Each house has its own elected officers, and has wide power to arrange its own social events and preserve its own traditions. The immediate supervision of the activities of each house is the responsibility of the house Resident Associate, generally a married graduate student or younger faculty member. In addition to the student houses, the Institute maintains two apartment buildings, two dormitories, and a number of off-campus houses. Typically two or three students share an apartment. Depending upon size, the off-campus houses have a capacity of four to ten students.
Mail is delivered daily to the student mailboxes.
Students should use their mailbox number, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91126, to facilitate handling of mail at the campus post office. Avery House Made possible by a gift from trustee R. Stanton Avery, this innovative residential complex was designed by Moore, Ruble, Yudell and completed in September of 1996. Located at the north end of the campus, Avery House has rooms for about 100 undergraduates and 25 graduate students, in addition to four faculty apartments and a visitor's apartment. Avery House hosts a regular series of lectures, performances, and social events open to the campus, and the house invites distinguished visitors to be in residence for varying lengths of time. The SAC is located in the basement of the south undergraduate housing complex and is open for student use 24 hours a day.