Housing FAQs

Students can find instructions for the housing application & room selection process in the website’s Housing Selection section.

Yes! However, Bluefield State University MUST have accepted both students’ applications, and both must have paid their housing deposits and completed a housing application.

Single rooms are available depending on annual occupancy and bed space availability. These rooms have an additional expense and are on a “first-come, first serve basis.” Students need to request a Single Room on the housing application or request to be placed on the Single Room Waitlist for consideration. The University does reserve the right to adjust assignments throughout the year to make better use of the spaces available or make appropriate accommodations.

First, you should indicate your need and gather all required documentation of your disability, such as a special diagnosis and doctor’s recommendation. Second, you will need to contact the Academic Success Center at (304) 327-4098.

The Office of Housing & Residence Life works in coordination with the Academic Success Center to evaluate your need, determine eligibility, and make any reasonable accommodations.

It depends. You may request to switch your room or roommate by contacting the Office of Housing & Residence Life at (304) 327-4088 or by emailing housing@bluefieldstate.edu before the semester begins. After the semester starts, housing assignments are “frozen” for two weeks.

The Office of Housing & Residence Life handles room change requests on a case-by-case basis and authorizes changes at their discretion.

For Bluefield State University to verify all housing assignments, and for you to have time to adjust to university life and get to know your roommate, we require that all students remain in their original room for the first two weeks of each semester. At check-in and during the “freeze,” students should fill out roommate contracts and discuss their living habits together. Following that time, we will have a two-week move period where any resident can move as long as they follow all procedures and receive approval from the Office of Housing & Residence Life.

Each residence hall room has the following for each resident: a desk & chair, an extra-long twin bed, a wardrobe, and a two-drawer dresser. All rooms have both wired and wireless internet access, although students must provide ethernet cords. All residence hall rooms have bathrooms, heat, and air conditioning.

Bluefield State University offers enhanced wireless in the residence hall rooms to permit students to view their subscribed television streaming. They may augment streaming with an indoor digital antenna, which enables the reception of local channels. These antennas must be tabletop models, and the university does not permit students to mount them on the interior or exterior walls or windows.

We do not have curfews, so students are free to come and go as they please. We do have a visitation, overnight guest, and escort policy for all residents – see the Residence Life Handbook. The Medical Education Center Residence Hall has secure front entrances and room doors. Only those with a valid ID or hard key and pre-authorized access are permitted and able to enter.

More information can be found on the Dining Services webpages, and the university automatically bills to your account. Residence Hall Students do not need to complete a separate meal plan application, as all students residing on campus will have the Blue Meal Plan. All residence hall students are required to participate in the campus meal plan.

The university assigns all residence hall students a campus mailbox and email account. You receive your campus mailbox number when you arrive for check-in. When the university accepts a student, they send them their email information and login credentials. Your mailing address will be:

Bluefield State University
First and Last Name
Campus Mailbox #
450 Cherry Street
Bluefield, WV 24701