Barr Hall
Barr Hall is a traditional residence hall built in 1976. It houses students from the School of Engineering, School of Engineering Honors Academy, and the Reilly Douglass Engineering Living-Learning Community.
Campus Housing
Life on campus is another facet to college life.
The School of Engineering community is connected by common interests and goals that are reinforced across the campus in many ways, including residence life.
Residence Halls
Residence halls provide unique living arrangements that build community, support academic progress, and create social engagement. All residence halls are easily accessible to classrooms, libraries, dining, and the campus bus system.
Honors College
The Honors College opened its doors in 2015 and houses 500 first-year Honors College students every year. The Honors College draws its students from six undergraduate schools across Rutgers–New Brunswick and is centered in the new building, which includes seminar rooms, advising and administrative offices, faculty apartments, and large lounges and programming spaces on site in addition to housing for all first-year Honors College students.
Mattia Hall
Mattia Hall is a traditional residence hall built in 1979. It is part of the Barr, Allen, Metzger, Mattia (BAMM) complex, and houses students from the School of Engineering and School of Engineering Honors Academy.
First-year Engineering
All first-year engineering students are eligible for on-campus housing on the New Brunswick campuses, with the option to live in one of the two designated engineering residence halls located on the Busch campus: Barr Hall and Mattia Hall. Rooms are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Students should indicate their preference on the on-line housing application.
Engineering Honors Academy
First-year engineering students admitted to the Honors Academy are eligible for the honors living learning community within the Barr residence hall on the Busch campus during the first year, and shared honors housing during the second year and beyond.
Reilly Douglass Engineering Living-Learning Community (RDELLC)
Reilly DELLC offers first-year women in engineering a residential home on the Busch campus. This unique partnership between Douglass Residential College and the School of Engineering provides incoming students the opportunity to live, learn, and connect to an active academic and social network designed to ease the transition to Rutgers and facilitate success in engineering.
Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College
First-year engineering students admitted to the Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College will be living in the Honors College on the College Avenue campus during the first year, and shared honors housing during the second year and beyond.
Campus Housing
Access the housing applications.