Transfer Housing at UCSC
🏡 Transfer Housing at UC Santa Cruz
For many transfer students, living on campus is a key part of feeling connected, supported, and fully engaged in university life. At UC Santa Cruz, the Transfer Community is designed especially for incoming transfer students from all college affiliations. Living in the Transfer Community is a great way to make friends, find support, and get the most out of your UCSC experience from day one.
Redwood Grove is a small, quiet apartment community for incoming transfer students (regardless of college affiliation). Students must be 23 or older. Trans-inclusive Housing for continuing students and transfer students is also located at Redwood Grove. Trans-inclusive Housing option is for students above the first-year/frosh level; students accepted into this housing option do not need to be 23 or older.
The Transfer Community, located at Porter College, houses incoming transfer students who request university housing (regardless of college affiliation), with programs designed specifically to support transfer students as they adjust to university life.
University Town Center (UTC), is located in downtown Santa Cruz (1101 Pacific Avenue) and only minutes from the Transit Center with direct bus access to campus. The UTC has double and triple rooms with private bathrooms and kitchenettes.
The Village is located on campus in the heart of the Great Meadow, near Hagar Drive. Each residential building has a combination of single and small double rooms, shared bathrooms, and a kitchenette.
Redwood grove (lgbtq+)
Porter College
University Town Center
The Village
