Graduate Housing | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The graduate student housing community is a diverse group of fellow graduate students, faculty, and staff with whom you’ll develop meaningful and supportive relationships during your time at WPI.

Graduate student housing is an ideal place to establish a balance between academic, social, and work life—all with the support of the WPI community. With the close proximity to campus and WPI activities, and plenty of social gatherings to enjoy, graduate students can make the most of their WPI experience.

Graduate student housing is composed of homes conveniently located in the neighborhood surrounding the WPI campus.

Incoming Graduate Students will be provided with information regarding on campus housing selection for next academic year via WPI email. Students may begin searching for off-campus housing at any time. The Housing & Residential Experience Center provides information about off-campus housing as a courtesy. You can find more information here: https://www.wpi.edu/student-experience/housing-dining/living-off-campus

Graduate housing is available for occupancy from August - June 1 only. Contract are non-renewable and only available for one academic year.

Spring 2026 -

For Spring 2026, our graduate housing location will be either Institute Hall or Trowbridge House, with the exact location determined based on how many students apply for housing.

Application will open October 1, 2025 in the housing portal.
Placements will be made on a rolling basis beginning on November 17, 2025.
Spring Graduate housing is available for occupancy from January 5 - June 1.
- Contracts are non-renewable and students must make other housing arrangements for the end of their graduate housing contract and the remainder of their time at WPI.

The housing cost for Spring 2026 in either of these locations will be:

$800 per month - single occupancy room
$650 per month - double occupancy room

Policies and Contracts

Before completing the Housing Application, please ensure that you have read the Housing & Dining Contract and the Residence Hall Policies.

Newly admitted Graduate Students who will be coming to WPI for the first time will receive priority for on campus housing. Current WPI students in the BS/MS program should apply for housing through the Undergraduate Housing Selection process.

Frequently Asked Questions about Graduate Housing

Newly admitted Graduate Students who will be coming to WPI for the first time will receive priority for on campus housing. Graduate Housing is only for one academic year from mid-August to mid-May.  You will not be eligible to continue in housing through the summer into the next year.

Current Graduate Students can complete the application in the housing portal to be placed on a waitlist for graduate housing but are encouraged to continue looking for off campus options, as there is no guarantee that we will be able to offer a placement on campus.

The contract is for 10 months and goes through June 1. There are no early releases. If a student leaves WPI, the refund schedule will be based on the college refund schedule.

Each bedroom comes furnished with a twin XL bed, mattress, desk, desk chair, dresser, and space for hanging clothes per student. You are encouraged to personalize your room, within stated guidelines, so that you and your roommate(s) can make yourselves feel at home.

Apartments are furnished with living room and dining room furniture. On this page you can find additional suggestions for what to bring to campus.

Only actively enrolled WPI students are eligible to live on campus. Spouses and children that do not attend WPI are not permitted to live in WPI Graduate Housing.

WPI Wi-Fi is provided in a very small number of locations, including Institute Hall and Trowbridge House.

For most locations, TV/internet access are not included.  Spectrum is the local internet provider that students would utilize for internet services.

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