Visit Campus
Welcome to the University of Chicago!
Ours is a campus of contrasts and convergences: old and new, ancient and modern, historical and forward-looking. It is a place where both budding and seasoned scholars explore cutting-edge ideas and push against the frontiers of knowledge to seek new ways of understanding and changing the world.
When you visit here, you’ll get a sense of these qualities in the gray stone and ivy-covered traditional English Gothic quadrangles juxtaposed with soaring contemporary structures designed by renowned architects such as Eero Saarinen and Mies van der Rohe.
We invite you to stroll among the tall, old trees in the luscious botanic garden that is our 211-acre campus. Look up to see the playful grotesques and gargoyles that grace our buildings, many of which were put into place during the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
Step inside our buildings to walk along the paths of Nobel laureates, pathbreaking researchers, and tomorrow’s leaders. Schedule a tour with one of our thoughtful, articulate students and spend time getting to know the community where we live.
Campus Resources
Hyde Park
- Hyde Park
- Hyde Park (from Chicago Life)
- Office of Community Affairs
- Hyde Park: The Intelligent Choice (South East Chicago Commission)
- Dining in Hyde Park (from Chicago Life)
The City of Chicago
- Accommodations
- Chicago Life
- Choose Chicago (official City of Chicago visitors site)
