Add or Change a Meal Plan

Change a Meal Plan

Changing a Meal Plan

Students starting in Fall Semester may decrease their meal plan through the Wednesday prior to the first day of classes of Fall Semester. Students starting in Spring Semester may change decrease their meal plan through the Wednesday prior to the first day of classes of Spring Semester. Students who started in Fall cannot change decrease their meal plan for Spring Semester. After this date, students may only increase their meal plan. Decreases will not be permitted after the academic year begins. All changes to your meal plan must be made via the Housing Self Service portal by completing the following steps:

  1. Authenticate with your OHIO ID and password.
  2. Click on the "Dining" tab located under the navigational toolbar.
  3. Select the appropriate semester in which you would like to change your meal plan.
  4. Select "Change Your Dining Plan" from the drop down menu and click "Continue"
  5. Select desired meal plan and click "Submit My Dining Plan Change"

Residential Students

Residential students must select their Meal Plan by completing the Housing and Dining Contract via the Housing Self-Service portal for the semester in which they enroll by following these steps:

  1. Enter your OHIO ID and password
  2. Select the 'New Student or Returning Student Contract' for the appropriate semester. Please Note: you will only need to complete one contract per academic year as residential Meal Plans will carry over from semester to semester.
  3. Select your desired meal plan.
  4. Your meal plan total will be added to your OHIO bill.

Students Living Off-Campus

Off-campus students may enroll in a meal plan via the Housing Self-Service portal by following the steps below:

  1. Enter your OHIO ID and password
  2. Select "Applications" tab to view the Off-Campus Meal Plan contract
  3. Select the "Off-Campus Meal Plan" contract for the appropriate semester in which you would like to enroll
  4. Select your desired meal plan
  5. Once you have selected a meal plan via the "Off-Campus" contract, any additional meal plan requests during the semester can be made in writing to housing@ohio.edu or by visiting the Residential Housing Office located at the Living Learning Center at 111 South Green Drive.
  6. Your meal plan total will be added to your OHIO bill.

Faculty and Staff

  1. Review the available faculty and staff meal plans
  2. Visit the CashNet purchasing page
  3. Review the options and enter the required information
  4. Proceed to check out and enter your method of payment. Your meal plan will be loaded within one (1) business day.

All purchased Off-Campus Meal Plans will be renewed automatically at the beginning of each semester within the academic year if no notice to discontinue is received prior to the first meal served. The Residential Housing office is available Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. at 740.593.4090 if you wish to discontinue a meal plan.

Note: All charges associated with a meal plan request will be added to student's account at the time of the meal plan request with payment due according to the billing cycle. All meal plan requests made prior to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday will be activated and available for use on the same day. Any meal plan request after 3 p.m. or on the weekends will be activated and available for use the next business day.

Culinary Services will not be held responsible for unreturned emails pertaining to changing a meal plan.