Living-Learning Programs At A Glance
Residential Colleges
| LLP | Focus | Residence Hall | Required Major? | Required Course |
Contract Length |
Room Style |
| Honors Residential Commons | Inspiring personal development, curiosity, and lifelong learning in Honors students. | East AJ | No (Honors College preferred) | No | 2 year | Traditional |
| Leadership and Social Change Residential College | A community focused on the intersection of leadership and social justice. | O'Shaughnessy | No | Yes | 2 year | Traditional |
| Residential College at West AJ | A community of students grouped into one of four houses and engaged in a wide range of meaningful events. | West AJ | No | No | 2 year | Traditional |
Living-Learning Communities
| LLP | Focus | Residence Hall | Required Major? | Required Course |
Contract Length |
Room Style |
| Aurora | A community centered on interfaith engagement and dialogue. | Harper Hall | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Casa Maderni | A community centered at the Steger Center for International Scholarship | Steger Center | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Corps of Cadets | A four-year leadership development program. | Upper Quad Halls | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Digerati | Explore information technology and its global impact. | Pritchard Hall | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Galileo | A community for male engineering majors. | Pritchard Hall | Yes (Engineering) | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| GenerationOne | A community for first-generation college students. |
Slusher Tower | No | No | 1 year | Traditional |
| Hillcrest Honors | A small, tight-knit community for students in the Honors College. |
Hillcrest Hall | No (Honors College preferred) | No | 1 year | Suite |
| Hypatia | A community for female engineering majors. | Pritchard Hall | Yes (Engineering) | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Impact | A community of students focused on data analytics and its applications to societal problems and opportunities. | Cochrane Hall | No | Yes | 1 year | Suite |
| Innovate | A community for entreprenuers and students interested in start-up culture. | Creativity & Innovation District | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Lavender House | A community of and for LGBTQ+ students and allies. | O'Shaughnessy | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Meraki | A community of students interested in pursuing well-being. | Payne Hall | No | Yes | 1 year | Suite |
| Mozaiko | A community of students engaged in intercultural living and learning. | Harper Hall | No | No | 1 year | Suite |
| Orion | A community of students who are majoring in science-related fields. | New Residence Hall East | Yes, specific majors listed on Orion's website | Yes | 1 year | Suite |
| Reach | An interdisciplinary community of learners, who share the common purpose of dedicating their life in service of others. | Slusher Tower | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Rhizome | A community of students engaged in design and systems thinking to tackle global challenges. | Creativity & Innovation District | No | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Securitas | A community for human-centered innovators who will work across disciplines to build, manage and safeguard cyber spaces. | Cochrane Hall | No | Yes | 1 year | Suite |
| Studio 72 | A community of students interested in the arts and creativity. | Creativity & Innovation District | No | No | 1 year | Traditional |
| The Roost | A supportive recovery-focused community for diverse student journeys to well-being. | Payne Hall | No | No | 1 year | Suite |
| Thrive | A community that utilizes a strengths-based approach to help students achieve goals and create their unique Virginia Tech experience. | Pritchard Hall | No | No | 1 year | Traditional |
| Transfer Experience | A community for the developement of transfer students. | Newman Hall | No, but must be a transfer student | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |
| Ujima | A community of students interested in learning about and supporting Black/African-American culture. | Peddrew-Yates Hall | No | Yes | 1 year | Suite |
| VIA | A community that helps undeclared and University Studies students define career goals and declare a degree seeking major. | Newman Hall | Yes, undeclared or University Studies | Yes | 1 year | Traditional |