Meal Plans
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Fuel Your Success With a Meal Plan
The best way to access convenient, wholesome, and top-tier dining choices that cater to your individual preferences and dietary requirements is with one of our Meal Plans. Selecting the right plan is key to ensuring your satisfaction while on campus, and enjoying meals that align with your lifestyle. Arizona Dining offers two types of Meal Plans: Swipe Meal Plans and Debit Meal Plans. No matter the plan you choose, your Catcard serves as your gateway to access your plan.
Our Meal Plans are designed to feed your appetite by being:
Flexible: Choose the plan to best feed your appetite.
Predictable: Payments are worry-free through your Bursar account.
Convenient: Plans are loaded onto your CatCard. No cash required.
Diverse: Choose from over 30 dining options around campus.
You can upgrade your Meal Plan at any time, but you can only downgrade or cancel your Meal Plan during the first two weeks of the Fall semester. Students who purchase their Meal Plans through the website can select to pay with a Credit or Debit card if they prefer. At the end of the second week of classes in the Fall semester, your current Meal Plan selection is finalized for the remainder of the academic year.
Please review important billing dates below.
Sign up for your 2025-2026 Meal Plan!
Review the Selection Timeline to check Meal Plan enrollment dates. If you don't have a meal plan yet, select a plan to sign up.
What’s in a Meal Plan?
The University of Arizona offers robust Meal Plan options that are designed with your convenience and flexibility in mind. These plans are structured to accommodate your diverse requirements, dividing them into different allocations, or "buckets": Swipes, Dining Dollars, and Guest Meals. The Swipe Meal Plans includes all three components: Swipes, Dining Dollars, & Guest Meals.
Your Meal Plan annual cost can be split into 2 payments and billed to your Bursar account - one in the fall and another in the spring. Students who purchase their Meal Plans through the website can select to pay with a credit or debit card if they prefer. Note that all Meal Plan funds expire at the end of the academic year.
To learn more about our Meal Plans visit our YouTube Channel (English & Spanish).
Swipes
Swipes are allocated weekly and reload at 3 am Monday morning, any unused swipes expire.
Swipes have the best value at all-you-care-to-eat locations and can be used at all other dining locations at a value of $11 per Swipe.
Dining Dollars Plus
Dining Dollars Plus maximize the value of swipes by covering any remaining balance when your purchase total is greater or less than a swipe.
Dining Dollars Plus are also available to purchase meals from off-campus restaurants. This bucket is reloadable.
Read about it's 2025-26 use benefits.
Guest Meals
Guest Meals are a set number of Swipes per year included for family and friends to dine with their student.
These swipes can only be used alongside the Swipe Plan holder in on-campus dining locations.
To learn more about our Meal Plans visit our YouTube Channel (English & Spanish).
Where Can I Eat With My Meal Plan?
Your Meal Plan works at over 30 on-campus dining locations! From all-you-care-to-eat (cafeteria) restaurants like '85 North and Cactus Grill to markets and vending machines, your Meal Plan gives you convenient and flexible access to dine on campus.
View and download the Arizona Dining & Nutrition Guide or visit Arizona Dining for more information on all things dining.
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Who Needs a Meal Plan?
Students living in University Housing and Honors Village are required to have a Swipe Meal Plan. Swipe Meal Plans are the only options available to first-year students living on campus and Honors Village students.
First-time First-Year Res Students
All first-time first-year students living on campus are required to choose one of our Swipe Meal Plans.
Honors Village Students
All Honors Village students are required to choose one of our Swipe Meal Plans. If you live in an apartment-style room you will automatically be assigned the 5-Swipe plan.
Non-Required Students
Students living off-campus and upper-classmen are not required to select a meal plan, but are highly encouraged to explore your choices. You may select from any of the Swipe Plans we offer, including our Debit Meal Plans.
Need Special Accommodations?
Arizona Dining takes great pride in meeting the needs of our students. If you need special accommodations, please follow the below instructions:
- Discuss your concerns with our Nutrition Educator - Arizona Dining is able to accommodate most common dietary restrictions. Our Nutrition team can help you to eat safely on campus.
- Exemptions - If, after speaking with our Nutrition Educator, it is determined that we are not able to accommodate your restrictions, you will need to fill out our Meal Plans Exemptions Form to request an exemption to the Meal Plans requirement. Please contact the Meal Plan office to request an Exemption Form after speaking with the Nutrition Educator.
2025-2026 Selection and Billing Timeline
| TIMELINE | DATES | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan Purchases Begin | June 2 | Students living off-campus and upperclassmen may purchase a Meal Plan. Students living on-campus will be prompted to select their Meal Plan through their My UAHome housing portal. |
| Bursar Billing Begins | July 23 | Meal Plan charges will be applied to your Bursar account. Further changes must be made through the Meal Plans office. |
| Swipes Active | August 25 | Swipes are activated on the first day of classes. Block 10 available for move-in week. |
| Last Day for Downgrades | September 7 | You can make any final downgrades to your plan up until this date. |
| Greek Plan Changes | September 21 | You can make any final downgrades to your plan up until this date. |