Plan Options

MEAL PLAN CYCLE: RESIDENT MEAL PLANS START SATURDAY MORNINGS & END ON FRIDAY NIGHTS!

LAST DAY TO ADD/CHANGE RESIDENT MEAL PLANS: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 2024 by 11:55PM

Resident meal plans (7, 12 15 a week or Carte Blanche) are purchased through the Office of Residence Life. If you would like to purchase a resident meal plan (available for Resident & Commuter Students) or if you would like to make a change to the plan you have already selected, please fill out the "Meal Plan Request" form on Residence by Symplicity. Commuter students MUST sign up for a Resident Meal Plan every semester if they wish to continue to have one - they do not roll over semester to semester.

Commuter, Faculty and Staff Block Meal Plans, and UT Dollars can be purchased online. 

In case of MEAL PLAN EMERGENCY AFTER BUSINESS HOURS (week days after 5 p.m. & on weekends), please contact Sharon Lerum at 813-376-0079. For emergency and non emergency inquiries pertaining meal plans during business hours, please email dining@ut.edu or call 813-257-3088.

For any questions or concerns regarding Resident Meal Plan Changes, please contact the Office of Residence Life.

If you have lost your Spartan I.D. card during business hours, please visit our dining office with a valid photo I.D. (license, passport, credit card with photo) or your Residence by Symplicity Bio to receive meal vouchers.

If you have lost your Spartan I.D. card and are in need of meal vouchers after the office hours of operation, please print your student bio from your Residence by Simplicity and present it to a cashier.

Resident students have 3 to 4 choices for their meal plans depending on what residence hall they live in. All plans are subject to specific policies and procedures. The resident meal plans are as follows:

Carte Blanche
Unlimited meals with unlimited seconds at The Ultimate Dining Cafe, plus $75 Spartan Dollars per semester and up to 3 meal exchanges a week from defined combo meals in The Vaughn Center, Starbucks Reserve, as well as Morsani Hall retail locations (excluding Panache). Carryouts are not available on the Carte Blanche plan at Ultimate Dining. 
Price: $3,136 per semester

The Favorite
15 meals a week with unlimited seconds at The Ultimate Dining Cafe, plus $100 Spartan Dollars per semester with up to 15 meal exchanges a week from defined combo meals in The Vaughn Center, Starbucks Reserve, as well as Morsani Hall retail locations (excluding Panache).
Price: $3,046 per semester

The Ultimate
12 meals a week with unlimited seconds at The Ultimate Dining Cafe, plus $150 Spartan Dollars per semester with up to 12 meal exchanges a week from defined combo meals in The Vaughn Center, Starbucks Reserve, as well as Morsani Hall retail locations (excluding Panache).
Price: $2,995 per semester

The Express
7 meals a week with unlimited seconds at The Ultimate Dining Cafe, plus $75 Spartan Dollars per semester with up to 7 meal exchanges a week from defined combo meals in The Vaughn Center, Starbucks Reserve, as well as Morsani Hall retail locations (excluding Panache). This plan is only available to residents of Palm, Straz Hall, Urso Hall, RAs, Commuters, Faculty, and Staff.
Price: $1,692per semester

Even if you don't live on campus, you can still dine with us! Check out our commuter meal plans below!

35 Block Meal Plan 
Buy Plan This plan is good for 35 meals at either Ultimate Dining or Panache for the semester. Can be purchased at anytime throughout the semester. Block meals expire at the end of the semester.  
Price: $420.00

25 Block Meal Plan 
Buy Plan This plan is good for 25 meals at either Ultimate Dining or Panache for the semester. Can be purchased at anytime throughout the semester. Block meals expire at the end of the semester. 
Price: $310.00

Buy Plan15 Block Meal Plan 
This plan is good for 15 meals at either Ultimate Dining or Panache for the semester. Can be purchased at anytime throughout the semester. Block meals expire at the end of the semester. 
Price: $195.00

Have you run out of Spartan Dollars? Don't have a meal plan? No worries, check out our UT Dollars! Perfect to use at any dining location and they never expire.

Buy PlanProgressive Savings Plan
Buy 300-499 UT Dollars, Receive BONUS 20 UT Dollars. UT Dollars can be used at any Dining Services location and will carry over from semester to semester for the duration of your time as a student or faculty/staff member at UT.
Price: $300-$499

Buy Plan100 UT Dollars
UT Dollars can be used at any Dining Services location and will carry over from semester to semester for the duration of your time as a student or faculty/staff member at UT.
Price: $100

Buy Plan50 UT Dollars
UT Dollars can be used at any Dining Services location and will carry over from semester to semester for the duration of your time as a student or faculty/staff member at UT.
Price: $50