Student Residence & Dining PortalSelf-selection is the process used to determine your residence building and room. The online self-selection platform allows you to log in and view available bed spaces across our 18 residence buildings.
Your self-selection date and time are allocated by lottery. If you receive an earlier self-selection date and time, you will select from a larger pool of available buildings and room types. If your self-selection date and time are later, less inventory will be available when you select.
First-Year Students: Your self-selection time slot will be sent to your Queen’s email in early July and self-selection will take place from mid to end of July.
You will be able to search for available rooms/beds by various attributes, including by building, room type, carpet-free, etc. Once you’ve selected your building, you can choose your floor and then you will see the rooms available on that floor. Depending on the available inventory at the time of your selection, you can choose a room close to a lounge, near a bathroom, or an elevator (or not), depending on what is important to you.
Self-Selection Dates for 2025-26
Upper Year
- Week of February 24th 2025: We will email you at your Queen’s email address with your self-selection date and time.
- Week of March 3rd 2025: You will self-select your room.
First Year
- July 9 2025: Self-selection webinar
- Week of July 7th 2025: We will email you at your Queen’s email address with your self-selection date and time
- July 14-15 (8:30am - 4:00pm ET): Self-selection for students selected for Living Learning Communities, and those who applied to a Unique Community
- July 16-17 (8:30am - 4:00pm ET): Self-selection for students with approved accommodations
- July 17 (8:30am - 4:00pm ET): Self-selection for students requesting Loft Doubles
- July 23-24 (8am - 7pm ET) and July 25 (8am - 2pm ET): General self-selection will take place this week for all other students
Self-selection Instructions
Step 1: Access the Student Residence and Dining Portal
Step 2: Log in with your Queen’s NetID and password.
Step 3: Note your self-selection date and time, which will be on the left side of your landing page
Step 4: At your assigned date and time, click on the “Residence Self Selection” icon.
Step 5: Read all information carefully to make sure you understand the location of Living Learning Communities/Unique Communities, as well as how to identify Loft Double rooms.
Step 6: Follow the directions in the portal to make your room selection. Click on the room number to see what the room style is if you are unsure.
Step 7: Complete the self-selection process by clicking “Finish”. When you click “Finish”, you will receive a notice to your @queensu email that confirms your selection.
Want to Learn More About our Residence Buildings?
Visit our buildings page to explore what all of our buildings have to offer! Each building page contains specific details regarding the amenities for each building, descriptions and pictures of typical rooms and furnishings in that building, internet availability, bed sizes, and more.
Our BuildingsPreferred Roommates
If you are in a preferred roommate group, it means that on your residence application, you identified specific roommate(s) that you want to live with. During self-selection, you will only have access to multi-occupancy room types. Everyone in the roommate group will receive an individual self-selection date and time. Once one group member selects the room, all other members will be pulled into the room.
We will do our best to ensure there is enough inventory to meet the demand of preferred roommate groups. Please note that single plus rooms are not considered to be multi-occupancy rooms.
If you do not have a preferred roommate group, you will be assigned an individual self-selection date and time.
Frequently Asked Questions
The available room inventory is based on your self-selection date and time. We will open a room change process in mid-September.
You can submit a health accommodation form on the Student Residence and Dining Portal at any point throughout the year. We will do our best to meet your accommodation needs, but you may have to wait until a suitable room becomes available through cancellations or withdrawals. Requests received after the relevant deadline will be considered but room availability may be limited, and late accommodation requests may not be able to be resolved prior to move-in.
If you have an approved accommodation, the Residence Support Coordinator would have emailed you to approve it. You will have access to a space or choice of spaces in residence during the Self-Selection process that meets your approved accommodation. If you have multiple accommodation requirements, the Residence Admissions team may need to manually place you in your room.
No. Rooms that become available through withdraws and cancellations will be offered to students on our waitlist.
When you select the floor you are interested in you will see a green bed icon that indicates the bed is available for selection.
You may ask the Residence Admissions team to enter self-selection at your specified date and time and pick a room on your behalf. You should provide as much information to the Residence Admissions team as possible including preferred buildings, room styles, access to amenities, and/or other considerations. Please contact Residence Admissions at reshouse@queensu.ca for assistance prior to self-selection.
Students in an LLC/Unique Community, requesting a Loft Double, or with an approved accommodation
If you have not self-selected when your self-selection period is complete (or asked the Residence Admissions team to select your room on your behalf), you will be randomly placed in one of the rooms that have not been chosen. This is to ensure you are provided with a bedspace that meets your specific needs.
Students in general self-selection
If you have not self-selected when your self-selection period is complete (or asked the Residence Admissions team to select your room on your behalf) you will be contacted to confirm you are still planning on attending Queen's. Once we receive confirmation, you will be randomly placed in one of the rooms that have not been chosen. It is impossible for us to predict what rooms will be left however typically single rooms on west campus will remain open as well as some multioccupancy rooms on main campus.
Unfortunately, this is not possible as our floor plans in the self-selection system do not reflect exact bed placements. Bedspaces will be determined by the order in which students move into the room.