Southern Illinois University Carbondale

On-campus living at Southern Illinois University Carbondale can provide an experience to last a lifetime. Residents enjoy meeting new people, making life-long friends, getting involved, interacting with faculty and staff, and much more. Whether students are a single, a graduate student, a domestic partner, married, or have a family, there is an Apartment that fits their needs. The apartment advantages are great location; furnished and unfurnished apartments; air-conditioned apartments; individual contracts; children?s programs and playgrounds; unity point school district; computer labs; live-on staff; on-site laundry and parking; and saluki express bus service. The residence halls provide on-campus housing for single undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. They are located on East and West Campus in buildings ranging from three-stories to 17-stories. With few exceptions, all residence hall rooms are double-occupancy. New students entering SIU in the Spring semester will be assigned a room. New students entering SIU in the Fall semester may select their own room. The dining staff strives to provide and maintain the highest standards of food, customer service, nutrition, and food safety. Menus are designed to provide a nutritionally balanced selection at every meal. Students enjoy the many options including home-style cooking; light, vegan and vegetarian choices; soup and salad bars; sandwiches made-to-order and more.