Students live in the foreign student dormitory at Nanjing University. Participants are paired up and live in a triple with a Chinese roommate studying in the Chinese department. Academic year students live in a double room with one Chinese roommate. Each room has a telephone for receiving calls and each floor has communal bathrooms. Each room also has a ceiling fan that can be used year round.
Students are free to use their meal stipends in the cafeterias or in local restaurants.
Students who participate in the academic year program may continue to live in the dormitory during the semester break at no additional expense. Students who continue to a different Council location for the spring semester have to make their own arrangements if they want to stay in the dormitory.