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Residency Requirements

All full-time registered undergraduate students are required to live in NGU residential halls unless they apply for and are approved as a commuter. All students must either complete the residential assignment process or apply to be a commuter each academic year. Students who apply to be a commuter and have their request denied by the Office of Residence Life will be required to live on campus. A commuter student has the same responsibilities as the resident student where the same regulations and policies apply. Students who violate these policies are subject to university sanctions.

All students who sign housing agreements are bound to the terms of the contract once the date is within two weeks of the Fall semester start date, whether or not they meet the exemption requirements as outlined below. Agreements submitted after this time are binding at the time of submission. All students who sign a housing agreement will be required to purchase a 20 meal per week plan with Aramark Dining Services. All campus housing is considered private property, reserved for the exclusive use of resident students, invited guests, and authorized university personnel.

All new, readmitted, or continuing students are required to live on campus for a minimum of eight (8) consecutive regular (fall/spring) semesters unless they are approved for a residency exemption. The Office of Residential Services is responsible for the approval of any exemptions. The following exemptions may be allowed with the submission of a Residency Exemption Form and proper documentation to the Office of Residential Services. 

• Students who have completed eight (8) consecutive regular semesters in university housing.

• Students over the age of 23 as of the first day of class.

• Married students, or those that will be married, before the mid-term date of the semester.

• Students living in the permanent domicile of and with their parent or a legal guardian, are exempt from this requirement upon presentation of proper documentation. Legal guardian status must be verified by court order and must be exist before seeking residency exemption. Students must live in the permanent domicile of their parent or legal guardian and documentation verifying the permanent domicile must be provided. The parent or legal guardian’s permanent domicile must be in the following counties only: In South Carolina – Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, and Spartanburg; in North Carolina – Henderson and Polk. 

Students who provide false statements on housing agreements or residency exemptions may be subject to university sanctions up to dismissal from the university.

Transfer Students:

Unless approved for an exemption, all incoming transfer students must reside on campus until their NGU enrolled regular semesters and full-time transfer regular semesters equal eight (8) regular semesters. Transfer students may request an exemption based on the guidelines listed above. Further, if a student is transferring from a college or university found in one of the following counties (South Carolina: Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, and Spartanburg; North Carolina: Hendersonville and Polk) and he or she has been living at an address within one of the approved counties, then he or she can request an exemption based on being under a pre-existing housing agreement. This housing arrangement must have existed 120 days before entering NGU. Proper documentation must be provided. 

International Students:

All international students must live in university housing unless they meet the requirements listed above.