Winter Recess Housing

Winter Recess Housing

All residents who plan to stay on campus at any point between December 15, 2025 and January 16, 2026 must complete the Winter Recess Housing Application.

  • Apartment & Husky Village Residents must submit the application to inform staff they will be on campus over the break
    • You will not be charged a housing fee
    • Husky Village students staying over the break are required to have the meal plan
  • Mid-Year Move Process: Students staying for winter recess are not eligible to participate in the Mid-Year Move Process
    • Students staying over Winter Recess who want to change rooms may utilize the Spring Room Change Process (application opens in late January)

Winter Recess Housing Application

Available November 1 – December 5 - in order to get access to the application via your MyHousing Portal please email livingoncampus@uconn.edu.

  • All students who will need on-campus accommodations at any point during Winter Recess (December 15, 2025 and January 16, 2026) must submit the Winter Recess Housing Application
  • Winter Recess Housing is only available to students currently living on campus
  • When filling out the application please indicate the reason you are staying on campus
    • If the reason you are staying does not match one of the provided options, please choose “other”

Winter Recess Housing Charges

Traditional and Suite Style - Placed on Fee Bill in late December 2025

Students who live in traditional and suite style housing can now choose to either remain on campus for all of Winter Recess or for part of the break.

  • Remain on campus/have access to your residence hall for the entire break period. This includes occasional days throughout the whole break.
  • Remain on campus/have access to your residence hall for the first portion of break. This includes any dates from December 15th after 12pm to December 26th at 4pm.
  • Return to campus/have access to your residence hall for any part of the second portion of Winter Recess. This includes any dates from January 2nd up to opening weekend.

Rates

  • Winter Recess Housing Charge – Entire Winter Recess: $790
  • Winter Recess Housing Charge – First or Second Portion of Winter Recess: $395

Winter Recess Dining

All students living in a dorm/suite will be required to have a Winter Break meal plan, dining at our McMahon Dining unit.

  • Fall residential meal plans end with dinner on Sun., 12/14/25 and Winter Session meal plans begin Mon. 12/15/25
  • All winter break residents not residing in an on-campus apartment are required to have the Weekly Break Meal Plan:

Rate

  • Weekly Break Plan: 21 meals per week (1 breakfast, 1 lunch and 1 dinner per day) for $167 per week

Policies

  • Unused meals do not rollover to the following day.
  • Students assigned to an apartment will not automatically be assigned a Weekly Break Plan
  • Meal plans cannot be pro-rated as they are purchased by the week (Sunday – Saturday)
  • All non-apartment residents staying on campus over the Winter Recess that do not select the meal plan option will automatically be assigned the Weekly Break Meal Plan

Eligibility for Winter Recess Housing

Students may request to remain on-campus for the reasons listed below:

Students may request to stay on campus for the reasons listed below. If you qualify, please email livingoncampus@uconn.edu before Friday December 5th to request access to the application.

  • Enrolled in Winter Intersession course
  • Working for University department (must provide proof of employment)
  • Academic internship (must provide proof of participation)
  • Affiliated with University team requiring accommodations during Winter Recess
  • International Student unable to return home.

Other requirements:

  • Students on University probation will not be permitted to remain on-campus
  • Students requesting Winter Recess housing must have both a Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 housing assignments
  • Students requesting Winter Recess housing cannot have participated in the Mid-Year Room Change Process

Academic Internship/Employment Verification

Students who are participating in an academic internship or who are working on-campus during Winter Recess must provide proof of their employment/participation to Campus Housing. An email from the employment or academic supervisor is sufficient.

Internship/Employment Verification
Email with the following information to livingoncampus@uconn.edu.

  • Include student's first/last name, 7 digit student ID number or NetID
  • State that student will be completing internship or is employed by department
  • Dates of internship/employment

Winter Recess Staffing & Policies

Students remaining on-campus during Winter Recess will have limited access to Campus Housing staff. Due to the holidays and reduced staffing, residents who remain on-campus during this time must contact Operations Center at (860) 486-3113 if they are locked out of their residence. Facilities related incidents that need immediate attention need to be reported to (860) 486-3113. All emergencies should be reported to the UConn Police Department at 911.

Students must adhere to all University policies during Winter Recess. Please refer to the Housing Contract for information regarding specific policies. Students may be asked to leave housing if policies are violated. Remaining on campus during a time when classes are not in session is a privilege, and thus students are expected to uphold a high level of responsibility while staffing is limited.

Overnight guests will not be permitted during Winter Recess, due to limited staffing and specific billing policies.

 

 

Cancelling Winter Recess Housing

The application will be available until December 5, 2025. Any student who does not submit an application will not have access to the residence halls during Winter Recess. Any student who requests to cancel their Winter Recess housing after 4:00pm, December 5, 2024, will be charged the partial Winter Recess housing fee of $395. The Winter Recess Housing Fee cannot be appealed.

Questions?

If you have questions regarding Winter Recess housing, please call (860) 486-2926 or email livingoncampus@uconn.edu.