There are three main room types in men’s and women’s dorms:

Private, Semi-private and Sharing

Additionally, a limited number of two other room type called Single and Double exists in one men’s dormitory (CD Men only).

Details as below:

All residential halls are self-catered accommodations but a variety of restaurants, on and off campus, serve the residents.

We request that any applicant who has a physical disability shoud contact the Studnet Residential Life Department thought  res-halls@aus.edu to get further clarification prior to applying.

The room size and entrances are large enough to accommodate wheelchair users on the ground floor. There is a ramp at the entrance of each residential hall.However, only one women's residential halls has limited number of rooms with bathroom designed specifically for students with disability.

There is no assigned quiet wing in any of the residential halls. Quiet hours are designated daily between 12 midnight and 7 a.m. Excessive noise can be reported to the staff on duty at any time.

We only provide a new set of bed linen once to each new resident (i.e., bed sheet, pillow, pillowcase, and a quilt). The washing of the linens during the semester has to be done by the resident.

Yes. Each residential hall has a common kitchen and all rooms, except those in CD Men Dormitory, have kitchenettes with a hotplate and a sink.

Two minimarts are located on campus: one in the Student Center and one in the Women's Welcome Center located in front of the women's residential halls. They offer a variety of grocery items, fresh fruits and vegetables, and other household items. Also on campus are women's salon, a men's barbershop and a pharmacy.

During the short breaks between semesters of three weeks or less, you can leave your belongings in the residential halls; however, AUS is not liable for any loss or damage to your belongings. All items to be left behind should be properly packed and labeled. Leaving items in storage is subject to storage space availability and must be coordinated with residential halls staff.

During the summer vacation you have to remove all your belongings from the room. Limited storage may be provided, subject to availability, for international students without local residence. These packed belongings should not exceed two cartons/suitcases. You need to also must have a room reservation for the Fall semester in case you are leaving your belongings in the storage areas. AUS and the Residential Halls department will not be responsible for damage or theft of your belongings stored in the dormitories during summer

Any student belongings left uncollected in storage for more than eight weeks will be donated to a local charity, as per Residential Halls policy.

Students who wish to leave any belongings in the hall must sign a Waiver of Liability, which is available from the Residential Hall Supervisor.

All the residential halls are self-catered. There are kitchenettes in all rooms (except for CD Men) as well as shared common kitchens. However, meals can be ordered from a number of restaurants (both off campus and on campus) until midnight. A number of food outlets are available in the Student Center, and a coffee shop is located in the Library Building.

To cancel your room assignment before checking into the residential halls, please send a written notification to res-halls@aus.edu or in person to the Student Residential Life Department.

Cancelling your room assignment after checking in is termed as withdrawal, and this has to be done by approaching your Residential Hall Supervisor in person to document the cancellation and process your check-out. A room fee refund is applicable when you withdraw from the residential halls as follows:

A convenient campus bus service runs daily between the residential halls and the academic buildings. Apart from that, on weekends there is a bus service for students going to Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, as well as to shopping malls in Dubai and Sharjah. You can also call taxis to pick you up from the residential halls for off-campus trips. The University City service also runs bus services to and from different part of the city to campus. More information on transportation can be found here.

The university has a security department that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Security staff regularly patrols the campus. No one is allowed in your room without your presence unless it is for cleaning or maintenance purposes or in special circumstances mentioned in your Housing Agreement and the Student Handbook. Doors of the rooms operate through an electronic access using a smart card.

Your Housing Agreement is for one semester and has to be renewed before the end of that semester. If you don't renew your agreement within the set period, as announced by residential halls management, you lose the right to stay in the residential halls. We cannot guarantee that the same room or any other vacant room will remain available.

During the break between fall and spring semesters, you may store your belongings in the residential halls subject to availability of storage space and in coordination with the residential halls staff. However, you need to ensure that you have a room reserved for spring semester.

For summer term, please check to see if your residential hall will be open for summer term students. If it is and you are not staying, you need to vacate your belongings from the room completely. You may contact residential halls staff for temporary storage during this period. If the residential hall is closed for summer, you need to properly pack your items and take all your valuables since there will be maintenance of your room by external vendors.

During other short breaks when the university is closed, most residential halls remain open; however, AUS has the right to close any residential halls building based on the number of students staying in it and for operational requirements.

We strongly encourage you to take all valuables when the university is closed or you are staying out of the residential halls. AUS will not be liable for any of your belongings that you leave behind in the residential halls.

All residential halls rooms have network sockets with high-speed Internet access. You will need to connect your PC/laptop using a network cable. There is no additional fee for this network usage.

Yes, you can but you will need to register your car with the AUS Public Relations Department. Parking areas are available at each residential hall.

No additional furniture or fixtures are allowed in the rooms, but you can bring your other personal belongings such as a TV, an iron and ironing board, a kettle, linens and towels.

All residential halls are single sex, and spouses cannot live together.

The notification sent to you regarding your assigned room also confirms the residential hall name. The online campus map

shows the location of all of the residential halls.There is segregation areas of campus for men and women residential halls.

We recommend that you accept what you are offered if you definitely want to live in a residential hall, as we are unable to reallocate rooms before the start of the term. Once the term has begun, if you are still unhappy with your room, it may be possible for you to transfer to another room/hall. However, this would depend upon availability at that time.

The residential halls fees are posted here.

We will acknowledge receiving your housing application forms via an email to your AUS e-mail address.

In case you do not receive this acknowledgement , you can send us a follow-up message on res-halls@aus.edu

Receiving this acknowledgement does not mean a room has been reserved for you.

To view the room rates please click here.