcements, click “Apply” next to the term for the application for which you are applying. 
6. After reading the information on the Welcome screen, click Save & Continue.
7. When the page updates, you will be on the Personal Details page of the housing application. You will want to review your personal details, personal information, and home address information.  If you need to make changes, you will need to do this through the Howdy Portal (https://howdy.tamu.edu). After reviewing your information, click on “Save & Continue.”
8. On the Emergency & Missing Person Contact page, review and update the information as needed before clicking on “Save & Continue”.  
9. When you are on the Registered Sex Offender/Convicted Felon page, read the information very carefully before selecting your response. You will not be able to change your answer once you click on “Save & Continue.”  Click “Save & Continue” after selecting your response.
10. The next page will ask if you are going to be a part of the Corps of Cadets and the Texas A&M Maritime Academy. All individuals with majors that are associated to programs in the Texas A&M Maritime Academy (e.g., License Option – Deck, License Option – Engine, NROTC, Drill & Ceremonies) must reside in Texas A&M Maritime Academy Hall. You will want to review the information and respond accordingly before selecting “Save & Continue”. 
11. When the page updates, you will be on the Request to Live Off-Campus page.
    1. Read through the information carefully as there are specific conditions that must be met in order to be considered to reside off-campus.
    2. Make your response accordingly and click Save & Continue.
    3. If you answer “Yes” to requesting to live-off-campus, the next page will be the Off-Campus Living Questionnaire, which will require you to identify the reason for your request.
       1. After you click on Save & Continue, you will be taken to the page to upload the required supporting documentation. After you click on Save & Continue, you will then be taken to the Off-Campus Landing Page. At this point, you have completed your housing application with a request to live off-campus.
12. When the page updates, you will be on the Housing Contract page. The housing contract is a binding agreement.  You will want to make sure you read it completely and thoroughly. 
    1. If you are under the age of 18, you must review the housing contract with your parent/guardian.
       1. Your parent/guardian will be required to provide a signed written statement that they have reviewed the contract with you.
    2. After reviewing the contract, enter your TAMUG UIN in the space provided at the bottom of the page.
    3. Click Save & Continue.
       1. If you are under the age of 18, you will see a second acknowledgment page for you to enter your TAMUG UIN again.
       2. After clicking on Save & Continue again, you will see the page where you can upload the signed written statement.
       3. After you upload the document, click on Save & Continue.
    4. NOTE:  Once you have signed the housing contract, your housing application is flagged as complete.  Completing the housing application is not the same as selecting a room.  You will still need to continue through the rest of the application in order to pay the $75.00 non-refundable housing application fee.

Note: The Living Learning Application process is now completed through the housing portal.