Return to Campus Living 2025

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Time is coming up to think about housing for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

Campus Living encourages students to consider all the options, including returning to live on campus in the residence halls.  Living in the heart of Pirate Nation is convenient and keeps you in the middle of campus life.

Space for current ECU students to live on campus will be limited. If you are returning to live on campus for 2025-2026, you can expect to live in 1 of 4 halls we are holding for returning students: College Hill Suites, Scott Hall, Jones Hall, and Jarvis Hall (all female option). Due to Hall renovation that is planned, single rooms will be greatly reduced for 2025-2026.

College Hill Suites

College Hill Suites Residence Hall

2025-2026 Return Housing Process

This is the process for Current Students who are living on campus now for the 2025-2026 academic year. If you lived with us a previous academic year and want to return to live on campus for 2025-2026, email housing@ecu.edu for access to the Housing Contract. Spaces for 2025-2026 are limited, so we encourage students to sign up during the online contracting dates noted below.

Returning to live on campus is a two-part process:

  • Part 1 (February) – you will sign a housing contract online.
  • Part 2 (April) – you will select a room/hall on campus (see below) or have Campus Living assign your room/hall.

Online Contracting Dates:

February 3, starting 9:00 am through February 10, ending at 11:59 pm. Submitting a contract during this period guarantees a space in on-campus housing for next year.

  • After this time, the contract may not be available and students may be placed on a waiting list. The waiting list does not a guarantee that you will receive on-campus housing for next year.
  • To sign a 2025-2026 Academic Year Contract, students must submit a housing contract through PiratePort and pay a $135 Application Fee. This Application Fee is nonrefundable.
  • When you submit your housing contract, you will also be able to select and confirm a roommate, if desired. Your requested roommate must also confirm and sign a housing contract by February 10, 2025 to ensure your placement together.
  • Students who wish to have an incoming student as a roommate must contact Campus Living at housing@ecu.edu by March 1 at 5 pm to request a hold on a bed space for the incoming requested roommate. Include the following information when you email Campus Living: Banner ID, Name, birth date.
  • To be eligible to select your own housing assignment (room and hall) for 2025-2026, you must submit your housing contract by February 10, 2025.

Room/Hall selection will occur in April. More information will be shared as we get closer to April. Current students returning to live on campus for 2025-2026 will be in College Hill Suites, Scott Hall, Jones Hall, or Jarvis Hall, only. There are limited single rooms available.

No Room Selection: Students who submit a housing contract and DO NOT select a specific room will have their room chosen by Campus Living later in the year. Students living on campus currently, and other Returning Students will be assigned before the new incoming class.

Singles or Specialty Rooms: We will publish a list of Singles and Specialty Rooms before the start of room selection. Interest in a single room may be noted in your contract however, marking your interest in a single room does not guarantee placement in a single or specialty room. Requesting a single room does not guarantee placement in a single or specialty room. Students will have an opportunity to select a single room during room selection and are first come first serve. You should expect most spaces to be double rooms. If a single room becomes available, we will reach out to students who noted interest in a single, but did not get one during room selection.

Not Sure if You Want to Remain on Campus? You can sign up, select a room in April, and cancel your contract on or before May 1, 2025, and only forfeit the $135 Application Fee. After May 1, 2025, there are significant penalties for cancelling your Housing Contract. This is a legally binding contract.

I want to live in Ballard Hall, Greene Hall or one of the other Living Learning Communities:

Greene Hall and Ballard Hall are reserved for new and returning students in Living Learning Communities- if you are eligible for placement in Greene Hall or Ballard Hall or another LLC hall, you will receive information on how you will be assigned. You will not be able to select your own room

Please email housing@ecu.edu with questions.