Residence Life and Housing

North Park maintains residence halls, apartments, and houses on campus that accommodate the undergraduate and graduate student body. All first-year, second-year, and third-year undergraduate students who are not living with their parents or guardian within 30 miles of campus are required to live on the North Park campus. Undergraduate residential students requesting university housing must complete a North Park University housing application and contract. The contract implies that unless the University is advised differently, the student plans to be a resident for his/her first, second, and third academic years until he/she is released from the housing contract based on the Housing Terms and Conditions. Termination of the contract must be in writing prior to the term in question. Please see the room and board refund schedule for adjustments made to housing charges after the semester is under way. Graduate students are not required to live in campus housing but can choose to do so by submitting the graduate student housing application to start the process.

All student housing is under the direction of the Director of Residence Life and Housing. The size of our on-campus population is ideal for building relationships and receiving personalized attention from an experienced residence life live-in staff. North Park has four full-time professional staff members, three of whom oversee undergraduate student housing and one who oversees graduate student housing. Each professional staff member overseeing undergraduate housing resides in a campus apartment and is assisted by trained student leaders, Resident Assistants (RA) and a Senior Resident Assistant (Senior RA). The professional staff member overseeing graduate student housing resides in an apartment in graduate student housing. The goal for Residence Life and Housing is to create an environment that allows for personal growth and an atmosphere that enhances the learning process. The Residence Life and Housing staff utilize educational and social programs to achieve these goals.

All residence halls provide on-site laundry facilities and security, including 24-hour front desk service. Furnishings in the residence halls include beds, desks, chairs, dressers, and bookshelves. Visitation hours are maintained in each living area. All visitors must sign in and out at the front reception desk of each hall. University apartments and houses do not have desk staff but are monitored by Campus Safety. Undergraduate campus apartments of single- and double-occupancy are furnished withbeds, desks, chairs, dressers, bookshelves, and kitchen appliances. Undergraduate campus apartments and houses of greater than double occupancy are furnished with beds and kitchen appliances. Graduate student housing provides on-site laundry facilities but comes unfurnished.

North Park offers several housing choices with different housing styles for both our undergraduate and graduate students, and four different meal plans. Fourth-year students have the first option for undergraduate campus apartments, while the graduate student housing requests are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. The Office of Residence Life and Housing coordinates all meal plan requests and housing applications and contracts.