Housing Forms and Resources

Understand that there may be large financial implications for canceling your housing agreement mid-year or based on any criteria for approval. If you are not sure if your cancellation subjects you to any penalties, please email us at housing@ucmo.edu and we will happily clarify!

Housing Appeal Form

Note that this form is for appealing charges related to housing or meal plans.
This is NOT for cancelling a housing agreement, application or meal plan. See above.

Sign up for Break Housing (Thanksgiving, Winter, or Spring Break)

Please make sure you are choosing the right break period!

Note that for Fall Break (October 12-13), the residence halls remain open and no sign-up required.

Thanksgiving Break

Apartments do NOT have to sign up - Apartment residents are free to come and go as needed during breaks.

Winter Break

Apartments do NOT have to sign up - Apartment residents are free to come and go as needed during breaks.

Spring Break

Apartments do NOT have to sign up - Apartment residents are free to come and go as needed during breaks.

2024-2025 Meal Plan Agreement

We encourage students to complete this via MyCentral rather print and mail. This is available to complete instantly via MyCentral under the housing section.

Request for Exemption from UCM's Residency Requirement Form

Traditional Students:

Living on campus helps you meet new people, get involved in activities and can boost your GPA. For these reasons and more, UCM requires all students to reside on campus for the first two years and be on specific meal plans unless they meet established criteria.

Students are automatically exempt if they meet one of the following requirements:

• Are 21 years of age or older by the start of the semester for which they are starting at UCM
• Have 60 UCM accepted credit hours completed by the start of the start of the semester
• Have lived in UCM campus housing for two full academic years (academic year defined as Fall and Spring semesters)
• Have been approved for exemption for two full academic years already (academic year defined as Fall and Spring semesters)
• Have combined two full academic years on campus of either approved exemption or living on campus (academic year defined as Fall and spring semester)

Students may apply for exemption based on specific criteria

Commuting:

Must submit commuter exemption form found below.

• Commute from home while living with a parent, grandparent, or court ordered legal guardian permanently (within approved 65 mile driving distance as further listed on the exemption form located at ucmo.edu/housingforms)

Other General Exemption Established Criteria:

Must submit general exemption form found at ucmo.edu/housingforms

• Married by the start of the semester for which they are beginning or have children (active custody)
• Current active duty military (excludes monthly reserve service)
• 100% of classes for the upcoming semester are online or at the Missouri Innovation Campus (MIC in Lee's Summit)*
  *Approved one semester at a time
• Studying abroad or student teaching*
  Eligibility for exemption is only for the semester(s) spent studying abroad or student teaching (approved on semester at a time)

Transfer Students:

UCM requires transfer students who have less than 48 UCM accepted credit hours to reside on campus (unless they are 21 years of age or older OR meet other exemption criteria listed on the general exemption form found below).

Transfer students may apply for exemption if they are a new transfer meeting one of the following requirements:

• • Have an associate degree awarded prior to the semester the student is beginning at UCM
  • 48 or more UCM accepted credit hours awarded prior to the semester the student is beginning at UCM
    • Note that approval cannot occur until ALL credits are accepted and on file at UCM

    See general exemption form located below

    Students filing for exemption two weeks into the semester for which they are requesting exemption will be billed a processing fee of $50.

    Request for Exemption Forms (please download the correct form)

    If you are in need of the 2023-2024 exemption form(s), please request via email to housing@ucmo.edu