Campus Housing
Georgia Tech is a residential campus community with approximately half of all full-time students living in residential facilities. One of the most important growth opportunities provided by the Institute is the chance to live in a residential community where students are exposed to lifestyles, beliefs, attitudes, and values often much different from their own. Through interaction among peers, significant issues are questioned, confronted, and investigated. Students are frequently challenged to uphold, clarify, change, and/or build their own system of values and beliefs.
New students receive housing information with the notification of acceptance sent by the Office of Undergraduate Admission, which can be viewed on BuzzPort.
Residence Hall Association
RHA is a student-run umbrella organization of all residence hall councils, working to improve residential life at Tech. Through its services, social functions, interactions with the community, and communication with the administration, RHA covers a large spectrum of functions. Made up of representatives from individual hall councils, RHA allows students with diverse interests to become involved with some aspect of residential life at Tech.
First-Year Experience
Georgia Tech offers the nationally recognized First-Year Experience Program, designed to create an integrated community for first-year students. New Tech students, who have enjoyed the active support of family and friends, often feel more comfortable living in a new environment with support from peers. This community experience promotes academic achievement, social involvement, networking, and personal success. Benefits of the program include shared first-year students housing and dining, tutors in residence halls, peer support, opportunities for social activities, faculty interaction, and leadership development opportunities.
Learning Communities
Each Georgia Tech Learning Community is an integrated experience that promotes interactions between faculty and students, fosters collaboration among students, enhances campus and civic engagement, and eases both the academic and social transition to college.