Columbia Dining Plan

Dining Dollars and Flex Most plans include Dining Dollars, which can be used at any of our on campus locations, and some include Flex, an account that you can add dollars to and access with your Columbia ID to purchase items from merchants on and off. Flex Some plans include Flex in addition to or instead of Dining Dollars: Flex allows you put money into an account that you can spend using your University ID card at all Columbia Dining locations, as well a number of other merchants on. Columbia University's Dinging lists campus locations where students, faculty and staff are offered an array of menu items, hours of availability and updates on all dining related news.

Dining Plan enrollment is a contract for one academic year. Once a student enrolls in a plan, they may elect to change their plan option during the change period at the beginning of each semester. Plans are one per individually registered Columbia University or Teachers College student and cannot be shared.

Your Dining Plan meal swipes can be used at Chef Mike's Sub Shop, Chef Don's Pizza Pi, Faculty House, Fac Shack, Grace Dodge Dining Hall, John Jay Dining Hall, Johnny's Food Truck, Ferris Booth Commons, and JJ's Place. Columbia Dining also operates retail cafes across campus, including Blue Jave Butler, Blue Java Everett Library Cafe, Blue Java Uris, Blue Java Mudd, and Lenfest Cafe. These.

Every plan is made up of meal swipes and may also include Dining Dollars or Flex. Meal swipes are used at our non-retail locations, which are either: All-you-care-to-eat dining, where one meal swipe provides you with unlimited access to the servery so you can return as many times as you need throughout your meal. Welcome to Columbia Dining Plan Selection Our plans are designed to provide options and flexibility to eat well at Columbia.

To get started, log in below with your Columbia UNI and password. Dining Plans There are 3 sets of dining plans available to Columbia University students. The first is available to first-year students only,specifically designed to encourage community building among newstudents.

All first-years are required to enroll in one of two diningplans, each of which are comprised of a varying number of meals, servedin John Jay Dining Hall, Ferris Booth Commons, or JJ. Columbia University Dining Services understands the diversity of student life one day you need to grab a quick bite on the way to class, the next day you want to enjoy a leisurely dinner with your friends. In trying to meet everyone's needs, we've created a wide variety of options that allow students to dine according to their lifestyle and schedule.

The common thread, of course, is that you. Upperclassmen at Columbia have 11 dining plan options. We recommend considering whether you plan to eat mainly at on-campus dining halls or prefer more flexibility in your dining options.

It's also important to keep in mind that meal plans vary in price. Meal plans range from $1,197 to $3,299 per term. Enrolling in a meal plan means you will be signing up for an entire year.