Meal Plan Options
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Undergraduate Meal Plans - Your Fall choice automatically becomes your Spring choice unless you request a change within the first 2 weeks of the spring term.
Anytime Meal Plan
- Unlimited number of meal swipes for cardholder at Yale College residential dining halls and Commons ONLY.
- If you choose to transfer a lunch to a Retail Dining Facility (Divinity Cafe, Kline Cafe, Marigolds, SOM, Durfee's, and uncommon) you will be able to do so provided it is the first swipe of the lunch meal period, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Furthermore a lunch swipe at a retail location will be the only swipe permitted until the dinner meal period begins at 5:00 pm. Transferring a swipe to a retail location cancels the ability to repeat swipe in Yale College and Commons for the rest of that meal period.
- Swiping at any residential dining hall before going to a retail facility cancels the ability to transfer that meal to any retail location.
- $70 per semester in Dining Points to spend at Durfee’s, uncommon & other locations such as SOM, KBT, Marigolds, Divinity, and Blue Dog Cafe at HGS’ McDougal Center. Dining Points carry over from Fall to Spring only.
- 3 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, parents, etc.)
- $2,561 per semester
The Full Meal Plan
- Mandatory for Freshmen. Available to All! If you are a resident undergraduate student and never specifically select a meal plan, this will be your meal plan by default.
- 21 meals per week = 3 meals per day X 7 days per week. Please see Double Swiping Policy below.
- Eat as much as you want in any of the residential dining rooms or in Commons
- $2,500 per semester
Any 14 Plan Plus Dining Points Meal Plan
- Available to all except Freshmen students
- This is the default meal plan for residents of the Swing Dorm
- Any 14 meals per week
- 3 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, parents, etc.)
- $150 per semester in Dining Points to spend at Durfee’s, uncommon or the Blue Dog Café at HGS’ McDougal Center as well as SOM, KBT, Marigolds, and Divinity. Dining Points carry over from Fall to Spring only.
- Swing Dorm residents receive an additional $75 per semester in Dining Points (for a total of $225 per semester)
- $2,500 per semester
Kosher Meal Plan
- At Joseph Slifka Center's Kosher Kitchen, each meal is a chance to think about food and contemporay life… or just enjoy some good food. All undergraduate meal plans have access; others are welcome to purchase single meals. For hours of operation and service please visit the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale website.
Board meals for the upcoming week are reset at 3 am every Monday.
Swing Dorm Resident
Residents of the Swing Dorm are automatically enrolled in the Any 14 Plus Dining Points Meal Plan. Since you are living in University–supplied housing, you are not classified as off–campus and may not opt out or reduce your meal plan commitment. However, you may change to the Full Meal Plan. As a Swing Dorm resident, you receive an additional $75 per semester in Dining Points.
Transfer Policies
Transfer rules and restricted hours vary by location. In Yale College, transfer policies are part of the Masters’ responsibilities in each residential college. Please check with either the Dining Hall Manager or Desk Attendant/Cashier for current restrictions affecting an individual undergraduate dining facility.
Graduate School meal plan holders are restricted from transferring to an undergraduate dining hall whenever the College Master designates the meal as “Family Night”, usually on Sundays, and whenever "college only" special events are held. Access to the undergraduate colleges via the security gates is not automatically granted to graduate students; special permission must be sought from the Master.
Undergraduate Meal Plan Holders are prohibited from transferring to:
Donaldson Commons at SOM — from 11:45 am to 1:15 pm
HGS Dining Hall — after 6:15 pm
Meal Transfers to Retail Facilities
Meal Plan Holders who choose to transfer a lunch to a Retail Dining Facility (Divinity Cafe, Kline Cafe, Marigolds, SOM, Durfee's, and uncommon) will be able to do so provided it is the first swipe of the lunch meal period, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. A lunch swipe at a retail location will be the only swipe permitted for that meal period regardless of the meal plan. You may not swipe again at residential dining halls till the dinner period, which starts at 5:00 pm. The cash equivalency for a board meal lunch transfer is $7.00.
Holders of the Anytime Meal Plan may transfer one swipe per meal period to to a retail dining facility. An Anytime Meal Plan holder who transfers a meal to a retail location loses the ability to double swipe at Yale College and Commons for the rest of that meal period.
Double Swiping Policy
Yale Dining meal plan privileges are not transferable. Double swipe is a repeat privilege for undergraduate meal plan holders during the LUNCH PERIOD ONLY IN YALE COLLEGE AND COMMONS Dining Halls. Double swipes are for the bearer of the card only and cannot be transferred to another.
Undergraduate meal plan holders will be permitted to use a repeat swipe at a residential college dining room or Commons only if the first swipe of the lunch period was at a residential (board) location.
Lunch Meal Period:
Yale College 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Commons: 11:00 am to 4:59 pm
Graduate Student Meal Plans
Any 10 Meal Plan
- Required for all HGS residents as a minimum meal plan, but also available to non–resident students
- HGS Dining Hall serves Lunch & Dinner Monday–Friday, but you can eat any 10 meals at any residential dining hall or Commons during the week (see Transfer Policies for restrictions). Although this meal plan is valid at all undergraduate dining halls, access to the undergraduate colleges via the security gates is not automatically granted to graduate students. HGS residents may approach the Master of one particular residential college to request special permission for weekend gate access for dining.
- Graduate School meal plan holders are restricted from transferring to an undergraduate dining hall whenever the College Master designates the meal as “Family Night”, usually on Sundays, and whenever "college only" special events are held.
- $75 per semester in Dining Points to spend at Durfee’s, uncommon or the Blue Dog Café at the Hall of Graduate Studies as well as SOM, KBT, Marigolds, and Divinity. Dining Points carry over from Fall to Spring only.
- 6 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, family, etc.)
- Board meals can be transferred to Commons Dining Hall, to Residential Colleges (see Transfer Policies for restrictions), and to any Retail facility at the retail transfer rate subject to the retail transfer policies explained below
- $1950 per semester
Divinity School Points Plan
The Divinity School requires all of their students to support their graduate community by purchasing a specific points plan. Whether you attend the Divinity School full–time or part–time, you become part of a plan to support the school community by purchasing a declining points plan. The Divinity School’s Office of the Associate Dean for Student Life has more detailed information about dining services offered to grad students, (203) 432–5310. Also see “Where can I eat?”.
Meal Plans for Edward S. Harkness Residents and Medical School Students
This board plan is mandatory for all Harkness Dormitory residents and first & second year non–resident medical students.
- Apartment residents are welcome to purchase the meal plan.
- Meal plan is a debit–balance system. The board amount, known as “points”, can be used any time that food is being served at Marigolds, the Harkness Dormitory dining room.
- Points are accepted as cash at other retail units (Divinity Cafe, Kline Cafe, SOM, Durfee's, uncommon and Blue Dog Cafe at HGS' Mc Dougal Center) and Commons & HGS Dining Halls ONLY.
- The cost is charged through the Bursar’s Office at the beginning of each term and it is payable in the manner required by that office.
- Unspent board money may be rolled over from the fall term to the spring term but it will expire at the end of the spring term.
- All Programs: $1,394 per term
- 1st & 2nd Year Non–Residents: $278/term
Board meals for the upcoming week are reset at 3 am every Monday.
Off–campus Students
Non–residents, that is those who live off–campus in non–University provided housing, have choices too. Whether an undergraduate or graduate student, you may purchase the Anytime Meal Plan, the Full Meal Plan, the Any 14 Plus Points Meal Plan, or the Any 10 Meal Plan. The meal plans explained below were created especially for you.
5 Meal Plan
- Available to non–resident students only
- 5 lunches per week (Monday through Friday)
- 3 bonus meals per semester (for yourself, guests, family, etc.)
- Meals can be eaten at Commons and HGS
- $736 per semester
You ask, “What are Eli Bucks?”
- It's a points plan that eliminates the need to carry cash.
- Initially there is a $25 non–refundable minimum purchase.
- For use at any & all on–campus retail locations to pay for a whole meal or the pieces & parts not covered by the board meal equivalency rate.
- You will receive a 5% discount at the point of sale at locations operated by Yale Dining (discount not valid at Durfee's or UnCommon).
- Additional Eli Bucks can be purchased at any time during the year.
- Eli Bucks are non–refundable but they are good as long as you have a valid University ID.
Additional Choices
Durfee’s Convenience Store is located right in the middle of campus. Just a hop, skip and a jump from classes and dorms. The shelves are loaded with fresh and prepared food, snacks, and personal care items necessary to a busy college student’s lifestyle. Durfee’s is open Monday thru Friday, 10:00am – 2:30am and Saturday & Sunday from 2:00pm – 2:30am!
uncommon is a small market featuring fresh, portable food with a focus on sustainability. Stop by for a convenient, on-the-go meal replacement. uncommon is open Monday thru friday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Retail facilities feature taste–tempting specials daily. Hours can be found here.
- Donaldson Commons at the School of Management offers a Weekly Action Station as well as the The Market Salad Bar, a help–yourself salad bar filled with amazing choices; The Market Deli, overstuffed sandwiches on artisan breads; The Market Grille, featuring grilled favorites. Breakfasts cooked–to–order are also available.
- At Marigolds at the Yale Medical School You can start your day with continental breakfast. Hearty & delicious entrees are offered at lunch. Lunch and dinner choices also include warming soups, Gourmet Wraps, Hot Panini, Grilled–to–Order items and a fresh salad bar.The hot food and salad bar items are sold by the ounce or “any way you like it”. Snacks, baked goods, and an assortment of beverages are also available.
- The Cafe at Kline Biology Tower offers The Market Deli specialty sandwiches and wraps, home made soup, salad bar, hot entrées and luscious desserts and a panoramic view of East Rock. Currently it is closed for renovations.
- The Divinity School Refectory serves traditional continental breakfast. Lunch features a The Market Deli, soup–of–the–day, pre–made salads, The Market Grille, an assortment of bottled and fountain beverages, and favorite desserts, and an expanded variety of snacks and items packed for your convenience to carry out.
- The lobby at 155 Whitney features Triple E’s — Edibles & Extras at Eli’s, which offers Starbucks coffee and pastries; fresh sandwiches, salads & soup at lunchtime; snacks & munchies and practical incidentals.
- The lobby at Payne Whitney Gym also features Triple E’s — Edibles & Extras at Eli’s. You can grab a bottle of water or a Powerade on your way to work out. At lunchtime there’s freshly made sandwiches and salads. Snacks, munchies, Starbucks coffee and incidentals provide additional choices.
- The Thain Family Café in the Bass Library serves sustainable sandwiches, salads, drinks. desserts and snacks as certified by the Yale Sustainable Food Project.
Where Can I Eat?
Download a printable PDF of the Meal Plan Chart here.
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Download a printable PDF of the Location Map here.
University Staff
Campus Cash Declining Balance
Campus Cash turns your Yale ID into a declining balance card. Once your card has been credited, you receive a 10% discount at the point of sale at locations operated by Yale Dining*. The balance on the card is good as long as you have an active Yale University ID. Click here to purchase.
*Discount not valid at Durfee’s or uncommon. Access to Yale College dining halls is not provided.
Guest Rates
Put Our Service to the Test!
We encourage campus visitors and University guests to join us for meals on campus. All residential colleges, including the Hall of Graduate Studies and Commons, are available to bring a friend or relative in for a tempting hot lunch or a delicious & leisurely dinner. The style is all-you-care-to-eat. Children under 3 are free.
Guest Rates for the 2009–2010 Academic Year:
Children 3–10 |
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| Full Breakfast | $6.50 |
$3.25 |
| Continental Breakfast | $5.00 |
$2.50 |
| Lunch or Brunch | $10.25 |
$5.00 |
| Dinner | $13.25 |
$6.50 |
Rebates of Board charges for Yale College Students
Rebates for board charges are governed by the Undergraduate Regulations.
Rebates of Board charges for Graduate and Professional Students
Graduate and Professional School students, who have a required board meal plan, may request an exemption only from the Dean of Student Affairs or Director of Student Services at their school. In general, rebates to Graduate and Professional students are given for strictly academic reasons, i.e., 14 continuous days or more of absence for conducting research during the academic term when meals are served. No board rebate will be granted to a student during a period of absence from the University, if that absence is less than two weeks. After that, and if the absence is approved by the Graduate and Professional School Dean of Student Affairs or equivalent, the student will receive a board rebate equal to one-half the daily rate for each board day so approved.
