University of Cincinnati Residential Meal Plans

To dine with friends is enticing.  To dine worry free is enlightening.

Simplify your life!  Meal plans come in many convenient shapes and sizes.  A magnetic stripe on the back of your student ID card works with our computer system to identify you as having a meal plan.  By combining a Meal Allowance with Bearcat Campus Card Dollars, you can find a plan that's right for you.

2008 - 2009 Residential Meal Plans

Meal Plan	Description	Cost/Quarter	Cost/Year
209 Value Plan (19 meals per week)	209 meals/quarter*	$1,239	$3,717
154 Plan (14 meals per week)	154 meals/quarter*	$1,178	$3,534
132 Plus Plan (12 meals per week)	132 meals/quarter* $100 BCC dollars**	$1,239	$3,717
Platinum Independent Meal Plan (45 meals/quarter, returning residents only)	45 meals/quarter* $100 BCC dollars**	$405	$1,215

Returning residents have two additional options within their Housing Agreement:
- The Platinum Level Independent Meal Plan 
- The Upperclass No Meal Plan option.

The Platinum Level Independent Meal Plan is subject to the terms and conditions of the Independent Meal Plan Program.  More information on this meal plan and can found at  https://www.uc.edu/imealplans/.

* Meals on the plan maybe be used at MarketPointe@Siddall and CenterCourt Dining Centers.

** Bearcat Campus Card (BCC) dollar amounts are added to the student’s ID as part of the meal plan. The BCC dollars may be spent at any on-campus food location (including the Dining Centers) as well as any off-campus location participating in the BCC program.  BCC dollars carry over from one quarter to the next, and a refund of any unspent BCC dollars is available upon request at the end of spring quarter or upon leaving UC.

209 Value Plan*
This plan offers the most meals for your money.  This plan averages out to 19 meals a week—enough to eat every time a meal is served in the dining centers.

132 Plus Plan*
This meal plan offers the greatest amount of flexibility.  A resident receives 132 meals to use over the quarter and $100 (for the cost of $75.00) placed on their Bearcat Campus Card account each quarter.  This $100 amount can be used at any participating on- or off-campus dining venue, snack machines, and laundry facilities.
This averages out to 12 meals per week during the quarter.

No Meal Plan Option
Upperclass residents will be able to opt out of having a meal plan. Although upperclass students will not be required to have a meal plan, you may want to consider the savings offered by the Independent Meal Plans used by many commuter students, faculty, and staff.

 * additional Bearcat Campus Card dollars can be added to any of the meal plans.