Packing List

For Move-in Day

• Photo ID and UCF ID
• Your preferred personal cleaning supplies and hand sanitizers
  • Residents will be expected to take personal responsibility for cleanliness and sanitation in their spaces.
• Dolly or hand truck
  • Residents may check out moving bins, but equipment is limited. Photo ID is required to use equipment. Failure to return equipment within two hours to the location you checked it out at will result in a charge of at least $50 to your student account
• Bottled water
• Umbrella

For Your Room

• Bedding:
  • Apollo, Libra, Nike, Hercules, Neptune, Lake Claire, Rosen: x-long twin (80″)
  • Towers: full-size
  • NorthView: queen size (full xl)
• Towels & washcloths
• Toilet paper
  • Note- toilet paper holders are still being changed out in many residence halls. If there is remaining toilet paper in your bathroom, it will not be replenished by housing. You are responsible for providing your own toilet paper when it runs out.
• Toiletries and hygiene items, including prescription medications
• Alarm clock
• Wastebasket & plastic liners
• Power strip
  • 120-volt U.L. approved/built-in manual reset 15 and circuit breaker/maximum length cord six (6) feet/maximum six (6) outlets at end of cord
• Laundry bag and supplies (HE detergent)
• Microwave (no more than 1000 watts)
• Refrigerator (no more than 5 cubic feet)
• Shower curtains (for Towers and NorthView residents)
• Your computer and/or other devices
• Ethernet cable
  • For items that cannot connect to the UCF Wi-Fi network; for more information on wireless internet connectivity, visit UCF IT
• Toilet plunger
• Optional: Television

Bikes

• You are allowed to have a bicycle on campus as long as you secure it properly to a bike rack outside

Apartments (addl. items)

• Pots & pans
• Cooking utensils
• Eating utensils
• Dishes
• Only permitted in the kitchen of apartment styles: Toaster ovens, toasters, rice cookers, crock pots, air fryers, and George Foreman grills.

Items to Leave at Home

• Animals (other than fish in a 10 gallon or smaller tank)
  • For information regarding the approval process of service animals, click here.
• All decorative, holiday, and battery-operated lights (including LED string lights)
• Bed lofts or risers
  • Bed mattresses will be raised to their highest level prior to move-in. Additional lifts or risers of any kind are not permitted.
• Waterbeds
• Octopus, torchiere lamps, and Light bulbs or lamps that utilize halogen gas
• Wall decorations covering more than twenty percent of each individual wall
• Scented plug-ins
• Curtains used in hallways, windows, or as partitions
• Firearms, explosives, or any sharp weaponry
• Any type of gun/weapon (toy, bb guns, airsoft guns, pellet guns, bow and arrow, etc.)
• Illegal drugs
• WiFi routers
• Heaters, hot plates, and other “open element” appliances
• Devices using an open flame, such as candles, portable gas stoves, grills, fondue pots, gas burner hot plates, or gas lanterns
• Toaster ovens, toasters, rice cookers, crock pots, air fryers, and George Foreman grills (Note: these are only allowed in our apartment-style kitchens)
  • Be aware that if your appliance sets off the fire alarm, the fee is a minimum of $375.
• Bikes
  • You are allowed to have a bicycle on campus as long as you secure it properly to a bike rack outside. However, we find that the majority of students who bring a bike to campus never use it throughout the year. Carefully consider whether you will actually use your bike before bringing it to campus. You may not keep your bicycle inside any housing facility for any reason.