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Dates and Deadlines
Important Dates
Spring Break
Mar 16 - 20 2026Spring Break is March 16 - March 20. The residence halls will remain open. Some services on-campus will be limited during break.
Priority Notification Deadline for Housing Assignments
Apr 1 2026Priority notification deadline to submit completed application for the first run of room assignment notifications. Room assignments or wait list notifications will be emailed in late May. Applications submitted after this date will get their room assignment or wait list notification emails in June or July.
Summer Housing Application Opens
Apr 2 2026The 2026 Summer Housing application opens at 9am on April 2nd in the myHousing portal. Summer residents are required to be enrolled in at least 1 unit for the summer.
First Round of Room Assignments, Guarantee or Waitlist Notification Emails
May 4 2026Room assignments and waitlist notifications will be emailed in May to students who submitted an application by the April 1, 2026 priority deadline.
Residence Halls Close
May 16 2026Residence Halls close at 10am on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
Last Day to Cancel Housing Application for Academic Year 2026-27 and Provide 30 Days Notice
Jul 17 2026Students who wish to cancel their Housing Agreement must notify the Housing Office by canceling through their myHousing portal or by email of this decision by July 17, 2026. Notifying any other university office does not satisfy your obligation to notify Housing & Residence Life. Such requests that are received by July 17 will be honored; all cancellations will forfeit the nonrefundable application fee of $100.
Cancel on or after July 18th
Jul 18 2026Beginning July 18, 2026, requests to cancel will be honored; however, these requests will forfeit the $100 nonrefundable application fee, be charged a $200 cancellation fee, and charged a prorated daily fee for each day of notice that is less than the required 30 days’ notice.
Deadline to Upload Photo for Humboldt ID
Jul 24 2026Please follow the instructions emailed to you by Admissions, or click here to upload your photo for your Humboldt ID. New students are required to submit your photo by the deadline. We will print your ID card, encode it with your room and meal plan access, and have it ready for you at check-in. If you upload your photo after the deadline, we will have a temporary access card for your room and you will need to go to the ID Office in the Library to pick up your Humboldt ID plan to bring to Housing to encode.
Residence Halls Open for First-Year Students
Aug 15 2026The residence halls will open for the year at 8:00 am, Saturday, August 15, 2026 for First-Year Students. Anyone checking into the residence halls on Saturday will have an assigned check-in time.
Residence Halls Open For New Transfer & Continuing Students
Aug 17 2026The residence halls will open for the year at 8:00 am, Monday, August 17, 2025. Anyone checking into the residence halls on Monday will have an assigned check-in time.
Fall Housing & Meal Plan Payment Due
Aug 20 2026Amounts will vary according to room assignment and meal plan selected. Refer to your myHumboldt account for your specific payment amount.
Spring 2027 Housing Application Opens at 9am
Oct 8 2026Spring Only online Housing application opens at 9am at myhousing.humboldt.edu for all new students who have accepted their admission to Cal Poly Humboldt for Spring 2027. Students will not be able to access the Housing Application until they've accepted their admission.