Meal plans make dining on campus convenient and more affordable. Whether you live on campus, are a commuter student, Faculty or Staff, we offer a variety of meal plan options to meet your needs. Don't miss out on the high quality, chef-created meals served in our locations throughout campus.
The University of Maine requires all residential students, except those residing in DTAV or Patch, to purchase a meal plan to ensure that our students are eating, living, and learning in healthful ways.
running out of swipes. Our two residential dining halls (Hilltop Dining and York Dining) offer hours of operation 7 days a week, a variety of menu choices, and late night service. Stop in for a full meal, a snack, or a cup of coffee.
Unlimited meal plans are required of all first and second-year students living on campus, except those living in DTAV or Patch. Upper-class resident students are also welcome to select an unlimited plan.
Unlimited Plan
| Unlimited visits to our campus dining halls
No Dining Funds To-Go Meals: 10 Guest Meals: 6 Meal Exchanges: 2 per week at the Bear’s Den Available to all students, faculty and staff |
Price: 3,038.00 per semester
Unlimited Flex Plan
Unlimited visits to our campus dining halls
Available to all students, faculty and staff |
Price: 3,188.00 per semester
Unlimited Flex Plus Plan
| Unlimited visits to our campus dining halls
$400 in Dining Funds To-Go Meals: 20 Guest Meals: 6 Meal Exchanges: 2 per week at the Bear’s Den Available to all students, faculty and staff |
Price: 3,438.00 per semester
Junior-Senior Flex 120 Plan
| 120 visits to our campus dining halls
$1,300 in Dining Funds To-Go Meals: 16 Guest Meals: 6 Not available to first or second year students |
Price: 2,709.00 per semester
Senior Flex Plan
$2,724 in Dining Funds
|
Price: 2,724.00 per semester
Commuter meal plans are designed for those living in apartments (DTAV, Patch, or off campus) that have kitchen spaces and can supplement meals with their own cooking. They offer a smaller amount of meal swipes for students that are looking for a break from cooking or want to stop in to dine with the convenience of staying on campus. The dining funds portions are frequently used to pick up items at Hilltop Market and the Bear’s Den. Many UMaine faculty and staff purchase commuter meal plans because of the extensive options available in our dining halls.
Commuter Meal Plans are available only to DTAV and Patch Hall residents, commuter students, off-campus graduate students, faculty, and staff. Any student or employee may choose to purchase an Unlimited Meal Plan. Commuter students, faculty and staff may also add Dining Funds to their account. Faculty and staff, please contact the MaineCard Service Center to set up a Commuter Meal Plan.
Graduate Plan
| $580 in Dining Funds
Not available to undergraduate students |
Price: 580.00 per semester
The 25 Plan
No Dining Funds
*Available only to DTAV and Patch Hall residents, commuter students, off-campus graduate students,
faculty, and staff
Price: 295.00 per semester
The 50 Plan
Price: 591.00 per semester
The 75 Flex
75 visits to our campus dining halls
$872 in Dining Funds
*Available only to DTAV and Patch Hall residents, commuter students, off-campus graduate students,
faculty, and staff
Price: 1,754.00 per semester
The 125 Flex
Price: 1,845.00 per semester
Meal exchanges are offered at the Bear's Den to allow our meal plan holders extra flexibility in their dining. Meal plan holders may use up to two exchanges per week and only one per day.
Each venue offers a different selection of entrées available for Meal Exchange. Then select up to one of each side to go with your entrée. The sides include a bag of chips, a piece of fruit, a small meal exchange cookie, and a fountain drink or coffee/ tea. Signage can be found at each venue and at the entrance to the Bear's Den with more specifics.
Additional items (or items not listed on the signage as included in the meal exchange program) are available for purchase separately.
Venues available in this program include:
Harvest: Entrées include choice of large soup, large chili or entrée salad
Rice and Beans: Entrées include choice of burrito or burrito bowl
The Grill: Entrées include choice of a Smash Burger, Smash Cheeseburger, Impossible Burger, Chicken Tenders or Spicy Chicken Sandwich. (Please note that any grill baskets are not included in the meal exchange).
Garden Wok: Entrée is one full stir fry with choice of one protein and eight items
Eatily: Entrées include choice of personal pan pizza or shells and cheese of the day
The Club: Entrées include choice of grab-and-go sandwiches made daily
Hot Sandwiches: Entrées include choice of buffalo chicken wrap, buffalo tofu wrap, or a falafel pita
To-Go Meals are offered for meal plan holders as indicated in the contract. These meals are intended to be consumed outside of the dining halls.
To redeem a to-go meal:
Ask for a to-go meal when you check in with the cashier at the dining hall. The cashier can also give you the balance of to-go meals on your account.
How It Works: The cashier will give you a to-go container. Choose the items you would like to take with you for your meal and put them in the container. Shut the container and take your meal to go!
Questions? Ask to speak with a manager on duty.