Residential Life - OUAZ-Surprise

The OUAZ-Surprise campus is a residential campus that requires all full-time students to participate in a University meal plan. A full-time student is also required to reside in University-sponsored housing, provided it is available, unless such student meets one or more of the following criteria:

• is married;

• has legal custody of a child who resides with them at least 50% of the time;

• has attained a legal age of 21 prior to August 1 for the fall semester or January 1 for the spring semester;

• has lived in Ottawa University-sponsored housing for 6 or more semesters (fall or spring);

• resides with his/her parent(s)/legal guardian(s) in one of the following Arizona towns/cities: Avondale, Buckeye, Deer Valley, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Sun City West, Surprise, Tolleson, Waddell, Wittman, and Youngtown.  

Students requesting to live off campus must submit the Residency Requirement Exemption Form. The OUAZ On-Campus Residency Committee considers all requests for an exception to the Residency Requirement based on extenuating circumstances. The committee meets in October, November, December, February, March, June, July, and August. The university reserves the right to consider each request on a case-by-case basis and to require any documentation deemed necessary to verify the information submitted with the request. Individuals requesting an exemption are advised to refrain from purchasing property or signing a lease prior to receiving notification of approval from the committee. Because this is a request for an exception to a requirement, the determination of the committee is final with no further right to an appeal.