Residence Life

The residence life program is dedicated to providing students with a safe, comfortable, affordable and stimulating living environment where residents can explore value structures, personal responsibility, interpersonal relationships and community development and awareness. Students are offered various opportunities to interact with faculty, staff and peers in order to promote well-rounded, holistic development on an individual and community basis. UT believes that residential living is an integral part of the collegiate experience and should not be neglected.

Campus housing is offered to full-time students in 11 state-of-the-art residence halls. They feature pass card security and are co-ed, air-conditioned and wired for phones, cable and free access to the Internet. Most have private bathrooms. First-year students are assigned to alcohol-free residence halls. Housing agreements are valid for a full academic year. For additional information, go to www.ut.edu/residencelife.

The Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel is UT’s off-campus overflow residence hall. Students enjoy housekeeping service twice a week and all hotel facilities, such as the pool, recreation room, parking, laundry machines and restaurants. It is located about a mile from campus, and complementary shuttle service is provided. Several floors have been designated as traditional residence hall floors. Two students share one double room and a private bath. Student staff live on the floors and help provide a traditional residential experience.

Resident Assistants (RAs) are student paraprofessional staff members. One RA is assigned to live on each floor or wing of every residence hall. For more information, visit www.ut.edu/residencelife and select Leadership Opportunities.