Before Arriving

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Before Arriving

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Before arriving, you will need to submit the required forms and note the resources below.

Students	Requirements
US students	Submit rotation confirmation form to secure your elective
Osteopathic students	Submit rotation confirmation form to secure your elective
Osteopathic students	Submit payment form to secure your elective
Global Partners	Submit rotation confirmation form to secure your elective
Global Partners	Submit arrival form to secure Student Health appointments
International Students	Submit rotation confirmation form to secure your elective
	Submit payment form to secure your elective
	Submit arrival form to secure Student Health appointments

Resources
Housing
Chicago Transit Information (directions, parking, shuttle, public transit, airports)
Rotation Locations
Campus Life

Housing

On-campus housing
On-campus housing is available through the Graduate Housing department.
Other resources are listed below.

(Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine provides the resources below as a guide for short-term housing. We do not endorse any of the options listed below).

Chicago Getaway Hostel International Hostel near Children's Memorial Hospital.

Chicago.craigslist.org

DeWitt Place Housing: Temporary furnished apartments near Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Contact the office at 312-642-7020.

Graduate housing at Northwestern

Habitat Corporate Suites Network: Temporary furnished apartments near Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Contact Patty Fingello at pfingello@habitat.com for availability and rates.

Hostelling International Chicago Contact Faye DeJuarez, Assistant General Manager, fdejuarez@hichicago.org, 312-583-2222

Justpassingthrough.com: An excellent yet economical choice for your stay in the Windy City! Furnished private monthly rentals located in the Gold Coast within walking distance to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Choose us and you receive a full size bed, kitchen, cable tv and internet access. Call (312) 501-3310 or email us at info@justpassingthrough.com

Marriott Execustay: Temporary housing and furnished apartments with a familiar name in downtown Chicago. Contact Susan Carter at susan.carter2@marriott.com or 312-729-5161 (office) or 312-804-0860 (cell).

MedBed,Inc

Student-space.com

Sublet.com

The Rotating Room
A 4th year Harvard Medical Student has created a site for other medical students that are seeking temporary housing for an away rotation or would like to post a temporary housing vacancy can coordinate sublets with other students across the country.

Oakwood Corporate Housing: Temporary furnished apartments near Northwestern Memorial Hospital. A Northwestern University rate is available for either a studio, 1 bedroom, or 2 bedroom apartments. Please contact Megan Callison or 312.894.6517 for more information on availability and pricing.

Chicago Campus Transit Information

Directions to the Chicago Campus

Chicago Campus Parking

Chicago Campus Shuttle

Public Transportation

Chicago Airports

Rotation Locations

Rotations are offered at 2 different locations:

Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago campus)– in the heart of downtown Chicago, near the Water Tower. Neighborhoods that are within walking distance to Northwestern’s Chicago campus and Northwestern Memorial Hospital are Streeterville, Gold Coast, River North and the Magnificent Mile

Children's Memorial Hospital (Lincoln Park campus)– several miles north of the Chicago campus. There is a Northwestern University McGaw shuttle from the Chicago campus to Children's Memorial Hospital. Tickets may be purchased from the parking office. (shuttle information above)

Campus Life

Please click here for more information.