Gender-Inclusive Housing

Gender-Inclusive Housing and Assignment Process

• GIH is an opt-in housing assignment process and students must expressly state their desire for this option through their Drexel housing application.
• Students opt-in to the GIH assignment process will live in the same room and share internal/external bathrooms regardless of sex, gender identity, and/or gender expression, which means that your roommate may identify as male, female, or non-binary.
• If a vacancy occurs during the year, the current resident(s) is(are) encouraged to find a roommate. Housing and Residence Life will work with the current occupant(s) to identify other solutions such as placement of a student from the GIH waitlist and/or assigning a student who has confirmed assignment interest in GIH.
• If no GIH interested student can be identified to fill the vacancy, Housing and Residence Life may re-designate the room as gender specific.
• Students with questions about GIH assignments or who wish to learn about all the options available to them may contact Housing and Residence Life at housing@drexel.edu or 215.895.6155.

GIH room assignments are offered in a variety of halls, rooms, and/or suites. Assignments are made on a space-available basis.

Interested students may state their desire for a GIH assignment on their housing application via DrexelOne. Incoming first-year and upper-class students will have an opportunity to self-select their GIH assignment during the upperclass housing self-selection period. Learn more about GIH by visiting our Gender-Inclusive Housing FAQs.

Other Campus Resources

Housing and Residence Life (HRL) provides Gender-Inclusive Housing assignment process as one of the many initiatives happening in Drexel residence halls in support of all students. The entire HRL staff is trained and ready to provide support and to connect students to resources across campus.

Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion (SCDI) supports and empowers students of all backgrounds as they build a sense of community and belonging. Our goal is to embrace, respect, and value all identities which reflect the diversity of Drexel University's students and community.

Office of Civil Rights Compliance provides leadership and enforcement of the University's policies on prohibited discrimination, harassment and retaliation and on sexual harassment and misconduct, which apply to all students, faculty, staff and community members. Our team of dedicated, trained professionals is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate and equitable education, resources and support to the Drexel community.