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Student Center/Residence Hall

The first-ever student center and residence hall under construction on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus marks the first major expansion of the campus since it opened in 2006.

As many as 200 students will be able to live on campus when it opens in fall of 2024. The six-story, 100,000-square-foot complex will include suites and apartment-style residences, a ballroom, bookstore, dining facilities, study lounges and meeting rooms, as well as offices for student government, USF World and other organizations.

Students who want to live in the new residence hall in 2024-2025 can also apply for up to a $4,000 scholarship to be among the first to live on the Sarasota-Manatee campus. Apply here.

(Note: The housing scholarship deadline has been extended. Scholarship awards are limited and based on date of submission and until funds are exhausted.)

Students in the Muma College of Business, College of Education and the Judy Genshaft Honors College also have a chance to live in the residence hall as members of an interdisciplinary Living Learning Community. Click here and here for more information.

Student housing on the Sarasota-Manatee campus is coming soon.

Please visit USF Housing's website for the latest application and other information about housing.

Applications are open. Apply now!

The student center and residence hall will help recruit and retain students, and infuse students’ college experience with a new vibrancy that will allow the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to forever shed the moniker of being a ‘commuter college.

Karen Holbrook, regional chancellor
USF Sarasota-Manatee campus

Construction Celebration

January 22, 2024

USF announces that the first residents of the new residence hall will be eligible for up to $4,000 in scholarships over two semesters in 2024-25 to make living on campus more affordable. Also, USF announces that CORE Construction donated $200,000 to the USF Foundation to name the new student center's ballroom lounge. It is the first naming gift in support of the facility.

Housing applications open

September 2023

USF Housing begins accepting applications from current students who want to live in the new residence hall.

Building momentum

June 28, 2023

Construction crews start using large crane to install the first of almost 600 pre-cast concrete panels that will make up the building.

Groundbreaking

March 1, 2023

USF students, community leaders and other guests gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony.

Project gets OK

Sept. 14, 2022

The Florida Board of Governors unanimously approved building a housing and student center complex on the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus, advancing USF’s bold plans to expand the campus and transform the college experience for students.