The cost will vary depending on the type of housing one selects. Sharing an apartment with other students is much cheaper than living with a family or living on one's own. Students with rent a room from a family or rent an apartment. They work very closely with the University and most Richmond students have been pleased with their service. Students would normally rent a room and pay on a monthly or weekly basis.
Students select housing upon arrival.
This gives students the opportunity to select and view the rooms before making a commitment. Each applicant should have two reference letters from faculty members. One of the letters should be from a professor in the student's major. Letters should state the student's academic ability, major work completed thus far, level of maturity. An interview and meeting in Spanish with Dr. Aurora Hermida-Ruiz in the Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures is also required.