Housing

They’re scattered across all points of campus, up hills and in valleys, by stadiums, classrooms and pizza parlors. And while some rise high and others lie low, they all offer the same benefit – a place to call home.

Thousands of students live in the University’s residence halls, and each community or village of rooms has a distinct charm they can share with their fellow Bulldogs.

 

Residence Halls

See your classes from you bedroom window.

The Baxter Hill trio, up the hill from the Miller Learning Center and Tate Student Center, are three residence halls furnished and fit for first-year students. Brumby, Creswell and Russell residence halls accommodate almost 3,000 students in double- and single-occupancy rooms.

Built in 1966, Brumby Hall is a nine-story, all-female residence which houses students in double-occupancy rooms, each equipped with loftable beds, desks, dressers, air-conditioning as well as connections to cable television and high speed Internet service. Women in Brumby share common bath areas, and also have use of a vending area, a computer lab, student lounges, and several kitchen and laundry facilities.

Creswell houses both men and women and is made up of double-occupancy rooms with individually controlled air conditioning units, high-speed Internet access, cable TV and 17-position loftable beds. Residents share common bath facilities, kitchens, vending areas, and laundry facilities.

Russell houses men and women in double-occupancy rooms, with halls divided into colonies, further divided into neighborhoods, each with its own lounge and bathroom. A handful of the rooms in Russell Hall are double rooms equipped with private bathrooms. All rooms feature high-speed Internet, air conditioning, cable TV and 17-position loftable beds.

Oglethorpe House, affectionately dubbed “O-House” by residents, is a nine-story building arranged in suites composed of two bedrooms and a bathroom. A limited number of single rooms are also available. Each room comes furnished with two beds, two desks, two three-drawer pedestals, and one four-drawer dresser. Oglethorpe features full-service laundry facilities, vending machines, foosball, ping pong tables and study rooms.

Opened in Fall 2004, East Campus Village is a coeducational community of four apartment-style residence halls delivering high levels of comfort and privacy to more than 1,200 students. Small groups of two, three and four residents share fully furnished apartments equipped with spacious living rooms and kitchenettes complete with cabinets, a microwave, a kitchen sink and a full size refrigerator. Each resident also enjoys a private bedroom equipped with a full-size bed, a dresser, a desk and a chair, as well as high-speed Internet service, a telephone outlet and a cable television connection.

Made up of five individual residence halls – Boggs, Church, Hill, Lipscomb and Mell – the Hill Community are nearly identical four-story buildings each home to approximately 160 residents. The rooms are traditional doubles with built in furniture, high-speed Internet access and cable television, as well as a sink. Common bathrooms are on every floor and are cleaned daily by our custodial staff.

In the heart of South Campus, Myers Community is home to several innovative residential academic programs; Mary Lyndon Hall houses the French and Spanish language communities, Rutherford Hall is the location of Franklin Residential College, and Myers Hall is the magnet residence hall for the University Honors Program. With historic Soule Hall, the residence halls of Myers Community deliver housing to approximately 850 students in a variety of coeducational and visitation arrangements.

Reed Community is comprised of Payne, Reed and Morris halls. Payne and Reed are near the Tate Student Center and Sanford Stadium, and Morris is close to the Fine Arts building, Terry College of Business, Park Hall, and the School of Law. All three halls offer high-speed, in-room Internet access, lounges, study rooms, kitchens, laundry facilities, and vending machines.

Family and Graduate Housing facilities are designed to provide convenient and comfortable living at a minimal cost. Nearly 1,300 graduate students and their families live in one- and two-bedroom apartments in one of our three on-campus communities – University Village, Rogers Road, and Brandon Oaks.

 

Apartments and Houses

Become a part of the Athens community.

There is no limit to the number of apartment complexes catering to student’s needs. Scattered all across Athens-Clarke County, apartment complexes typically require one-year leases (which usually start in August), and have apartments for people wanting to live by themselves, or with a group of friends. Depending on the complex, apartments can be furnished or unfurnished, and the cost of utilities can vary as well.

Those in search of a more homey experience can bypass an apartment for many of the houses offered up for rent in neighborhoods all across the city.