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Participating Houses

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Introduction

Residential Education believes that formal teaching, informal learning, and personal support are integral to a Stanford education. ResEd programs extend the classroom into the residences and complement the academic curriculum with activities and experiences that prepare students for a life of leadership, intellectual engagement, citizenship, and service.

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Open House Information

Interested in learning more about specific University Theme Houses (UTHs)? Many UTHs will host open houses to share about their opportunities and pre-assignment criteria. Each house has its own set of requirements, which you must agree to fulfill in order to pre-assign. Check back soon for dates and details!

More About Participating Houses

ResEd supports pre-assignment programs and themes in residence. Each house is responsible for crafting and managing an integrated residential learning experience for its residents. These houses enjoy a long history on campus, many coming into fruition concurrently with ResEd itself.

Activities in University Theme Houses, whether academic or social, are related to that house's theme or focus area. Some are related to a cultural interest or affinity, while others are related to academic and career interests.

Participating Houses List

  • Tile image featuring a detail of Casa Zapata's murals.
    Casa Zapata is a four-class house focusing on the Latine experience through educational and cultural programs. Casa Zapata’s theme creates a common bond for all residents—Latine and non-Latine alike—that fosters cross-cultural understanding.
  • Exterior photograph of Columbae.
    Columbae is a vegetarian, social justice-focused co-op run on the principle of consensus— the idea that house decisions on everything from food to communal principles should be made with the input and consent of everyone living in the house.
  • Energy innovation light bulb graphic interface. Credit: @biancoblue, via Freepik
    A vibrant residential community and living laboratory that expands energy and sustainability education through interdisciplinary dialogue, exploration, and action.
  • The theme of “International Understanding” is very important at Hammarskjöld.
  • A vase in mosaic
    Opened in the fall of 2015, Ng House is a lively central location for humanities activity on campus.
  • Tile image for ITALIC+Arts
    All pre-assigned residents of ITALIC+Arts must demonstrate interest in and active engagement in the arts. But, you don’t need to be a prodigy or even majoring in the arts!
  • Kairos exterior. Credit: Residential and Dining Enterprises
    Once pre-assigned, you agree to collectively come up with and facilitate (with support from residential student leaders) one in-house community event for the year.
  • Muwekma-Tah-Ruk House exterior, 2022. Credit: Micaela Go
    Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, established in 1988, celebrates the diversity of indigenous peoples throughout the Americas and Pacific Islands.
  • Okada House explores and celebrates the diversity of Asian American peoples, cultures, and languages in both historical and contemporary contexts.
  • Students on an outdoor hike.
    Outdoor House (ODH) is a center for exploration, thought, and play focused on natural systems, sustainability, and conservation.
  • Public Service & Civic Engagement tile image featuring a exterior photo of Haas.
    Otero is Stanford’s Public Service and Civic Engagement Theme House, a four-class house with 44 first-year residents and 34 upperclass residents who share an interest in public service.
  • Structured Liberal Education (SLE) is a residence-based academic program housed in East Florence Moore Hall that encourages students to live a life of ideas in an atmosphere that emphasizes critical thinking and interpretation.
  • Exterior photo of Synergy.
    As a home, we strive to cultivate opportunities for collective and personal growth in the way that we treat our space, labor, and one another with care.
  • Terra is a fun and safe place to make new friends, explore your identity, learn and grow.
  • Tile image featuring a vintage photo of previous Uj residents.
    Ujamaa focuses on the histories, issues, and cultures of the Black Diaspora. The name comes from the Swahili word for “extended family.”
  • We want to create a substance-free undergraduate residential community and experience based on the theme of wellness.
  • Detail of the 567 Alvarado mailbox.
    As a co-op, we run the house: cooking, cleaning, general housekeeping, and supporting event organization.
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If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Pre-Assignment Team.