Most students must vacate campus by 3/25. Some hardship cases can petition to remain on campus. According to the Dean of Undergraduates, "Accordingly, by the end of day on Wednesday, March 25th, all undergraduate students who live on campus and are able to do so must leave campus and return home for the remainder of the semester. We are giving all undergraduate students until March 25th to leave campus because we recognize that many of you have already left early on spring break, with some not returning to campus until just before classes resume on the 23rd. However, for those who are still on campus, or who live in Houston or surrounding areas, we expect you to move out more quickly. We are not closing campus, but after March 25 we are restricting access to our residential colleges only to those students who have explicit permission to be there.
Guidelines for Remaining on Campus:
We know that some students, for a variety of reasons, cannot return home. We will work with these students to ensure they can remain on campus with our support. All students must leave campus as soon as possible and remain living off campus for the remainder of the semester – unless you meet one of the following criteria:
An international student who: has immigration, travel, or visa restrictions; whose home is in a country currently designed as Level 3 on the CDC’s warning list for COVID-19; or whose home country has extremely limited internet connectivity.
Students who face housing insecurity or a precarious living situation that would make remote completion of the semester unduly difficult.
If you meet one of these criteria, you may petition to live on campus by filling out the Petition to Live on Campus. If you do not meet any of the above criteria but have special circumstances you would like us to consider, you may also petition to stay on campus - but recognize that we will be very restrictive in granting exceptions to the criteria listed above. All undergraduate students who petition to remain in their residential college for the remainder of the spring semester will be notified of a decision within 24 hours of petition receipt.
Only students who petition to remain on campus, and receive notification that their petition is granted, may continue to live on campus after March 25."