Mesa Court
The first residential community to be built on the campus in 1965, Mesa Court has grown to 29 halls, and houses roughly 1,800 students (including student staff). Each hall is coeducational with single-sex suites, and houses between 52-66 students in single, double, and triple occupancy rooms.

Middle Earth
The first phase of Middle Earth opened in 1975 with seven halls. Middle Earth now spans 24 halls, housing roughly 1,600 students (including student staff). Each hall houses between 48 and 72 students in single, double, and triple occupancy rooms. Suites are designed to accommodate both coed and single-gender living, and there is one all female hall in the complex.

Campus Village
Opened in 1980, Campus Village consists of 199 apartments that house 796 students (including student staff). Each apartment houses four students sharing 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, a living/dining area, and either a balcony or a patio. Apartments are occupied by a single gender (male/female), and there are both furnished and unfurnished units. Campus Village offers both year-round (12 month) and academic year (9 month) contracts. Campus Village houses continuing students, incoming transfer students, and a limited number of freshmen (as overflow housing when residence halls and Arroyo Vista are filled).

Vista del Campo, Vista del Campo Norte and Camino del Sol:

Continuing Student Housing
Vista del Campo, Vista del Campo Norte and Camino del Sol are privately-owned and managed communities on the UCI campus, offering furnished apartments with individual 12-month leases for undergraduates. Sophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible to live in Vista del Campo and Vista del Campo Norte.  Juniors and seniors are eligible to live in Camino del Sol.  Students with a housing guarantee are given priority for VdC and VdC Norte assignments.

Arroyo Vista : Continuing and Transfer Student Housing
Located on the east side of campus, Arroyo Vista consists of 42 “theme houses" and houses about roughly 1,000 students (including student staff).  Each house accommodates either 16, 24, or 32 students, in double occupancy rooms. Each house has its own living room, dining room and kitchen, where residents share facilities and prepare their own meals. (Students living in Arroyo Vista have the option to purchase one of the voluntary meal plans listed on the UCI Dining Web site.) The houses include both academic theme houses which are sponsored by specific departments on campus, as well as fraternity and sorority chapter houses. Resident involvement in house functions is a core value in Arroyo Vista, and each house provides many unique opportunities for residents, faculty house sponsors, and guests to participate in educational and other enrichment activities. Arroyo Vista houses transfer students, and continuing students.

Palo Verde: Graduate students, law students, medical students (excluding interns and residents), single or families; Undergraduates with a spouse, domestic partner or children, or who are 25 years of age or older
Palo Verde is a year-round community consisting of 652 apartments--studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments—housing roughly 1105 students (some with families). Palo Verde underwent a major expansion which was completed Fall 2005.

Verano Place: Graduate students, law students, medical students (excluding interns and residents), single or families; Undergraduates with a spouse, domestic partner or children, or who are 25 years of age or older
Verano Place is a year-round community consisting of 862 one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, housing roughly 1,235 students (some with families). Single students are assigned to 2 or 3-bedroom single gender apartments (one student per bedroom).

A new phase of apartments are under construction in Verano Place, scheduled to be completed by fall 2012.

Vista del Campo, Vista del Campo Norte and Puerta del Sol:

Graduate students, law students, medical students (single or married/domestic partners without children)
Vista del Campo, Vista del Campo Norte and Puerta del Sol are privately owned and managed communities on the UCI campus, offering furnished apartments with 12-month individual leases.