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Dining Plans

2024-2025 Plans

Flexibility and Convenience with 19 locations that include access to national brand favorites and KU Dining classics. See what dining plan best fits your schedule and location:

Living on Daisy Hill in Templin, Oswald, Self, Hashinger, Ellsworth, Downs or Naismith? The All Access plan gives unlimited access to the all-you-care-to-eat Mrs. E’s Dining Center, adjacent to Lewis Hall, and South Dining Commons, adjacent to Cora Downs Hall.

Are you living in GSP or Corbin? Select either a Blue or Crimson declining balance plans!

Living in an apartment or off-campus? Choose the 440 It has the benefits of discounted pricing at Mrs. E’s and reduced/no delivery charges when using it for Grub Hub off-campus. See details below:

Access Plan

  • Cost: $4,662 annually

    • $2,331* billed semesterly 
  • Unlimited access to Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons, KU Dining's exclusive all-you-care-to-eat dining halls 
  • $300 per semester of dining dollars available at 19 KU Dining locations for when you’re on campus & don’t have time to run back to your residence hall. 
    • $200 of these funds are only eligible to be used at an on-campus retail location  
    • $100 of the funds may be used at off campus restaurants through an active GrubHub account. 
    • Please note that Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them. 
    • These funds are reloadable  

GrubHub: $200 is loaded each semester onto an eligible student GrubHub account. These Dining Dollars are applicable toward off-campus GrubHub purchases and all on-campus purchases.

*$100 operation surcharge is applied per semester out of initial costs. The fee is to help offset the costs associated with back-end systems & and infrastructure, Repairs and maintenance, and major deferred maintenance to support the dining service program. 

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Declining Balance Plans

  • Cost: $4,540 annually

    • $2,270* billed semesterly 
  • Plans are loaded with $2,170 Dining Dollars per semester and decline from balance. 
  • Eat at 19 Dining locations on campus. 
  • Includes $100 per semester for on-campus retail or off-campus use through an active GrubHub account. 
  • Roughly $135 a week or approximately 12 meals a week equivalent. 
  • Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A, and WPS Starbucks. 
  • Discount price ($1 discount for Breakfast and $2 discount for Lunch and Dinner) at all-you-care-to-eat dining locations Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons 

How do Dining Dollars work? 

  • Pay with your Dining Dollars at all campus locations
  • Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short! 
  • Please note that Crimson plan Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them

GrubHub: Funds are loaded each semester *subtracted from your initial dining plan dollars* onto an eligible student GrubHub account. These Dining Dollars are applicable toward off campus GrubHub purchases and all on campus purchases. Crimson Dining Dollars cannot be transferred to GrubHub. 

*$100 operation surcharge is applied per semester out of initial costs. The fee is to help offset the costs associated with back-end systems & and infrastructure, Repairs and maintenance, and major deferred maintenance to support the dining service program. 

 

  • Cost: $4,226 annually

    • $2,113* billed semesterly 
  • Plans are loaded with $2,013 Dining Dollars per semester and decline from balance. 
  • Eat at 19 Dining locations on campus. 
  • Roughly $125 a week or approximately 10 meals a week equivalent. 
  • Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A and WPS Starbucks. 
  • Discount price ($1 discount for Breakfast and $2 discount for Lunch and Dinner) at all-you-care-to-eat dining locations Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons 

How do Dining Dollars work? 

 

  • Pay with your Dining Dollars at all campus locations
  • Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short! 
  • Please note that Blue plan Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them. 

 

*$100 operation surcharge applied per semester. Fee is to help offset the costs associated with back-end systems & and infrastructure, Repairs and maintenance, major deferred maintenance to support the dining service program. 

 

 

Off Campus Student Plans

Cost: $440 initially

  • Eat at 19 Dining locations on campus. 
  • Plan is loaded with $440 Dining Dollars. 
  • Dining Dollars can be used on campus, or off campus through an active Grubhub account. 
  • Unused Dining Dollars roll over to the next semester with an active KU ID. 
  • Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A and WPS Starbucks. 
  • Discount price ($1 discount for Breakfast and $2 discount for Lunch and Dinner) at all-you-care-to-eat dining locations Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons 
  • For non-residence hall students 

COVID-19 Accomodations

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COVID-19 Dining Accommodations

What are Dining Dollars?

Dining Dollars: A dollar-for-dollar exchange on every purchase, Dining Dollars are used for all purchases from meals at dining centers and food courts, when you need a Starbucks coffee between classes. Dining Dollars roll over from fall to spring to an active KU card.

They also work at Mrs E’s and South Dining Commons– our all-you-care-to-eat locations on campus. Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short!

Please note that the Access, Crimson, and Blue plans are academic year plans. The dining dollars that are part of the plan will roll over from the Fall to an active Spring semester plan. Any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them.

How to sign up

Ready to sign up for your dining plan? Follow the instructions bellow!

  • On Campus Residential Housing

    • You're all set! You signed up when you completed your room selection.
  • Campus Apartments and Off Campus Apartments
    • Visit the myKU login page.
    • Log in with your KU online ID and password.
    • Select "Services."
    • Log in to housing.
    • Select a $440 plan

Don't forget to download your GrubHub app for all your campus dining needs!


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2023-2024 Plans

Off Campus Student Plans

Cost: $440 initially

  • Eat at 18 Dining locations on campus.
  • Plan is loaded with $440 Dining Dollars.
  • Dining Dollars can be used on campus, or off campus through an active Grubhub account.
  • Unused Dining Dollars roll over to the next semester with an active KU ID.
  • Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A and WPS Starbucks.
  • For non-residence hall students

Flexibility and Convenience with 19 locations that include access to national brand favorites and KU Dining classics. See what dining plan best fits your schedule and location:

Living on Daisy Hill in Templin, Oswald, Self, Hashinger, Ellsworth, Downs or Naismith? The All Access plan gives unlimited access to the all-you-care-to-eat Mrs. E’s Dining Center, adjacent to Lewis Hall, and South Dining Commons, adjacent to Cora Downs Hall.

Are you living in GSP or Corbin? Select either a Blue or Crimson declining balance plans!

Living in an apartment or off-campus? Choose the 440 It has the benefits of discounted pricing at Mrs. E’s and reduced/no delivery charges when using it for Grub Hub off-campus. See details below:

Declining Balance Plans

  • Cost: $4,025 annually
  • Plan is billed and loaded with $2,012.50 Dining Dollars per semester and decline from balance.
  • Eat at 18 Dining locations on campus.
  • Approximately 10 meals/week equivalent.
  • Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A and WPS Starbucks.
  • Reduced pricing for all-you-care-to-eat at Mrs. E's.

How do Dining Dollars work?

Pay with your Dining Dollars at all campus locations.

Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short!

Please note that Blue plan Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them.

  • Cost: $4,325 annually
  • Plan is billed and loaded with $2,162.50 Dining Dollars per semester and decline from balance.
  • Eat at 18 Dining locations on campus 
  • Includes $100 per semester for off campus use through an active GrubHub account.
  • Approximately 12 meals/week equivalent.
  • Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A and WPS Starbucks.
  • Reduced pricing for all-you-care-to-eat at Mrs. E's.

How do Dining Dollars work?

Pay with your Dining Dollars at all campus locations.

Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short!

Please note that Crimson plan Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them.

GrubHub: $100 is loaded each semester *subtracted from your initial dining plan dollars* onto an eligible student GrubHub account. These Dining Dollars are applicable toward off campus GrubHub purchases and all on campus purchases. Crimson Dining Dollars can not be transferred to GrubHub.

Access Plan

  • Cost: $4,440 annually
  • Unlimited access to Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons*, KU Dining's exclusive All you Care to Eat dining halls
  • $200 per semester of Dining dollars available for on campus at 18 KU Dining locations. These funds are limited to $200 per semester and are reloadable and may be used at off campus restaurants through an active GrubHub account.

GrubHub: $200 is loaded each semester onto an eligible student GrubHub account. These Dining Dollars are applicable toward off campus GrubHub purchases and all on campus purchases.

*South Dining Commons option added July 11, 2023.

View a 2-Week Sample Menu