Dining Plans
2023-2024 Plans Now Available!
Flexibility and Convenience with 18 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, Lewis, 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. If you think you’ll eat most of your meals on-campus, choose the Crimson or Blue.
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:
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
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.
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 dining dollars that are part of the Crimson and Blue plans are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the year 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!
