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Commuter Affairs

If you’re living off-campus or commuting from home daily, the Commuter Affairs Office within the Dean of Students Office is here to help you find housing, stay connected, and thrive at URI. Our mission is to assist URI students by providing tools and resources for off-campus living.

61%of URI undergraduate students live off campus or commute.

Fall 2024 Common Data Set

23,000+people using the off-campus housing database

with nearly 50,000 visits (Jul ’24 – Jun ’25)

Please contact us by commuter-group@uri.edu with any questions. If you are new to the URI community or just need a refresher, tips in the URI’s user’s guide will help you make a smooth transition. From residential life and campus recreation, to events and opportunities to get involved, to campus resources, we have you covered.

Quick Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

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Tips

Curated list of resources and essentials 

Universal Toolkit
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Things to Consider

when Moving Off-Campus

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Location:

Dean of Students Office
302 Memorial Union

Mailing Address:

The University of Rhode Island
Dean of Students Office
302 Memorial Union
50 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881

URI exclusively partners with Off-Campus Partners (a subsidiary of Apts.com) to offer a database of property offerings for students, faculty, and staff in the immediate area.

  • Full access
  • Can search housing
  • Find roommates
  • List a sublet

  • Can search listings
  • Find roommates

  • Can post rentals
  • Track/review your emails

Off Campus House
400,000+views between 7/1/24 – 6/30/25
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Disclaimer:

We focus on supporting students in their off-campus living experience.

The housing database (offcampus.housing.uri.edu) is separate from the Office of Housing and Residential Life (HRL) and Fraternity Managers Association (FMA).

Our office is not involved in the process of students signing leases with landlords who post properties with our service. This process is arranged between the student and the landlord.

We do not provide legal advice, landlord intervention, or resolve billing disputes.

We acknowledge that we gather as the University of Rhode Island on the traditional land of the Niantic and Narragansett people in past and present, and honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations. This calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as well.

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