HOUSING & DINING

An urban, residential campus like no other in America. Nearly all undergraduates – including 99 percent of all first-year students – live on campus in university residence halls. Thousands of the brightest, most interesting and most motivated young people from across the country and around the world living and learning together in one community. Nearly two dozen residence halls, on 1 campus, in 1 neighborhood.

Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac, once lived in Hartley Hall.
		All of Columbia’s first-year residence halls line the perimeter of the University’s main quadrangle, making South Field a community unlike most urban universities.

Housing

Housing is guaranteed for all undergraduate students throughout their undergraduate experience.

• All first-year students are expected to live on-campus in one of five halls located directly on the University’s main quadrangle, South Field: Carman Hall, John Jay Hall, Furnald Hall or Hartley-Wallach Halls (the Living Learning Center);
• Nearly all undergraduates live in campus housing;
• All residence hall accommodations are either singles or doubles;

Dining

Dining options on campus are numerous. There are four meal plan options available to first year students in residence. Each plan includes a combination of "meals" and "Dining Dollars". Meals are "all you care to eat" and are served in John Jay Dining Hall for breakfast, brunch, and dinner Monday through Sunday. "Dining Dollars" is a tax-free, dollar-for-dollar debit account accessed through the Columbia University ID that allows students to make a la carte food and beverage purchases at 14 locations on campus. Kosher meal plans are available at John Jay Dining Hall or through Barnard College, located just across Broadway from the center of Columbia's campus.

Still hungry? Morningside Heights offers nearly 100 eateries for students who have run out of Columbia points or simply crave cuisine from virtually every corner of the globe. Check out CUEats, an on-line guide, showcasing all there is to eat on the Heights.

Sign up for a Flex Account, which is a dollar-for-dollar declining balance account accessed through the University ID card that allows you to purchase food and grocery items at certain off-campus locations, in addition to purchases made at the Columbia Bookstore, laundry machines, vending machines, and copy machines on campus. For more information, please visit Flex Account from the Dining website.