Packing List
To avoid bringing duplicate items to campus, students are encouraged to contact their roommates prior to Move-In Day (if possible). Please review our sample packing list, as well as our list of items to leave at home in order to be fully prepared for Move-In Day.
To view the floor plan of your residence hall room, please visit the Facilities website.
Provided Items
Items to Bring
For Move-In Day
- Camera
- Cold drinks (water will also be available throughout campus)
- Handcart
- Toolbox to assemble miscellaneous items (see guidelines for hanging decorations on residence hall room walls)
For Your RoomTo order linens, carpeting, or a microwave/refrigerator unit, see Residence Hall Essentials.
- Extra-long twin sheet set (36" x 80")
- Blanket/comforter
- Pillow(s)
- Mattress pad/egg crate
- Desk lamp
- Storage bins
- Laundry basket
- Clothes hangers
- Carpet/rug
- Fan
- Alarm clock
- White poster putty (this is the only approved hanging materials for the residence halls)
Personal Care
- Towels/washcloths
- Shower supplies
- Deodorant
- Toothbrush/toothpaste/floss
- Contacts/glasses
- Tissues
- Flip flops for the shower
- Shower Caddy
For Class
- Personal laptop/laptop dock or desktop computer
- Ethernet cable
- Backpack/messenger bag
- Printer and paper
- Notebooks and binders
- Magnetic dry erase board
- Pens/pencils/highlighters
- Index cards
- Flash drive
Entertainment
- UL-rated surge protectors
- Television
- Television cable wire
- DVDs/DVD player
- MP3 player
- Stereo
- Sports equipment (e.g. basketball, baseball glove, tennis racket, footballs, frisbees, wiffle balls & bats)
Health/Weather
- Cold/cough medicine
- Prescription medicine
- Umbrella/rain boots
- First Aid Kit
- Flashlights
- Batteries
Snack Attack
- Microwave (700 watts or less)*
- Minifridge (700 watts or less)*
- Combination microwave/minifridge*
- Reusable water bottles, utensils, mugs, bowls, and plates
- Automatic drop coffee maker
- Can opener
- Chip clips
- Electric tea kettle
- Tupperware
Go Green!
- Bike and bike lock
- Compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFLs)
- Resuable grocery bags
- Energy Star certified electronics
- Rechargeable batteries
- Drying rack
*Only one of each permitted per room. Refer to http://www.udel.edu/has/essentials.html for a list of items that may be purchased or rented through approved vendors. Profits generated from these sales support the Resident Student Association.
