The Studio Academic Residence Community (ARC)

A living community designed for busy performing arts majors. Music, theater, and television and film arts majors welcome! 

Why Live in the The Studio ARC?

Students who live in The Studio will be grouped with like-minded friends in the Performing Arts. Music, theater, and television and film arts majors share common interests and busy extra-curricular lives. Consider living with people who are as committed to their craft as you are to yours! There is also the opportunity to create cross-curricular collaboration projects and activities with people you meet in your suite! 

Location

In 2025-26 The Studio will be located in Tower 1. 

Residence Life reserves the right to move the community to another building if there is sufficient demand to warrant a larger community or not enough interest to warrant a smaller community. 

How to Apply

All students are eligible to live in an ARC, no matter its location. When applying to live on-campus: 

  1. Under “Add a New Living Request” select Request Type ‘Academic Residential Community’. 
  1. Select your preferred ARC from the list.  
  1. Click ‘Add’  

You may select more than one ARC, however you will only be able to live in one ARC. It is recommended that you rank your preferred ARCs. 

If selected, you will be notified via Buffalo State University email that you have been selected to live in the ARC. If you would like to withdraw your request to live in an ARC and instead live in a non-ARC community, you will email reslife@buffalostate.edu after you have been selected. 

Once selected, you will only be able to select rooms and roommates that are associated with your ARC. If you have a preferred roommate who is not selected to be part of the ARC, then you will need to select another roommate or withdraw your request to live in the ARC. 

All students wishing to live in an ARC, must complete their housing application and ARC requests by July 1.