Campus housing
¹û½´ÊÓƵ has campus housing in Kelowna, Vernon and Salmon Arm.
Our campus housing locations
Beginning in the 2024 fall semester, ¹û½´ÊÓƵ will have new campus housing available at our Kelowna and Vernon campuses. In January 2025 new campus housing will be available at our Salmon Arm campus. Housing will be available at our Penticton campus scheduled to open Fall 2026.
Living on campus is...
Convenient
Our safe and secure buildings are located on campus, just minutes away from your classrooms, labs and the library.
Options include private, single occupancy studios equipped with a kitchenette and private washroom, as well as multi occupancy apartments, equipped with a shared kitchen and washrooms, where you can live with friends and other students.
Amenities include lounges, quiet study spaces, common recreational spaces, bike storage and laundry facilities.
Everything you need is right in your campus home.
Complete
Bedrooms are fully furnished with a bed, mattress, dresser, study desk and chair.
The kitchen includes a sink, cooktop or range, microwave, and an apartment sized fridge. Apartments have two fridges.
All utilities are included in your housing fees, including electricity, heat, air conditioning and internet.
Everything you need is included in one price.
Community
While living in campus housing, you'll meet other students and form friendships that last a lifetime.
Our Housing Advisors – fellow students who also live in the buildings – offer support and guidance and host social, educational and recreational events such as movie nights, BBQs and games nights.
Programming - Throughout the month, the Housing Advisor team will host various programs designed to enhance the student experience within housing. These programs are great opportunities to learn and grow in a personal and academic capacity. With programs such as paint night, consent workshops, and off-campus trips, there is always something to do around housing.
Student Support - The Housing Advisor team is certified in First-Aid and CPR alongside extensive student support training ranging from mental health concerns to roommate conflicts and beyond. Each community is assigned a Housing Advisor who is ready to help and support the community throughout the semester.
Community Safety - The Housing Advisor team is most present in the evenings when they can be found rounding the buildings to ensure all community living standards are being followed and the safety of the community is secured. Housing Advisor can also be called anytime between 6pm and 8am for any emergencies within housing.
¹û½´ÊÓƵ Campus Housing Staff are available to help with your transition to living on campus, and are here to help you succeed while at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ.
Campus housing is more than a place to live. It's your home away from home.
FAQs
Find answers to common questions about campus housing, the application process and policies.
To be eligible to live in campus housing, you must be a full-time student at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. Housing is available year round. There may be opportunities for non-students to stay in campus housing May through August, however, students have priority at our on campus housing buildings.
Please keep an eye out on the student housing portal for further communication on when our applications open!
Yes, the non-refundable application fee of $100 is a processing fee only and does not guarantee you a room.
After you have applied, you will receive information about next steps.
Depending on whether you prefer a multiple or single occupancy room, there will be a process to indicate your preferences on a first come first served lottery system.
No, there is not a meal plan for campus housing. Campus housing apartments and studios are equipped with a kitchen, and there are grocery stores and restaurants nearby.
Yes, there is parking available. Learn more about parking on campus.
- Things like candles and incense are considered a fire hazard so they are not allowed.
- Acoustic guitars and keyboards without amplification are allowed; however, other instruments are not suitable for housing.
- Regretfully, campus housing is not pet friendly.
- Weapons, which includes but is not limited to hunting knives, swords, firearms, air guns, pellet guns, ammunition, and or replica guns or ammunition
- Hot plates, deep fryers, appliances with open elements and open heat sources are not permitted. Only CSA approved electrical appliances with automatic shut off feature are allowed (such as kettles, toaster ovens, irons).
- Kegs of beer, beer bottles, single serving glass containers
- Drug paraphernalia
- Hooks or nails that will be placed in the wall
- Refrigerators or freezers (including mini fridges). Only refrigerators and freezers provided by the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Housing will be allowed in the suites.
- Absolutely nothing is to be pinned, taped, screwed, nailed, or stapled into any wall or furnishing within your room.
- Prohibited items will be confiscated.
Campus housing is available year round for ¹û½´ÊÓƵ students. There may be opportunities for non-students to stay in campus housing May through August. ¹û½´ÊÓƵ students have priority at our on campus housing buildings.