- 12PM (noon) November 10, 2026 - 12PM (noon) January 24, 2027: Sublicensors can create sublicense listings
- 12PM (noon) November 16, 2026: Winter sublicense applications open
- December 9, 2026 - February 7, 2027: Sublicensing occupancy range
Reminder: Sublicense listings and applications will not be reviewed or processed during the following dates, as as MIT will be closed:
- November 11, 2026
- November 26-27, 2026
- December 25-31, 2026
- January 1, 2027
- January 18, 2027
The Sublicense Center allows you to:
- Find apartments or rooms on campus that are available to sublicense from the current resident
- post your own room or apartment for sublicensing by another MIT affiliate
Sublicensing Policies
Terminology
Sublicense - MIT students who live in on-campus housing have been granted a license to live in their units - not a lease. For this reason, we use the term sublicense rather than the more common term sublet.
Sublicensor - If you are the legal license holder of a unit in MIT on-campus housing (resident) and you would like to sublicense it to another MIT affiliate, you are the sublicensor.
- Sublicensee - Current MIT affiliate who sublicenses an MIT on-campus housing unit from a current legal license holder through the Sublicense process. Alumni, families of students, Draper, Broad, and Whitehead employees and/or temporary staffing agencies like NextSource are NOT eligible for on-campus housing.
Sublicensor Guidelines:
Undergraduate residents in Graduate Housing assignments are not permitted to sublicense.
Current residents may not sublicense on behalf of visiting family members.
Current residents may not sublicense another apartment on-campus during the dates they are the license holder for their current assignment.
The sublicensor will continue to be billed as usual during the sublicense period and is responsible for collecting housing fees from the sublicensee.
- The sublicensor must not charge more than the housing rates stated on the website for the current year. A sublicensor cannot include house tax in their rate.
The sublicensor can advertise their sublicense on the MIT Off-Campus website. Advertising is prohibited on Craigslist, Airbnb, or other similar sites.
The sublicensor is responsible for explaining house-specific policies to their sublicensee.
- Residents are prohibited from giving their MIT ID card to anyone else, including sublicensees.
Sublicensee Guidelines:
All sublicensees must be at least 18 years of age.
Sublicensees may not be current or rising first-year undergraduate students.
Do not apply for more than one sublicense within the same date range.
Sublicensees looking for housing that can accommodate a partner and/or children may only sublicense family housing units and must provide proof of family status (https://graduatehousing.mit.edu/housing-for-families) to Housing & Residential Services before being approved for a sublicense. The sublicensee must live with their family in the sublicensed unit.
Rooms in individual student housing are for individual sublicensees only.
Couples' units in individual housing cannot be sublicensed to families with children or additional legal dependents.
- Sublicensees are required to abide by all of MIT’s rules and regulations, all housing policies, as well as all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and the rules and regulations of the sublicensed residence.
General Sublicensing Rules
Sublicenses are only available during the summer and IAP/winter break.
Sublicense advertisements are MIT Certificate protected. Only affiliates of MIT - students, faculty, staff, and visiting faculty, students, and scholars - are eligible to sublicense apartments. Sublicenses can be advertised on the MIT Off-Campus website, but cannot be posted on any other site (e.g., AirBnB, Craigslist, etc).
Reminder: Alumni, families of students, Draper, Broad, and Whitehead employees and or temporary staffing agencies like NextSource are NOT eligible for on-campus housing.A room may be sublicensed to someone of the opposite sex only with the written approval of all roommates in the suite/apartment.
A refundable deposit of up to $300 may be requested by the sublicensor.
The space cannot be occupied until the sublicense has been approved by Housing & Residential Services. Money or keys should not be exchanged until both the sublicensor and sublicensee have received documented approval.
Sublicense agreements are between members of the MIT community and are not an agreement with Housing & Residential Services.
If a sublicensee backs out of a sublicense, Housing & Residential Services holds no responsibility and no rent refund will be given. If the sublicensor is dealing with a sublicensee failing to complete payments, the sublicensor may explore filing a complaint in Small Claims Court: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/find-out-if-youre-eligible-to-file-a-small-claim.
- The minimum time period for sublicensing is 14 days. Any sublicense request for less than the time period stated above will be denied.
If you are experiencing any difficulties, please email graduatehousing@mit.edu or graduatejunction@americancampus.com if regarding to Graduate Junction listing/applications