Occidental sees residential life as an extension of the classroom that allows you to build friendships, encounter new perspectives, and engage in a close-knit community.
In your three years on campus at Oxy, you will have many different living options. During your first year, you can live in a Themed Living Community, a first year hall, or a hall with both first year and upper division students. View a gallery of all of Oxy's residence halls.
Sophomores have the option to live in an upper-divison Themed Living Community or in one of the Sophomore Experience Halls. In your third or fourth year you will go through the room draw process. This allows you to select your room in one of our upper-division halls or a hall with both first year and upper division students. You also have the option of applying for themed living communities. Or, explore Fraternity and Sorority Life.
Residence Hall Cooling
All of Oxy鈥檚 residence halls offer air conditioning in common areas such as lounges. As of Fall 2025, all first-year residence halls are equipped with A/C in individual student rooms. Some of our classic upper-division residence halls do not have A/C in individual rooms. E. Norris Hall, an upper-division residence hall, features built-in A/C in all quad shared lounges, but individual rooms do not have A/C.