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Residence Hall Descriptions


The University of Maine campus has 17 different residence halls, providing a wide variety of building and community styles to meet students’ needs.  Our communities and halls include:

  • 8 different First Year Experience Living Learning Communities, which provide first-year students the opportunity to live with peers who share a common interest
  • 6 residence halls dedicated to first-year students, including Androscoggin, Knox, Cumberland, Gannett, Somerset and Oxford
  • 4 traditional-style upper-class residence halls with mostly double rooms, including Hancock, Hart, York, and Kennebec
  • 3 residence halls for Honors students, including Penobscot, Colvin and Balentine
  • 2 upper-class residence halls that offer mostly single rooms, including Aroostook and Oak
  • 2 on-campus apartment buildings for upper-class students, including DTAV and Patch
  • 1 floor dedicated to new, upper-class transfer students, located on the 4th floor of York (for Fall 2012)
  • 1 floor dedicated to a upper-class students who choose to lead a chem-free lifestyle (4th floor of Aroostook for Fall 2012)

For more information, please check out the links above.