First-Year Housing Options
All of our first-year residence halls are located on the Mount Carmel Campus along Bobcat Way. You’ll be close to everything you need — including the Carl Hansen Student Center, dining options, the Athletic and Recreation Center, academic buildings and the Arnold Bernhard Library.
First-Year On-Campus Housing
Mount Carmel
Irmagarde Tator Hall
Mount Carmel
Mountainview
Mount Carmel
The Commons
Mount Carmel
The Ledges
Mount Carmel
The Suites (Larson, Perlroth and Troup)Creating your dynamic and engaging community
The First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) at Quinnipiac provides a dynamic, engaging and supportive environment for you to transition to college life. This cohesive team of student staff and professional staff strives to develop a safe, welcoming and inclusive community. Our focus is first and foremost the well-being of our students.
All first-year residents' experiences are supported by:
- 48 Resident Assistants (RAs)
- 4 full-time professional Residence Hall Directors
- 1 Assistant Director of Residential Life for the first-year area
- A residental curriculum encompassing:
- Personal competence
- Societal competence
- Interpersonal competence
- Practical competence
- Hundreds of programs throughout the academic year (about 3 per day).
In the FYRE community, we hope to be the spark that ignites a passion for lifelong learning both in and out of the classroom.
Mount Carmel Residences
Dana English Hall, known to our campus community as Dana, is a co-ed residence hall located on Bobcat Way. Rooms, hallways and bathrooms are assigned to a single sex. Bathrooms are located along the hallway and are shared by approximately 30 residents. Each room houses 2 people and has 2 beds, 2 desks and 2 freestanding armoire-style closets. The building also has a kitchen and several laundry areas.
Irmagarde Tator Hall, located on Bobcat Way and known to our campus community as Irma, houses first-year students and our university security office. While the building is co-ed, the rooms, hallways and bathrooms are assigned to a single sex. Bathrooms are located along the hallway and are shared by approximately 30 residents. Each room houses 2 people and has 2 beds, 2 desks and 2 freestanding armoire-style closets. The building also has a kitchen and several laundry areas.
Mountainview features co-ed suites, each housing 8 students. Each suite contains 4 bedrooms, a common living area, a bathroom and a storage area. In addition, Mountainview also has several common areas throughout the building with kitchen areas on the second and third levels. Mountainview features 46 suites in total.
The Commons is a first-year residence hall located over the wooden bridge at the beginning of Bobcat Way. While the building is co-ed, the rooms, hallways and bathrooms are assigned to a single sex. Bathrooms are located along the hallway and are shared by approximately 50 residents. Each room has 4 loft beds, 4 desks, 4 freestanding armoire-style closets and 4 separate phone and computer lines. The building also has one kitchen and one laundry area in each of the 3 lobbies.
The Ledges is a first-year residence hall located toward the end of Bobcat Way. The building is co-ed, but rooms, hallways and bathrooms are assigned to a single sex. Bathrooms are located along the hallway and are shared by approximately 50 residents. Each room has 4 loft beds, 4 desks, and 4 freestanding armoire-style closets. The building also has several kitchen and laundry areas.
The Hill is a sophomore residence hall composed of 7 brownstone-style buildings, each with its own set of steps that promotes a cozy, homelike feel. Each building has 6 apartments housing 6 students. Apartments in The Hill offer 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room and a kitchen. Third-floor apartments feature skylights in the kitchen area and lofted ceilings. All apartments in The Hill are air-conditioned and feature a comfortable balcony or patio ideal for get-togethers.
Larson, Perlroth and Troup, known to our campus community as The Suites, are similarly designed 2-floor, suite-style residence halls. Each has a spacious "mall area" with a vaulted skylight and sitting area, along with 19 individual suites that each house 8 students. Each suite is a separate living unit with 4 bedrooms and its own living room and bathroom.