Residence Life provides a variety of housing options to suit your individual preferences. Available housing options include:
2 East Eighth Building
2 East 8th Street
Two East Eighth is a luxury high-rise apartment building, newly renovated in 2004, and located in the heart of campus. All units are apartment style with one-and two-bedroom configurations available. Apartments include: a full kitchen, bathroom, bedroom(s), and living/dining area, plus DSL Internet access and basic cable. The building includes a fitness center, 24-hour computer lab, billiards room, two sundecks, and a rooftop indoor heated pool. Approximately 750 Columbia students live together in apartments and share the building with 50 students from a neighboring college. There is also an opportunity for students who choose to live on campus year round, to live here on an annual basis by signing an annual contract during the contract renewal process.
Buckingham
59 East Van Buren Street
The Buckingham is a relatively new building that house approximately 400 students. This building is primarily designed to house upperclassmen, sophmores, juniors, and seniors. The new and unique Buckingham residence hall offers you a more independent lifestyle that is a transition between residence life and your apartment after college. Buckingham has enhanced quiet hours, a more generous visitation policy, and floors reserved for those who are 21 years old and over.
Congress Building
18 East Congress Parkway
Columbia’s houses approximately 110 students on the 5, 6, and 7 floors of the Chicago International Youth Hostel building. Columbia students have a separate entrance and lobby. All units are apartment style, with four students per unit single- or double- occupancy bedrooms available. Each apartment includes a full kitchen and full bath, plus living and dining areas. Guests of the Chicago International Hostel have no access to the 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.
Plymouth Court Building
731 South Plymouth Court
Columbia’s premier residence center houses approximately 350 Columbia students in apartment-style units with four to six students per unit, in double-occupancy bedrooms. Each apartment has a full kitchen and full bath, plus living and dining areas. Plymouth Court provides a computer lab for on-campus residents, includes a fitness center, laundry facilities, a music practice room, art studio, and is home to the college’s Student Health Center and Counseling Services.
University Center
525 South State Street
Opened in fall 2004, the University Center (UC) is a true innovation in college housing. Approximately 1,700 college students from Columbia and nearby DePaul and Roosevelt Universities create a one-of-a-kind community in downtown Chicago. Housing in this state-of-the-art building includes one-and two-bedroom semi-suites and one-bedroom semi-suites, as well as two-and four-bedroom apartment units. The building includes a third-story roof top garden, fitness center, food court, music practice rooms, an art studio, and laundry facilities. The UC is fully wired for Internet access.
Approximately 950 spaces are reserved for Columbia students, who will live together in apartments or suites. There is also an opportunity for students who choose to live on campus year-round, to live at the UC on an annual basis by signing a contract during the contract renewal process.