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Residence Halls

At Widener you will find a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive residential community with housing options that suit a variety of interests, living styles, and needs. 

  1. Student Experience
  2. Housing & Dining
  3. Residence Halls

Our Living Spaces

Widener offers a variety of residence hall options including traditional communities with corridor bathroom access, suite-style with semi-private bathrooms, and apartment-style communities. Housing is guaranteed for all undergraduate students. Options are available for graduate and continuing studies students for the 2022-2023 academic year. Housing is offered both during the academic year and during summer sessions for Widener University students. Academic year housing includes break periods such as Thanksgiving, spring, and winter break periods for no additional cost for residents.

Beginning July 1st, the Office of Residence Life will be located in a new office on the 1st floor of Cann Hall in the residential quad. During the summer, the office is open Monday-Thursday 8:30 am-5:15 pm while during the academic year, the office is open Monday-Friday from 9 am-5 pm and nightly from 8 pm-12 am with staffing provided by the Resident Assistant team.

Our walkable campus ensures all residence halls are only a few minutes away from everything—classes, dining facilities, the Pride Recreation Center, administrative offices, and other campus resources. A friendly, secure, and engaging environment is supported by resident assistants (RAs) whom live in the halls, professional staff, and the student-run Residence Hall Association that serves as the governing board for the residential community in addition to planning a variety of programs and activities including the campus tradition, Late Night Breakfast.

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Who Lives on Campus?

Widener University’s 2-Year Residency Requirement Programs requires all full-time undergraduate students in their first and second years to live in on-campus housing unless they have met junior standing defined as 57-credits toward their degree program or meet commuter student status. Additional information regarding the residency requirement and commuter status is included on the Living On Campus FAQs. Housing at Widener is guaranteed for all four years as undergraduate students. Residence Life also offers apartment and suite-style housing options for graduate and continuing studies students as well. Living on campus provides you with unmatched access to resources and activities, leading to better grades, higher graduation rates, and more time with friends! Learn more by visiting our Living on Campus FAQs page.
Living on Campus FAQs

Campus Living

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87% Live on Campus Their First Year

Before long, our campus will feel like your second home.

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17 Standard Residence Halls

Plus apartment-style and themed housing giving you tons of living options

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Living-Learning Communities & Themed Housing

Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) give first-year students the ability to live and learn with students that share common experiences. LLCs span many focuses—from specific majors like nursing or engineering to shared interests like global culture and sustainability. 

Themed-housing is also available to support students in creating small, personalized communities with friends and classmates based on common interests or campus organization involvement. Themed housing includes houses hosted by Fraternity & Sorority Life as well as the Gender Inclusive House. 

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Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Widener's commitment to diversity and inclusion includes our students' residential experiences. Through our robust programming model, the Office of Residence Life hosts diversity-related events and programming for our residents within each housing community to create an inclusive living environment. 

Through our gender-inclusive housing options, all students have the option to choose roommates/suitemates regardless of gender identity. This is an accessible option for students who identify as transgender, non-binary, are questioning their gender identity, or do not wish to subscribe to gender classifications. 

First Year Housing

Returning and Graduate Student Housing

500 Houses

500 Houses

505 is home to the Gender Inclusive Themed House; 507 is home to Kappa Sigma fraternity; 509 is home to Tau Kappa Epsilon;511 is home to Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

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