Packing Guidelines

What is in Included in Your Room

All Residence Halls rooms are equipped with:

  • Standard twin-size bed (in all buildings except Turner Hall and Knowles Hall, which have extra-long beds)
  • Desk
  • Dresser
  • Closet
  • Chair
  • Bookshelf
  • Overhead lights
  • Network connection
  • Wastebasket
  • Window coverings
  • Coinless washers and dryers available in the laundry room 

Pantzer Hall suites' common living area also has a refrigerator, microwave, large storage closet, a furnished living room, and two bathrooms. Miller Hall pods also have a refrigerator, microwave, and a living room furnished with a two-seat sofa and sofa table. Miller Hall singles also have a refrigerator and microwave.

Things to Bring from Home

Students should review the UM Housing Student Handbook found on the Policies page prior to packing. 

Students should bring:

  • Personal care items, toiletry basket, shower shoes
  • Standard twin-size sheets (in all buildings except Turner Hall and Knowles Hall , which have extra-long beds), blankets, pillow, mattress pad
  • Clothes hangers
  • Bath towels
  • School supplies
  • Desk study lamp
  • Laundry basket or bag, laundry detergent

Student could bring:

  • Television
  • Radio
  • Throw rugs
  • Pictures/posters
  • Bathrobe
  • Desk organizer
  • Small fan
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator (under 4.0 cubic feet space)

Things to Leave at Home

The following items are not allowed in the Residence Halls:

  • Barbecues and grills
  • Candles and incense
  • Crockpots
  • Electric fryers
  • Electric grills and sandwich makers/presses
  • Electric woks
  • Fog, smoke, and haze machines
  • Hookahs, hookah smoking accessories, e-cigarettes, vaporizers
  • Hot plates
  • Hoverboards, Swagways, IO Hawks, Skywalkers and similar devices
  • Pets (other than fish in a tank 10 gallons or less)
  • Portable space heaters
  • Pressure cookers and instant pots
  • Rice cookers
  • Toasters and toaster ovens
  • Air conditioners are not allowed in the residence halls unless approved by Office for Disability Equity.