FAQs for Residence Life

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Important Notice for Residents

Fall 2025 Housing - For Current and Returning Students

Round 3 Housing Application Dates:

Students must be financially cleared from the Spring 2025 semester and have their FAFSA on file with Office of Financial Aid to access the Housing Application.  
  • Opens - Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
  • Closes - Friday, August 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM

If you completed your FAFSA or became financially cleared after May 5th and have issues accessing the Housing Application please reach out with your name and Student ID #  to Office of Residence Life. - ResidenceLife@lincoln.edu

Housing Placement:

Residence Life staff will pull completed Housing Applications during Round 3 and place Current and Returning students in their Housing Assignments.  Please check back with the Housing Portal to see your assignment. 

Please Remember in order to Move-In for the Fall 2025 semester students must be Financially Cleared by the Office of the Bursar and have the Clearance Notification on their Self-Service Portal. 

In order to be financially cleared and live on campus you must be registered for a minimum of 12 Credits and have received a meal plan and Housing for a completed bill.  If you are planning instead to commute for the Fall 2025 semester please reach out to the Office of Residence Life - residencelife@lincoln.edu.   

First Year and Transfer Students Housing Process:

Incoming students will need to have completed the following items in order to apply for Housing at Lincoln University for the 2025 - 2026 Academic Year.

  • Submit Your Intent to Enroll
  • Received email from Lincoln IT with Lion email account and Log-in Credentials, and afterwards accessed your Lion email account and the LU Self-Service Portal. 
  • Confirmed your enrollment by submitting your non-refundable $275 Enrollment Fee and see that it is posted in your LU Self-Service Portal. 
  • Admissions Office has moved you to Student - which will give you access to log into the Housing Portal with your Lincoln email address and password. (Portal Located on Residence Life Main webpage) 

First Year and Transfer Students Housing Application Dates:

Students will complete the Housing Application once the requirements are met in one of the following Rounds.  Residence Life staff will then place students in their housing assignments.  

Round 1: 

  • Placement will be visible in THD Housing Portal by Friday, May 30th 5:00 PM.

Round 2: 

  • Housing Application Opens Sunday, June 1st 9:00 AM
  • Housing Application Closes Sunday, June 22nd at 11:59 PM.
    • Placement will be visible in THD Housing Portal by Friday, June 27th 5:00 PM.

Round 3:

  • Housing Application Opens Sunday, June 29th 9:00 AM
  • Housing Application Closes Sunday, July 20th at 11:59 PM.
    • Placement will be visible in THD Housing Portal by Friday, July 25th 5:00 PM.

Final Round: 

  • Housing Application Opens Sunday, July 27th at 9:00 AM
  • Housing Application will Remain open until the Add/Drop Date.
    • Placement will be visible in THD Housing Portal weekly/daily as we approach the Add/Drop Date. 
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Fall 2025 - Move In Dates

First-Year Move-In date

  •  Sunday, August 10, 2025

Upperclassman Move In Dates

  •  Saturday, August 16, 2025
  • Sunday, August 17, 2025