Housing

On-Campus Housing: The university offers a variety of housing options on campus. The housing application and the costs are available at the website of Division of Residential Programs and Services at: http://www.RPS.indiana.edu/guesthousing.html This type of housing does not require a lease to be signed. Visiting Scholars can share rent and find a roommate to share the rental expense but Residential Programs does not do that for them. No contract is necessary for guest aprtments and they will rent for short periods of time. Additional information about both on-campus and off-campus housing can be found at Dean of Faculties housing information .

Off-Campus Housing: Information about off-campus rentals can be found in the campus newspaper, The Indiana Daily Student , and the local newspaper, The Bloomington Herald Times .

In order to determine the proximity of these apartments to campus, you can use Mapquest online .

For apartment listings please see: Bloomington Apartment Guide at www.apartmentguide.com

Off-campus apartments become most readily available in May and in August. Property owners expect renters to sign a one year's lease. A lease is a legal agreement to occupy and pay monthly rent on that property for a period of a least 12 months. Some scholars plan to stay at IU for less than 12 months. Therefore, renting off-campus apartments can become very expensive. In addition, there is usually a "damage deposit" that must be paid. This additional month's rent covers any damage done to the apartment during your stay there and is not refundable if you leave the apartment any time prior to the agreed time of occupancy. We urge our visiting scholars not to sign a lease without consulting with either their academic host, the Office of Student Legal Services, or with Nita Levison , Coordinator of International Programs. An additional source of information regarding temporary housing arrangements is sometimes possible by contacting the student association from your home country. Shared accommodations may sometimes be available in that way.