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  1. Downtown

    • Downtown Phoenix Campus

      Please follow this route for a general tour of campus.

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      1. University Center Building


        (UCENT) houses an information desk, classrooms, offices, labs, seminar rooms, study areas, student services, student computing, the ASU Library and ASU Police.

        Barrett, the Honors College, the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts also operate within this building.

      2. A.E. England Building

        The historic A. E. England Building adjoins the downtown Civic Space and provides space for meetings, classes, offices, art events and banquets. Constructed in 1926 for a local automobile dealership and later occupied by an electrical equipment company, the building is listed on the Phoenix Historic Property Register and was renovated in 2008.

      3. Sun Devil Fitness Complex Downtown

        (SDFCD) Funded by student activity fees, the Sun Devil Fitness Complex, constructed in 2013, in direct response to student demand and input, includes state-of-the-art weight and fitness areas, including cardiovascular and strength equipment, and free weights.

        In addition, the Sun Devil Fitness Complex features two multi-purpose studios for group fitness and mind/body classes, a two-court gymnasium, a rooftop outdoor leisure pool and a multi-purpose area for student clubs to utilize. There is also classroom space located on the second floor for Exercise and Wellness academic classes.

      4. Post Office

        Post Office serves as a gathering place for students and provides offices for additional student service support programs. The Student Center @ the Post Office opened in January 2013 and serves the students of the Downtown Phoenix campus by providing a space for interaction, engagement and connection. The center features meeting spaces for student organizations and affiliated departments as well as offices for Undergraduate Student Government, Programming and Activities Board, and Changemaker Central.

        The facility includes a gaming room, recreation lounge, a multipurpose room and wired lounge spaces as well as ping-pong, foosball and air-hockey tables, a grand piano and five high-definition televisions.

      5. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication/Eight Building

        The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication building is a a $71 million, six-story state-of-the-art facility, which is closer to more major metropolitan news operations than any journalism school in the country. The building provides students with seven collaborative, digital newsrooms; computer labs; two TV studios and the 141-seat Cronkite Theatre.

        The university-operated public television station, Eight, Arizona PBS (KAET), is in the same complex.

      6. Taylor Place

        Taylor Place is Arizona State University's premier residential community located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, just steps away from classrooms, the light rail, bus station and all the City of Phoenix has to offer. Rooms are double-occupancy and suite-style with private bathrooms. Amenities include 24-hour security, full-service cafeteria, study and TV lounges, laundry facilities that text students when finished, a fitness room, wireless Internet and cable. The residence hall is two 13-story towers and epitomizes sustainable,
        technologically advanced urban student housing.

      7. Beus Center for Law and Society

        The Beus Center for Law and Society building brings the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law from Tempe, where it was located for nearly 50 years, to the Downtown Phoenix campus, and closer to the legal, political and economic heart of Arizona. 


        Opened for the fall 2016 semester, the $130 million Beus Center for Law and Society aims to connect the community, as much as students, to the law and justice. Named for attorney Leo Beus and his wife, Annette, the six-story, 280,000-square-foot center features a courtyard, an expansive atrium and public spaces that are meant to encourage that openness.


        In addition to the law college, the BCLS building houses the Ross-Blakley Law Library, the ASU bookstore and Engrained Cafe, and includes space for two think tanks, several cross-disciplinary centers and the ASU Alumni Law Group, the nation’s first non-profit, privately financed teaching law firm.

      8. Health North and South

        (NHI1& NHI2) houses research centers, classrooms, state-of the-art 5,100-square-foot nutrition instructional kitchens, physiological assessment lab, movement analysis lab and offices for the College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the College of Health Solutions. NP Healthcare, a community health clinic that provides access to quality, affordable health care, is located on the first floor of NHI1 and offers preventive and treatment services along with wellness and health programs to the ASU and greater community. 

      9. Mercado

        The Mercado is comprised of six, Spanish-style buildings accommodating a variety of ASU classrooms and offices. The Mercado is known for the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s simulation labs used for nursing clinical courses.