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LIVING AT SMU
SMU offers the best of two worlds -- a spacious, park-like campus in a safe
and prestigious residential neighborhood that's less than 10 minutes from downtown
Dallas. With 73 buildings on the University's 163-acre grounds, getting from
class to class is easy.
The Hughes-Trigg Student Center is a virtual Main Street under one roof -- offering restaurants, a post office, snack shop, lounges, and a game room, as well as a box office, convenience store, art gallery, theater, and offices for student organizations. Our campus is also within easy walking distance of shopping, retail services, and restaurants, and a short shuttle bus or DART Rail ride from malls, entertainment, night life, professional sports and concert venues, and other attractions.
Living On Campus
SMU has 14 residence halls, including "theme halls" for honors students, arts students, students who are active in community service, and students who prefer a substance-free environment.
All residence halls have Ethernet connections in each room. If you don't have a computer of your own, several community terminals are available in each hall. The University guarantees housing to all first-year students who pay deposits by May 1.
For more information about living on the University campus, visit SMU's Residence Life and Student Housing home page. Find a page describing the features of each residence hall and community at their Living in the Residence Halls page.
Living Off Campus
Many international students live off campus in non-SMU housing. The following apartments are competitively priced and are on or near the Mustang Express shuttle route:
Signature Pointe Apartments
www.apartmentguide.com
AOL keyword "Signature Pointe"Amesbury Parc Apartments
www.amesburyparc.comThe Village Apartments
www.thevillageapts.comThe Plaza on Lovers Lane
www.jpi.comWhen using the Jefferson Properties Web site, click on "Apartment Communities," then select "Texas," "Dallas," and "The Plaza on Lovers Lane." This is the only Jefferson apartment complex near SMU.
John Holmes Real Estate Company
214-369-3913These properties are usually within a five-minute walk of SMU and tend to be less expensive.
Hotels
Find a list of nearby hotels in the Student Prearrival Packet.
Ride DART For Free With Your SMU ID
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) serves the SMU neighborhood and many other communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. All University students and scholars may ride DART at no charge with their University ID card -- with unlimited access to all bus, light rail, and commuter rail service, including the Trinity Railway Express from downtown Dallas to DFW International Airport and Fort Worth.
The Mustang Express shuttle bus provides fast, frequent, and free service to the SMU campus from the Mockingbird Lane DART Rail station and many apartment complexes near the University. The shuttle route also covers many shopping and entertainment areas near the SMU campus.
Learn more about Dallas and Fort Worth:
- Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau
- DFW.Com
- Dallas/Fort Worth @ Yahoo!
