After You Unpack

Policies & Other Information

Wearing a face covering or mask is required whenever you leave your room, suite, or apartment except when you are in a common area bathroom and wearing a mask is not feasible due to showering, shaving, or brushing teeth. In the event of a fire alarm, you must also wear a face mask when evacuating your room and while standing outside, and you must maintain physical distance when outside.
You are required to conduct a brief daily health care screening before leaving your residence hall room or attending class. This daily screening will involve a temperature check and a review for COVID-19 related symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, body aches/muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste and/or sense of smell, fatigue, and headache.
After moving in, no guests are permitted during the first two weeks of the semester. This will allow your RA to meet with you and your roommates to discuss the guest policy and expectations. SBU-affiliated guests are permitted (after the first two weeks) subject to the following limitations:
This guest policy applies to all students living in campus housing, including those living in single rooms. The guest policy may be suspended at any given time should university guidelines surrounding COVID-19 change.
You are strongly discouraged from leaving the campus. If you do need to leave campus, you are expected to follow all social distancing and face-covering requirements to ensure your safety and the safety of others. Do not attend parties or group gatherings where people are not following social distancing or wearing masks, as these are examples of potential super-spreaders of COVID-19.
If your residence is in an apartment or suite, the use of the kitchen and bathroom facilities is a shared responsibility between you and your fellow residents. Clean and disinfect all surfaces on a regular basis. Bathroom surfaces should be wiped down after each use. Restrict shared use of all such spaces in the interest of maintaining social distancing and decreasing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Housing FAQ's

The first two weeks at the start of the semester a room freeze is placed on all residential spaces. After the Room Freeze ends there will be limited opportunities for students who want to change rooms to request a new room assignment. Given Covid-19, room changes will be limited to help ensure appropriate physical disancing. Students may also join one of the specialty waiting lists (single rooms, West Apartments, Chávez / Tubman, etc) on the housing portal. Eligibility rules apply for some waiting lists. Note: First year students cannot move between Undergraduate Colleges and must remain in their assigned quad for their first year.
The University welcomes our students from other countries and US States other than New York Students travelling to campus from other countries or from other states than New York are an important part of our residential community. They bring a diverse set of experiences to the campus and to the residential community.

As these students typically don't travel home very frequently, the residence halls and apartments are available for occupancy (as well as for all residents) throughout the entire academic year, including the Winter Term. The cost of housing for Winter is included as a part of the Fall and Spring semester housing charges. During the summer, there are limited facilities available for housing and these are billed as a separate rate.

There are also linens available for these students on a loaner basis until they are able to purchase these items for themselves. Visit your area office upon arrival if you need to borrow linens.
If you wish to stay on campus during the summer and are a current Stony Brook Undergraduate student, a student from another institution enrolling in courses, doing research, or working at Stony Brook for the Summer Session. The application is available on the housing portal from mid-April and remains active through August.

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