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Housing and Residence Life
Housing at TAMU-T is a critical partner in advancing student persistence, engagement, and degree completion. We recognize the residential experience as a high-impact environment that shapes academic performance, leadership capacity, and long-term student success.
Our work extends beyond facilities management. Through a structured residential education framework, professional supervision, and intentional community development, we create living environments that actively support learning, belonging, and accountability.
Residence Life advances the University’s mission by:
- Integrating residential programming with institutional learning outcomes and student success priorities
- Designing intentional engagement strategies that strengthen connection, retention, and sense of belonging
- Upholding clear behavioral standards that foster responsibility, integrity, and community safety
- Promoting inclusive residential communities that honor diverse identities and perspectives
- Collaborating with campus partners to ensure residential spaces are academically supportive and operationally sound
Living on campus is not simply a housing option — it is a developmental experience intentionally designed to support student achievement. Students who fully engage in the residential community develop the critical thinking skills, intercultural competence, ethical foundation, and leadership readiness necessary to excel in a dynamic and diverse society.
The university requires all students with less than 60 completed semester credit hours or under 21 years of age to reside in the university residence halls. All student living on-campus must be enrolled in a meal plan.
- Students with sixty (60)+ credit hours or four (4)+ full-time semesters are exempt.
- Over twenty-one (21) years of age.
- Living with parent or legal guardian within a 60-mile radius.
- Is enrolled in 9 or fewer semester credit hours (request per semester)
- Married or serving as the custodial parent or legal guardian of a dependent child
- Demonstrated extenuating or documented hardship circumstances (formal review)
Students requesting an exemption are required to complete the Housing Exemption Request form, accessible via the Housing website, and provide documentation supporting their eligibility. All exemption requests undergo formal review by the Residency Exemption Committee. Applicants should anticipate a review period of up to two (2) weeks from the date of completed submission.
- Exemptions are rare and only considered given extreme circumstances.
- Students should wait for written notification before making off-campus arrangements.
- If an Exemption Request is not submitted or is not approved, required residential students will be charged for Housing.
- Exemption Requests should be submitted by specific deadlines for fall and spring terms.
- Exemptions cannot be granted once move-in occurs.
Students living off campus without an approved exemption will be held responsible for room and board charges.
Additional details regarding exemption eligibility, deadlines, and associated fees are available on the housing website (tamut.edu/housing).
