International Center

Housing

Temporary Housing

When you arrive in Columbia, you will need temporary accommodations until you move into your residence hall, apartment or house. MU does not provide temporary accommodations; each student or scholar is responsible for arranging temporary housing. Options include:

• Staying with current students and scholars — Sometimes international student organizations can assist with temporary housing. Please contact the organizations directly for more information.
• Hotels — Find hotels in the Columbia area with help from the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau website. If you are not staying near campus, make arrangements for transportation (bus, shuttle, taxi, rental car). Columbia offers limited public transportation. Find out whether the hotel where you want to stay is on a bus route.
• Subleasing — Some members of the university community rent out their homes for short periods of time. Check classified ads, websites such as Craigslist or the International Student Services Facebook page.

Hotels close to campus include:

• Hampton Inn & Suites
  1225 Fellow’s Place
  573-214-2222

Short-term housing

Short-term scholars and students who will be in Columbia for less than one year can try the following options:

• University Place
• The Gathering Place Bed & Breakfast
• Broadway Apartments
• A&B Management
• Real Estate Management, Inc (REMI)
• Hawthorne Management
• Temporary Quarters
• The Links

Long-term housing

• On campus — On-campus housing options include Residence Halls and University Student Apartments. Information about living on campus should have been mailed to you after you applied to MU. It also is available on the Department of Residential Life website. If you plan to live on campus, you must submit a housing application along with a deposit to hold your room. Be sure to review Residential Life's advice about moving to MU.
• Off campus — You can search for roommates and learn about off-campus housing on the Mizzou Wellness Resource Center's off-campus living website. Search for apartments online at My Apartment Map, Apartment Finder or Craigslist, where you also can find items such as furniture and appliances.
• The International Center has a Facebook page for International Student Services that includes housing opportunities.

Some apartment complexes that are close to campus include:

• University Place Apartments
• The Ashwood Apartments
• Ashland Manor Apartments (e-mail)
• Warnken Properties
• Brookside Downtown Apartments

Some apartment complexes provide shuttle service to and from MU.