Your Housing Options

Our housing offer for incoming students varies from semester to semester. The Housing Office works closely with the Admissions team to inform incoming students of the semester’s housing options and registration process before the start of housing assignments.
Below is a general timeline of the housing registration process for incoming students:

1. Housing offer is published: The Housing Office publishes its residential offering for incoming students every semester. Incoming students are provided with a link to the page as soon as it becomes available.
   • The Fall housing offer is published in April.
   • The Spring housing offer is published in November.
2. Students review options: You will be able to view the available housing options for the upcoming semester, including details about amenities, neighborhoods, commute options, and on-site staff for each residence. You will also be informed of AUP Housing policies and how to apply, as well as housing prices and payment deadlines.
3. Housing registration opens: You will indicate your housing preferences directly on your AUP Status Page. Registration first opens for students required to seek housing through AUP (first-year degree-seeking, first-year abroad, and gap year students) and then opens about three weeks later for other cohorts (transfer, visiting independent, and visiting CO-OP students).
   • Fall housing registration opens in early May.
   • Spring housing registration opens in late November.
4. Students receive their housing assignment: Housing assignments at AUP are processed on a first-come-first-served basis. This means that when the registration step opens on the AUP Status Page, you will be able to submit your preferences and the Housing Office will process them in order based on timestamp. We strongly recommend going into the housing assignment process with an open mind and a flexible selection of preferred housing.

Students may request an exemption from the first-year housing requirement based on specific criteria; the exemption policy has been designed to accommodate students whose specific needs are not met by the AUP Housing offering, or who can demonstrate that they have the resources and support needed to find safe accommodation and independently transition to their first year in Paris and at AUP.

Exemptions must be justified with the appropriate documentation. Approved reasons for receiving a housing exemption are:

1. Students who are over 21 years of age
   • Passport scan or ID card if over 21 years of age on the first day of orientation
2. Students who are legally married and wish to live with their spouse
   • Marriage license from the country of origin
3. Students who already have French residency
   • Proof of address in the form of a lease, quittance de loyer, or utility bill in the student’s name, dated at least six months prior to the student’s start date at AUP
4. Students who will be living with family in Ile-de-France
   • Proof of address in the form of a lease, quittance de loyer, or utility bill in the family member’s name dated at least three months prior to the student’s start date at AUP
   • A scan of the family member’s passport or ID card
   • A signed letter from the family member certifying that they will be housing the student for their first year at AUP
5. Students who have medical needs that cannot be accommodated through our housing offering
   • A signed letter from the physician explaining the medical needs that cannot be accommodated by the available housing options
   • Students who are granted a medical exemption can still receive assistance from the Housing Office in finding accommodation
6. Students who can demonstrate an extended period (three months or more) of living independently (in housing not sponsored or managed by an educational institution) – these exemption requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis
   • A letter explaining the experience of living independently
   • Documentation of the circumstances outlined by the letter (previous lease in the student’s name, enrollment in a program or university, etc.)

PLEASE NOTE:

• Students who have not reserved their housing or been granted an exemption will not be allowed to register for university courses, and those students who have not fulfilled their financial obligations to AUP Housing will be automatically withdrawn from classes.
• Students who wish to seek an exemption must still indicate that preference by selecting it as a housing option in their AUP checklists. Students who have initially elected to secure AUP housing cannot later change their housing selection to an exemption.
• Students who are granted an exemption from housing on medical grounds are still able to access the AUP Housing Database, a resource that connects students with landlords who have worked with AUP in the past and are used to renting their spaces to AUP students.

Returning and graduate students can either seek housing independently from the University or use our AUP Housing Database to take advantage of our network of landlords and listings. The Housing Office serves as an intermediary throughout the database search: we connect students to landlords, guide them through setting up an agreement, and continue providing support during the rental process. Please be sure to review our Housing Database page for detailed information about the rules and regulations of the database and the search process.
Returning students can use the database at any time of year, though availability will shift throughout the semester.

Graduate students can indicate on their AUP status page whether they will be seeking housing independently, or whether they wish to use the AUP Housing Database. The Housing Office works with the Admissions team to organize a housing informational session for graduate students before the start of the database search.

• The database search process for Fall incoming graduate students opens in June.
• The database search process for Spring incoming graduate students opens in November.