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Residence Halls

Residential life is a hallmark of the Notre Dame undergraduate experience. The University's students have lived in community with one another and with members of the Congregation of Holy Cross since Father Sorin founded Notre Dame in 1842. Today, the residential quality of the campus continues to inspire loyalty among students and alumni, who acknowledge their respective residence halls as a central part of their education and development.

Despite a rich and storied history, Notre Dame's residential traditions are threatened by overcrowding in the residence halls; the increased availability of off–campus housing attractive to upper–level students; a deficiency of inviting study and social space within the halls; and budgetary restrictions that have left many existing halls virtually unchanged over the past 20 years and in need of significant updates and repairs.

Construction of Four New Undergraduate Residence Halls

Campaign support will help to alleviate overcrowding in existing residence halls—and ensure that future generations of students will be afforded the rich community experience so prized by Notre Dame alums—by underwriting the construction of four new residence halls to be built on the southwestern edge of campus.

How can I help? A new residence hall may be named with a gift of $19 million.

Renovation of Existing Residence Halls

As the new halls are built, Notre Dame can address its second residential life priority: the renovation of its 27 existing halls. Campaign support will allow the University to reduce bed capacity, reassign and/or reconfigure the most overcrowded rooms, create larger junior–senior rooms and suites, and provide more common areas for socializing and study in halls currently lacking these features.

How can I help? Individual naming opportunities exist at a variety of giving levels within each of the existing halls.

Questions? Please contact us at spirit@nd.edu.