Subletting at CUIMC

Taking time away from campus to pursue fieldwork or research? If you live in Tower 1, Tower 2, Tower 3, 154 Haven Ave or Georgian Residence., you can sublet your apartment and guarantee that your housing is available upon your return.

Housing can only be sublet to full-time CUIMC affiliates. If you live in 50 Haven Ave., you cannot sublet your space.

Are You Eligible to Sublet Your Space?

If you want to sublet your Columbia University Irving Medical Center housing space, you must meet the following criteria:

• You are a full-time affiliate of CUIMC and hold a University occupancy agreement.
• You will be participating in approved academic fieldwork or research outside the metropolitan area
  or you will be away from the medical center during the summer intersession vacation when you are not registered for classes.
• You will resume residence of your apartment at the expiration of this sublet period for a minimum of one semester.
• You are up to date with your monthly rental payments.

Who can be a Subtenant?

• A subtenant must be affiliated with CUIMC during the time they will be staying in the sublet space. This can include visiting scholars, visiting graduate students, summer student employee, visiting researcher, CUIMC summer graduate student, etc.
• In apartment shares, where students are sharing a living space with other students, we require that students sublet only to a subtenant of the same gender as the tenant. For example, a male tenant may only sublet to another male, and a female only to another female. There are no exceptions to this policy.
• A subtenant CANNOT be a current full-time faculty or staff member. 

How Do You Sublet Your Space?

If you want to sublet your apartment during the summer or when conducting approved academic fieldwork or research outside the metropolitan area, you must complete the sublet application via the housing portal, once you have found a potential subtenant. The application can be found in the Application & Placement section of the portal and must be submitted 15 days in advance. 

Allow one week for your application to be processed and approved. We'll email you notifying you of your approval or if you need to submit further documentation.

As the tenant of record, you will remain liable for the payment of rent and compliance with other terms and conditions of your occupancy agreement during the sublet period. Only one sublet will be considered per academic term.

If you sublet without our written consent, you will be subject to legal action.

Advertising Your Sublet

We can assist you in your search for a tenant. Email us at housingservices@cumc.columbia.edu with all the relevant information regarding your sublet. We'll email it to anyone who requests our latest sublet list.

Searching for a Sublet?

Email us at housingservices@cumc.columbia.edu for a list of available sublets.