Of course. This is not mandatory. If you meet the requirements of not living in school, you can also apply to live at home. The law does not stipulate that college students must stay in school, but for the sake of students' unified management and safety, ordinary schools force students to stay in school. Even if students live in the city where the school is located, they need accommodation. According to the situation of each school, basically every university is required to live on campus, which is convenient for unified management, because the students of the university come from different places, and some students can live near the school, but it is not convenient for the unified management of the school, and many activities of the university require students to live on campus. If students can live on campus, those who don't will have various reasons not to participate in school activities, which is not convenient for the implementation of school policies and difficult to achieve expectations.