Honors College
- Important Move-In Information
Your move in date is dependent on your residence hall assignment and student status. Follow all specified move in and key pick-up directions to ensure you can move into your hall assignment upon arrival to campus. Please check back to this page just prior to your move-in date as information may be adjusted throughout the summer.
Please note:
- Convocation is Thursday, August 27, 2026, at Jersey Mike's Arena at approximately 5pm.
- The Involvement Fair is on Sunday, August 30, 2026, on the College Avenue Campus. College Avenue will be closed for most of the day.
Approved Early Arrivals/Move-In Team Volunteers
Only students who have completed the Early Arrival/Move-In Team Volunteer form and have been confirmed approved are able to move in on Sunday, August 23, 2026, between 9:00am to 4:30pm. Key pick-up will be in the Residence Life Office on the campus where your hall assignment is located.
Move-In Information
New Rutgers Global International Students
Aug 24, 2026
Pick-up time 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Floor/House All Location College Avenue Campus Residence Life Office: 590 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ (Clothier Hall)
First Year and New Transfer Students
Aug 25, 2026
Pick-up time & Floor
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM - 3rd Floor South, 5th Floor North, East, & South
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM - 4th Floor North & East
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM - 4th Floor South
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM - 3rd Floor North & East
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM - 2nd Floor North & East
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - 2nd Floor South
Location Honor College
Overview
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. For more information about the Honors College, please visit: honorscollege.rutgers.edu
- What's Nearby?
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Adjacent to the new Academic Building and the classrooms on Voorhees Mall. The Honors College is also a short walk from the Student Activities Center and convenience store, the Rutgers Student Center, Brower Commons Dining Hall, the College Avenue Gym, Health Services, and both Alexander and Zimmerli libraries. Also within convenient walking distance of downtown New Brunswick and Easton Avenue shops and restaurants.
- Features & Amenities
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- Air conditioning
- Vending machines
- Wifi throughout the building
- Laundry facility
- Coffee bar
- Outdoor courtyard
- Seminar rooms
- Innovation lab/maker space
- Honors College office suite
- Building main lounge
- Building study lounge
- Active/working fireplace
- Floor lounge(s)
- Pool table, Ping pong table
- Communal kitchen with oven (no stovetop) (one in the building)
- Communal microwave, sink
- Communal bathroom (separated by gender)
- Communal bathroom (gender neutral)
- Silver LEED building (air conditioning ranges from 72-75 for cooling and heating)
- Elevator
- Ramp leading into building an entranceway
- Automated building entrance doors
- What's included in my space?
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What’s included in my room?
- Twin extra long bed and mattress
- Wardrobe
- Dresser
- Desk
- Chair
- Microfridge
- Window shades
- Wifi in bedrooms
- Carpeted flooring
- Beds have the ability to be bunked (not lofted)
- Room Photos
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- Floor Plans
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- level-2.pdf752.46 KB
- level-3.pdf676.35 KB
- level-4.pdf656.71 KB
- level-5.pdf824.18 KB
- level-one.pdf855.48 KB
- lower-level-south.pdf255.28 KB
Contact and Location
Staff Members
Justin CampanellaFacts About Residence Hall
- Type of Residence Hall: Traditional Hall
- Number of Students: 542
- Number of Floors: 5 (4 residential)
- Average Room Size: Varies
- Availability: First-Year Honors College Students
- Contract Type: Undergraduate Academic Year (Two semesters)
