RHU offers its students the opportunity to live on its on-campus housing in Mechref and share a rich community life on its beautiful green campus. We offer quality housing facilities and services to ensure a wholesome living environment that include laundry facilities, kitchens, snack facilities, TV common rooms, study rooms and others. The dormitories are also staffed with caring attendants that strive to promote a safe, secure, and healthy environment where individual differences are respected.
It is the responsibility of each RHU dormitory student and staff member to familiarize themselves with policies and procedures relevant to their area of work, and to adhere to its contents. A student housing agreement explaining the dormitory policies and regulations should be signed by all accepted students.
To apply for RHU Dormitory Facility, the student is required to fill out the Dormitory Facility Application Form and pay a refundable deposit of 300,000 LBP at the Finance Department to reserve a room. Students who fill out an application but do not pay the deposit fee are not considered to be registered in RHU Dormitory Facility.
Registration in RHU Dormitory Facility is based on availability of rooms; i.e. once rooms are fully occupied the Administration will stop accepting new applications from students. Therefore, students who are planning to join the facility are advised to reserve their rooms early enough to ensure the availability of an accommodation on the university premises.
Upon signing the application, the student agrees to abide by the Residence Life Rules and Regulations, which are enacted to ensure a pleasant, secure, and equitable standards-of-living to all residents.
Overnight visitors are only allowed to stay after the dorm resident as filled out a Visitor Form and got the approval from the concerned parties. Guests will be charged for their stay. The form should be submitted to the SAO and charges should be paid at the Finance Department. The maximum duration for any overnight visitor is 4 nights.
The housing policies represent the building stone of a safe and secure dormitory at Rafik Hariri University. Those policies are to govern and supervise the housing facilities at RHU, to maintain a safe and healthy environment for students living away from home.
General Policies:
Residence Life Policies:
Move-In: Student Housing will open two days prior to the beginning of every academic semester to allow residents to move in. Residents must always inform their respective Dorm Attendant of their exact date of moving in and must move-in personally. During moving-in, residents receive their room keys and fill out a room inventory form that includes a list of all furniture and assets handed in at the time of check-in.
Move-Out:
During room inspection, the inventory form signed by the student at the beginning of the semester will be reviewed to ensure that all room furniture and assets are turned in by the resident free of damage. RHU Administration shall deduct the cost of damage(s) inflicted by the student on furniture and assets from the deposit that the resident has paid at the beginning of the semester. The student account will be charged for the remaining balance if damage(s) exceed(s) 300,000 LBP deposit.
Renewal or Termination:
At the end of every semester, if a resident wishes to renew his/her stay for the following semester he/she should notify the dorm attendants by email. If a resident is not willing to renew her/his stay in the Dormitory Facility, he/she is required to vacate his/her room within 48 hours of the last final exam.