Here are most important things to know about applying to housing at Chapman as a transfer
student:
- Transfer students are exempt from the requirement to live in campus housing.
- Transfer students are guaranteed housing for their first year if they submit the housing application and pay the Housing Reservation Payment by the deadline. After their first year, every effort is made to place transfer students who apply for Chapman housing.
- Specifying location prefeerences is not available during the housing application process. However, transfer students will be thoughtfully placed in available spaces within transfer student communities.
- Transfer students interested in off-campus options can visit the Off-campus Housing website.
Housing Application Process
If you are a transfer student looking to live in campus housing, complete the following steps. For students entering in spring 2027, both of the following are due on December 4:
- Submit Housing Reservation Payment: The Housing Reservation Payment is your deposit on housing at Chapman. You can submit your Housing Reservation Payment through your Application Status page.
- Submit Housing Application: You can submit your housing application via the Chapman Housing Portal. You will need to log in to the housing portal with your Chapman email address and
password.
Once you have completed all the steps, you are finished submitting your housing application.
Now you can wait for your housing notification message to be sent to your Chapman
email. This message provides your housing assignment, roommate(s), contact information
and other details to help you move into your residential community. Housing notifications will be sent to your Chapman email in mid-December. The move-in date for transfer students is January 26.
Take a tour of the residence life area
See and learn more about our transfer housing on this 360-degree virtual tour:
Launch Experience