The Office of the President and Housing and Residential Education are excited to announce that incoming first-year students who apply for housing at the University of Utah by the May 3 deadline will have a bed guaranteed on campus.

The news comes as part of the U’s plan to address housing demand and increasing enrollment numbers of the university.

“We are at the beginning stages of transforming the U campus into a college town,” said Taylor Randall, president of the University of Utah. “Housing is a critical component of this transformation and by guaranteeing first-year students a place to belong, they will be more successful academically and socially and help us toward our goal of revolutionizing the student experience.”