Columbia University Housing

Guests

A guest is any person who does not live in the 17 residence halls, the Brownstones, or Carlton Arms as a 3/2 Engineering students and will not be accompanied by their hosts at all times. Guests may enter and exit their hosts’ residence hall alone; however, a guest must carry a Guest Pass at all times.

• Guests may only enter the building where their host lives.

• Overnight stays for one individual are limited to five days in any consecutive 30 day period. An overnight stay is defined as any stay within the hours of 11:00pm and 8:00am.

• No permanent guests are permitted.

• You must remain on campus while hosting any guests.

• Guests must be accommodated in their host’s room and are not allowed to sleep in floor lounges or other public spaces without express permission from the Assistant Dean for Community Development and Residential Programs.

• Under no circumstances will the Hospitality Desk issue keys directly to a guest or authorize a guest to enter a host’s room if not in the presence of the host.

Visitors

A visitor is any person who does not live in the 17 residence halls, the Brownstones, or Carlton Arms as a 3/2 Engineering student, and who will be accompanied by his or her host at all times. Visitors must sign in at the security log to enter and leave a picture ID with the security attendant.

• Overnight stays for one individual are limited to five days in any consecutive 30 day period. An overnight stay is defined as any stay within the hours of 11:00pm and 8:00am.

• Visitors must be accompanied by his or her host at all times.

• No permanent visitors are allowed.

• Visitors must be accommodated in their host’s room and are not allowed to sleep in floor lounges or other public spaces.

Access Policy Violations by Guests and Visitors

• Policy violations requiring immediate action (removal from the residence hall and/or revocation of guest or visitor privileges) will be referred to the building’s Assistant/Associate Director and Dean’s Discipline process.

• If the policy violation results in the arrest of the host and/or guest or visitor, the guest pass or visitor privileges will be immediately revoked by Public Safety.

• Public Safety will maintain a list of all guests and visitors who are not permitted access to residence halls and a list of hosts who are not permitted to sign in guests or visitors. Decisions on the reinstatement of guest or visitor privileges and of a host’s privilege to sign in guests or visitors will be made for undergraduate halls by the Office of Judicial Affairs.