Each apartment is designed to comfortably accommodate four students or a family. Birnam Wood has two accessible apartments for students with disabilities, complete with washer and dryer. Requests by freshmen to live in Birnam Wood will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Kitchen units are provided, but residents must furnish accessories.
Bathrooms separate the shower and toilet from the sink area.
Birnam Wood apartments are available for full-year occupancy. Graduate students and families are located in one of the seven buildings at Birnam Wood. Transportation is readily available by Whatcom Transit Authority buses during the day and in the evening the University Residences shuttle makes stops at other campus locations and a nearby shopping center. Bedrooms have buck beds and desks. Living rooms feature a sofa, chair, end and coffee tables and lamps.