Off-Campus Housing for International Students
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The Office of Residence Life offers off-campus housing services to all Georgetown University Law students. For international students, we hope to make your transition to living in Washington, D.C. as easy as possible. Please stop by our office, located in the Gewirz Student Center, Room 104 or contact our Off-Campus Housing Coordinator at (202) 662-9290. |
Please note that while our office provides off-campus housing assistance, we are unable to supply listing opportunities from individual property owners. In an effort to provide our students and community with the best possible service, the Office of Residence Life does provide links to to other housing listing services in the area.
Student Housing Orientation Program (SHOP)
International students are also encouraged to participate in our Student Housing Orientation Program. SHOP is a housing fair designed to assist students who anticipate living off-campus. The SHOP program offers students the opportunity to find both housing and prospective roommates. The next SHOP orientation will be announced this Spring.
Following the SHOP program, housing clinics will be offered to provide additional assistance in the search for off-campus housing.
For those students participating in the Foundations of American Law and Legal Education Program and living in Gewirz, your summer Resident Advisors can organize helpful tours of the city neighborhoods. For international students who are not on campus for the Foundations program, you may wish to reserve short-term housing to help you begin your apartment search.
For additional information on SHOP or the housing clinics, please contact the Office of Residence Life.
Off-Campus Housing Search
Please review our Checklist for International Students before starting your off-campus housing search. This checklist includes documentation and items that may be required of you before renting an apartment.
For students unfamiliar with the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, please visit our Neighborhoods website to learn more about the different sections of D.C., Virginia, and Maryland, and to get a sense of the average rental rates in these areas.
Once you've become familiar with the neighborhoods and have narrowed down your areas of interest, you can visit our Choosing an Apartment website to find a helpful list of housing listing services, as well as information on finding a roommate.
In addition to reading the Checklist for International Students, you may also want to review our Lease Information page to see answers to frequently asked questions regarding the rental process.
Once you've found an apartment, you may need to request the set-up of certain services (telephone, cable, etc.). We've created a list of contact information for resources in D.C, Virginia, and Maryland. The website also includes links to local city guides so that you can take advantage of all the great events and attractions that the city has to offer.
