Campus Housing

In partnership with USC Housing, USC Gould offers safe, convenient and fully furnished graduate student housing at a competitive monthly rate. If you opt to live in university housing, you will enter into a 9-month contract, allowing you to move into your apartment in early August, a few weeks before the start of classes in the fall, and stay through our commencement ceremony in May.

Founders Apartments

Our three-story housing complex, Founders Apartments (FSA), is located several blocks north of USC's University Park Campus at 2610 Portland St.

The monthly cost of rent for a 3-bedroom / 3-person unit is $1,600 per person.

Charges for all utilities, including water, electricity and gas, are included in the rent.

The graduate academic contract is 9 months:

Start: Monday, Aug. 10 , 2026, at 8:30 a.m.
End: Wednesday, May 12, 2027, at 5:00 p.m.

Each resident has a desk, three dresser drawers, a shared closet and full, extra long (54" by 80") bed
The full kitchen is equipped with a stove, full-size refrigerator and sink Residents will need to provide their own linens, small appliances and kitchenware.
Individual air-conditioning units in each bedroom
Basic cable and wifi internet connections are included in the rent
Laundry and recreation rooms

Spaces in the enclosed parking garage on the ground floor are assigned by USC Transportation Services on a first-come, first-served basis; not all residents are ensured a space. Please check the USC Transportation website for more details.

There is a USC bus route stop right at the front of the building; buses run between housing locations and the main campus.

Family housing units are available on a limited basis.

Visit the USC Housing Founders Apartments website to view unit floorplans, photos and more information.

Note: The availability of listed housing accommodations and programs are subject to change based on local health authority restrictions and guidelines. Information, including rents, is accurate as of this date:

January 26, 2022

Incoming students may apply for housing once they have been issued a 10-digit USC ID number. If you will be enrolling in spring semester, please contact our USC Housing representative, Michelle Canlas at mcanlas@usc.edu.

Important: Before applying, please read through the guidance below to ensure your application is properly processed:

Select "Graduate Academic Year" (9 month) term.

List the "3B3P" room type in Founders as your housing preference.

Select "Gould School of Law (GNIP)" as your graduate housing program.

In the "Specific Accommodation Request" section, indicate if you have any special physical or medical needs we should consider when making your assignment. You must register with the Office of Student Accessibility Services to have your request for specific housing accommodations considered.

In the "List Housing Preferences" section, list only Founders as your preferred housing.

USC Housing cannot process your application without payment of the $65 non-refundable application fee. This fee cannot be waived. Payment can be made by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover cards.

Once you pay the application fee your application is complete. You have the option to continue on to request specific roommates or search for compatible roommates.

If you would like to request a specific roommate from among the G&IP housing applicants, you can form or join an existing Roommate Goup with that person on the housing application portal. Roommate requests must be mutual and you must both be of the same gender. You may later request a specific roommate in writing by contacting USC Housing. Roommate requests cannot be guaranteed.

Priority will be given to USC Gould Graduate and International Program housing applicants who apply by April 17, 2026.

Applicants not assigned initially will be placed on a waitlist and assigned if and when spaces become available through cancellation.

Once you have been assigned, you will be notified by email and directed to the USC Housing website to review and confirm your contract.

Log back onto the housing portal and view Housing Assignment. Your $800 confirmation payment should be submitted electronically through Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover cards. Half of this fee will be credited back to you in the fall semester and half in the spring semester.

In the "Contract and Finish" section, you will confirm your housing contract and agree to the terms of the Living Agreement. If you do not confirm the acceptance of your contract and make the confirmation payment by the due date indicated, your assignment will be canceled and given to another applicant.

If you decide to cancel your application prior to being assigned or cancel your housing assignment prior to confirming your contract, print out and complete the cancellation form available on the USC housing website and send it to USC Housing Services. The application or assignment will be canceled; the $65 processing fee will not be refunded.

Once you have confirmed your contract and made the confirmation payment, you are responsible for the terms of the contract. You may however, request cancellation by submitting a cancellation form.

If your cancellation is granted by June 5, 2026, you will receive a refund of the contract-confirmation payment.
If your cancellation is granted after June 5, you will not be eligible for a refund of any portion of the contract confirmation payment, even if you decided to withdraw from the university.
If your cancellation request is not granted, your contract will be in force and you will be held to its provisions.

Apply for Housing

Graduate student housing is limited for students entering in the spring. If you will be enrolling in spring semester, please contact our USC Housing representative, Michelle Canlas at mcanlas@usc.edu.

We offer separate summer housing if you enroll in our Summer Law and English (SLE) intensive program. Review SLE Campus Housing for more information. If you applied for USC Housing for the LLM year, you will be able to transition into your apartment as units become ready in August.

Students who apply to our degree program by our priority deadline will be automatically considered for a housing stipend, which is awarded in varying amounts.

As with our merit scholarships, you do not need to submit a separate application to be eligible. Students may receive both a merit scholarship and a housing stipend. Like merit scholarships, housing stipends are single, non-recurring awards credited to student accounts and need not be used for campus housing.