Explore Our Halls
Find everything you need to know about our halls
Each year, we house over 7,500 students in 22 buildings on four areas of campus: Central, East, Laird and Apartment-style living. Central campus hosts our most historic buildings, lining The Green and offering a nostalgic collegiate atmosphere. East of Academy Street and Perkins Student Center, you can find East campus, home to two-thirds of the University's first-year population. North of the Little Bob, you'll find Laird Campus, home to all of our suite-style rooms. Learn more about events, in-hall staff and layouts of the individual buildings below!
First-Year
Residence Halls
These halls house incoming students:
Harrington, Redding, Gilbert, Russell, South Academy, Smyth, Lane, Thompson, George Read, James Smith, Thomas McKean
Upper-Division
Residence Halls
These halls house returning students:
Brown, Sypherd, Harter, Sharp, New Castle, Cannon, Kent, Squire, Sussex, Caesar Rodney, Independence, Ray Street, Courtyard Apartments
Helpful Information
The UD campus is smoke free.
All on-campus residence halls and apartments have a fire alarm system and fire protection sprinklers.
The traditional and suite-style residence halls have both an ethernet connection and wifi via Eduroam. University Courtyard Apartments is wireless only.
To have beds bunked or unbunked, students should email fixit@udel.edu once they arrive to campus.
**Please note that furniture could change at any time and some rooms may have different pieces in a space. Information provided on building pages is intended to help residents prepare, but all rooms may not exactly match due to occupancy changes and/or replacing furniture.
Residence Life & Housing is part of the Division of Student Life, which advances equity and inclusion, deepens student learning and drives holistic development through education, experiences and communities.