Updated MIT policy: https://studentlife.mit.edu/housing/housing-policies/guests
An extended guest may/may not be a family member who is not a dependent of the resident and who wishes to stay in the residence for longer than three consecutive days in a seven-day period (current overnight guest policy). Extended guests cannot change their status to dependent residents. For the purposes of MIT housing, dependent residents are the minor-age children of the student resident.
Extended-stay guests may stay in residence up to 14 days, with approval from the Associate Dean for Graduate Residential Life. A graduate family may request to have up to two (2) extended guests visit at the same time and may make one (1) extended-guest request during a calendar year.
Guests must sleep in the host’s apartment. Guests are prohibited from sleeping in common spaces or other public spaces on campus.
Extended-stay guests will not be provided keys or temporary IDs to access the residence hall and are expected to stay with their host.
Extended guests must be registered and approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Residential Life. You may/should complete this form. (up to two guests with the same arrival and departure date).
Always ensure your guest/s abide by all policies during their stay.
While we recognize that certain familial relationships or cultural norms may extend beyond that of a dependent, non-dependents may not remain in MIT family housing beyond the maximum permissible stay of 14 days because it will jeopardize the tax-exempt status of MIT student housing, drain resources, facilities and services that are not intended for use by non-MIT students, create additional liability (and potentially uninsurable) risks, and is not sustainable from a parity perspective. Any violation or abuse (including, without limitation, stay beyond the time authorized by MIT Housing) of this extended stay policy, may result in any or all of the following consequences:
- Suspension of extended-stay guest privileges for the remainder of your license term
- Immediate termination of your license
- Ineligibility to apply for MIT campus housing in the future
- Charges for unauthorized guests beyond the time permitted by MIT, equivalent to double the daily rate of your license fee until the unauthorized guest leaves or is escorted off premises.
We expect and appreciate your compliance with MIT’s guest policy.
If you have any questions regarding the process, please contact Michael Collins, the House Manager, at collinsm@mit.edu.
