First-Year Graduate Student Housing

First-year graduate students are offered a limited humber of efficiency, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments located on campus. There will be no lease renewals or extensions in order to ensure that the units will be available for the next incoming group of first-year graduate and medical students.

A number of apartments are reserved by the Auxiliary Housing office for first-year graduate students who might encounter difficulty in traveling to Providence to find housing before fall classes begin. On or near-campus efficiency, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments are available through this program.

Applications

Applications for units in the First-Year Graduate Student Housing Program are made available in the Forms section on this page.

Lease Period

Lease periods are for 12 months. Contracts will begin June 1, 2009, July 1, 2009, or August 1, 2009, depending on which graduate program you are enrolled in. Please contact the Auxiliary Housing office for further details.

Description of Program

Brown University has established a program designed to assist graduate and medical students with housing in their first year at Brown University. To be eligible for this program, an applicant must be:

A first-year graduate or medical school student
Attending Brown University for the first time (those who attended Brown as an undergraduate or previously as a graduate/medical student are not eligible for this program)

To apply for one of these dwelling units, students must fill out the First Year Graduate Application Form and submit it by the application deadline indicated on the form to the office of Auxiliary Housing. Submission of an application does not guarantee placement in a unit. Placement is based on distance from campus, start date of housing contract, and receipt date of the application form. Any units remaining after June 10th, will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

On the notification date stated on the application, applicants will be notified of their housing assignments. Shortly thereafter, applicants will receive a rental agreement via an e-mail attachment, which must be signed and returned to Auxiliary Housing on or before the Lease Deadline stipulated. If the rental agreement is not returned by the Lessee, the applicant will lose the assigned unit and the top-ranking applicant on the waiting list will be assigned the unit.

Students may not rent a two-bedroom apartment in this program for occupancy by one person (students desiring to do so should apply for other Brown-owned properties). A two-bedroom unit must house at least two people (related or unrelated) per Brown’s program requirements but not more than four unrelated adults (per city ordinance). Roommates will be assigned to two-bedroom units unless an applicant for a two-bedroom unit meets the minimum occupancy requirement. For this reason, it is very important to:

Name a preferred roommate, who must also meet the program eligibility requirements and who must also apply for the program, or
State desired roommate characteristics

Applicants may also state that if they are unsuccessful in obtaining a studio or one-bedroom apartment, they wish to withdraw their application.

Brown University reserves the right to add, remove, or change dwelling units included in this program and also to terminate this program at any time subject to its obligations under the leases executed under the program. Brown University does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, age handicap, status as a veteran, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.

Housing Options

All accommodations subject to availability. Click links below for more info and pictures.
NOTE: RENTAL RATE IS PER PERSON/PER MONTH

244 Bowen Street	Efficiency 1 Bedroom	$940 - restricted to 1 person $1,000 - restricted to 1 person (small bedroom)
71-73 Charlesfield Street	Studio 1 Bedroom	$940 - restricted to 1 person $1,130 - restricted to 1 person
165-167 Lloyd Avenue	1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom	$1, 130 - restricted to 1 person or 2 related persons $820 - per person
20 Olive Street	1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom	$1,130 - restricted to 1 person or 2 related persons $770/$850 - per person
86 Waterman Street	Efficiency 1 Bedroom	$940 - restricted to 1 person $1,130 - restricted to 1 person (small bedroom)