International Programs
Housing
Choosing the right place to live during your time at UC San Diego is a very important decision. These are some popular housing options:
- Near-campus Apartments
- Homestay / Rent a room with locals
- On-campus Apartments
- Hotels
This Housing Guide provides useful information on San Diego area housing options and tips on how to get started.
Our dedicated Health and Welfare Team assists students with housing questions and concerns, as well as issues related to health, well-being, and transportation. With the exception of Summer On-campus Housing, our Health and Welfare Team does not make housing arrangements or collect payments. For housing advice, you can contact them directly at iphousing@ucsd.edu.
Apartments by Anatolia
Conveniently located close to UC San Diego, shopping, and transportation links, the apartments offered by Anatolia are fully furnished and well-equipped with everything you need. For more information please contact info@ac-housing.com or go to www.ac-housing.com.
2024 Prices
4 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 1,210
Private bedroom: $ 2,195
8 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 2,710
Private bedroom: $ 4,927
11 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 3,310
Private bedroom: $ 6,010
26 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 7,790
Private bedroom: $ 14,164
2025 Prices
4 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 1,360
Private bedroom: $ 2,380
9 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 3,480
Private bedroom: $ 8,985
11 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 4,235
Private bedroom: $ 7,250
26 weeks
Shared bedroom: $ 9,646
Private bedroom: $ 16,926
A non-refundable pre-payment of $250.00 for the placement fee is required (not applied towards rent).The remaining fees will be due before your arrival.
Prices are subject to change.
Benefits
- You can arrange pick-up from the San Diego Airport for a fee ($95)
- Close to the UC San Diego campus (15 minutes by bus or bicycle)
- Walk to shopping, movie theaters, and restaurants
- High-quality facilities, including a swimming pool, bi-weekly maid service, and a fitness center
- Fully furnished apartments, including sheets, blankets, kitchen utensils, cable TV, and wifi
- Includes local telephone services, utility allowance
- Meals are not included. A kitchen with all appliances, cooking utensils, and dishware are provided so you can cook your own meals.
- You live with other international students.
- If you rent a shared bedroom, you will share your bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and living area (two people to a room, four to an apartment, two bathrooms per apartment). If you rent a private bedroom, you will have your own bedroom and bathroom, but still share the living area and kitchen with two other students.
- Same-gender apartments only (couple accommodations available upon special request)
UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies International Programs does not place students in homestays. Please contact one of our partners directly to make homestay arrangements:
Please apply to only one homestay agency for your housing.
Note: All fees must be paid directly to the company (not UC San Diego). If you would like to transfer from or to the San Diego International Airport, please inquire with the company when you book your accommodation.
Benefits
- Some companies offer airport pick-up and drop-off services (San Diego airport only).
- You may rent a room that includes two meals a day (breakfast and dinner), or you may rent a room with no meals included.
- Clean sheets and towels are provided for you.
- Some homestays provide laundry facilities, either coin-operated or for free, depending on the type of homestay (house, building, etc.).
- Nightly rates are offered.
- There are many different kinds of hosts. Your host could be a single person, a person with children, a couple, a family, etc.
- Some hosts are native English speakers, and others see hosting as a student renting a room from them (without a lot of shared activity or communication between host and student).
- If you have a specific preference for the type of host you want, please communicate this with the company when you apply.
- You must live within the rules and lifestyle set by your host.
- COVID-19 guidelines depend on the hosts' wishes.
- The average commute by bus is 45 minutes (maximum 60 minutes door-to-door).
- Internet access is available, but you will need to use your own computer.
Housing Check-in
You may request early/late check-in, which may require additional payment for the extra nights. All fees are paid directly to the homestay agency, not to UC San Diego.
This option is only available during the months of July and August.
- TBD
Prices
- Shared Bedroom: TBD
- Private Bedroom: TBD
- Short walk or bike-ride to classes, swimming pool, gym, and all campus events
- Apartments include a kitchen, dining area, living room area, and outdoor patio or balcony.
- All meals are included at campus cafeterias with set breakfast, lunch, and dinner times.
- Sheets and blankets are included.
- Internet access available
- Laundry room
- You live with other international students.
- You have to share the bathroom, kitchen, and living area; usually four or five people per apartment.
- There is only one bathroom in each apartment.
- Student-style, simple living.
- No kitchen utensils or dishware
- You must follow campus rules. For example, no smoking is allowed anywhere on campus, and you cannot drink alcohol on campus.
- The nearest cafeteria may be a 10-minute walk away and will have a fixed schedule for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- TV and telephone are not provided.
- You arrange your own airport shuttle. Instructions are provided with your acceptance materials.
There are no refunds for on-campus housing within 21 days of the published move-in date. If you cancel your space more than 21 days BEFORE the published move-in date, you will receive a full refund minus $1,000.
Apply
On-Campus Summer Housing Application coming in Spring 2025.
NOTE: If you are attending the Summer Session I and II program on main campus, then you may organize your housing through the UC San Diego Summer Housing Website.
Residence Inn by Marriott La Jolla
Please see website for current prices and for more information on how to schedule your stay with them: www.residenceinn.com/lajca.
Studio - a maximum of three people can share the studio without additional cost.
Benefits
- Walking distance to UC San Diego campus, shops, restaurants, and theaters
- Free hot breakfast buffet daily
- Free reception with beverages available Monday through Wednesday
- All luxury hotel amenities (pool, spa, fitness center, cable TV)
- All suites include full kitchen with utensils
- Daily housekeeping
- Coin-operated laundry room
- Airport shuttle for a discounted fee (check with hotel)
- High-speed internet
- Free local area shuttle
- Pets welcome (extra cost)
- If you want to share a suite, you have to find your own roommate.
- There is one queen bed and one pull-out bed in the studio suites (no twin beds). If you are going to share with a friend, you have to share the bed, or one person has to sleep on the sofa bed.
- You must follow the hotel rules.
Best Western Premier Hotel Del Mar
Please see website for current prices: www.hoteldelmar.com.
A maximum of two people can share the room.
Benefits
- Located in Del Mar, a pleasant and beautiful beach community
- Free shuttle transportation, by appointment, to and from campus to accommodate UC San Diego campus class schedule
- Public bus transportation to and from campus
- Free parking and wireless internet
- Bistro C Cafe opens for breakfast and dinner (extra cost)
- All luxury hotel amenities (pool, jacuzzi, fitness center, cable TV)
- Short walk to the beach, shops and restaurants
- Coin-operated laundry room
- Rooms with kitchens and kitchen utensils, as available; microwaves and refrigerators in all rooms at no extra charge
- 10 minute drive by car from campus
- Lunch and dinner not included
Embassy Suites La Jolla
Please see the Embassy Suites La Jolla reservation website for current prices.
A maximum of three people can share a King or Double suite with a pull-out sofabed in the livingroom. Book online with code: 0560009286
Benefits
- Short drive, bus ride, or UC San Diego shuttle ride to UC San Diego campus
- Across the street from University Towne Center and its many shops and restaurants, as well as an ice skating rink and movie theater
- Free daily breakfast
- Two hotel restaurants
- All luxury hotel amenities (pool, spa, fitness center, cable TV)
- Daily housekeeping
- Airport shuttle for a discounted fee (check with hotel)
- High-speed internet (surcharge may apply)
Questions?
Please email our Student Health and Welfare Advisers, and they will help you with this very important decision at iphousing@ucsd.edu.
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Division of Extended Studies
International Programs
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