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Tours

1. Self-Guided Campus Tour

   Welcome to UT Dallas!

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   1. Visitor Center

      The Visitor Center (VC) is conveniently located near the resident halls and Dining Hall West. The Center serves as the central hub for both current and prospective Comets, offering everything you need to know about UT Dallas. It welcomes campus visitors and organizes group, family and self-guided tours. Guided campus tours are offered for undergraduate prospective students. Prospective graduate students should contact their department directly to arrange a visit.

   2. Sciences Building, Science Learning Center and Lloyd V. Berkner Hall

      The Sciences Building (SCI), spanning 186,000 square feet, is home to the Department of Physics. It includes 150- and 300-seat lecture halls, along with an open courtyard that offers green space and seating. Designed to showcase science in action, students get front-row seats to real-world observation, and the solid bedrock underneath makes it an ideal spot to run experiments.
      
      South of the SCI, the Science Learning Center (SLC). The SLC brings a variety of disciplines together in one space. It features state-of-the-art classroom lab spaces for chemistry, biology, physics, geosciences and mathematics programs. The building’s tile exterior was inspired by two patterns: atomic emission spectra of gases and human DNA separated during gel electrophoresis.
      
      Just south of the Science Learning Center is our original science building, Berkner Hall, where 2015 Chemistry Nobel Laureate and UT Dallas alumnus, Dr. Aziz Sancar, pursued his research. 

   3. Karl Hoblitzelle Hall

      Crossing the street and walking south from Berkner Hall, you will find Karl Hoblitzelle Hall on your right, which houses our School of Interdisciplinary Studies (IS). The interdisciplinary programs provide students with a broader learning experience and a wider perspective. Through innovative combinations of coursework, IS students study topics like business, communication, environmental studies, health care studies, human resources, international relations, liberal arts and sciences, pre-law and public relations.

   4. Engineering and Computer Science North, South, and West

      The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) is housed in a three-building complex, comprised of ECS North (ECSN), South (ECSS) and West (ECSW). Classroom and lab facilities include on-campus maker spaces, high-bay garages and advanced, specialized research labs, all designed to allow our students the opportunity to engineer their creative ideas into reality.
      
      Students also participate in the Industrial Practice Program (IPP), one of the largest internship programs of its kind with nearly 600 student placements a year at hundreds of Dallas-area companies.
      
      You’ll find Engineering and Computer Science West (ECSW) on the southwest corner of Rutford Avenue and Franklyn Jenifer Road. ECSW houses our growing engineering programs and boasts a LEED Gold Status. The building was designed with exposed hydraulic, electric, heating and air conditioning systems so students can see firsthand how the building technologies work. This building has top-rated classrooms, labs, faculty offices, student workspaces, a 300-seat auditorium and a UTD Market shop.

   5. Activity Center and University Bookstore

      The Activity Center (AC) is the largest of our three campus fitness facilities and serves as the heart of recreation at UT Dallas. It’s home to Comet Athletics including our NCAA Division II teams, intramural sports, and a variety of on-campus activities. Students have access to multiple gyms, racquetball courts, an indoor pool, personal training, and group fitness classes.
      
      Beyond fitness, the AC is a campus hub featuring the UTD Bookstore, a coffee shop, the UT Dallas Tech Store, the Copy Center, and a spacious atrium that hosts events and gatherings.

   6. Student Services Building Addition

      Across from the Activity Center is the Student Services Building Addition (SSA). The SSA offers space for students to gather and study. The main floor features a spacious auditorium, the Comet Card office and a spectacular, larger-than-life gaming wall! Students can request the use of the gaming wall at any time, check out one of our games or bring their own!

   7. Student Services Building

      The Student Services Building (SSB) is your one-stop shop for everything from admissions and the registrar to financial aid and student wellness. It’s also home to the UTD Career Center, which — alongside JSOM’s Career Management Center and ECS’s Industrial Practice Program — helps students and alumni build the skills and connections they need for lifelong career success.
      
      Fun fact: The SSB is the first LEED Platinum–certified building in the entire UT System, the highest sustainability honor from the U.S. Green Building Council. It’s just one way we’re working toward a greener, more sustainable campus.

   8. Reflecting Pools, Trellis, Mall

      If you stand at the top of the circle where University Parkway and Loop Road meet on the south side of campus, and look north, you’ll see the reflecting pools stretching through the Margaret McDermott Mall and Trellis Plaza.  Our signature space, the Margaret McDermott Mall has towering magnolia trees and limestone benches that surround calming reflecting pools that lead to the Trellis Plaza — the premier space for outdoor performances and hanging out.

   9. Edith and Peter O'Donnell Jr. Athenaeum

      Located on 12 acres at the southeastern edge of campus, the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Jr. Athenaeum is a new cultural district serving as a gateway to the University and a destination for the Dallas community to engage in arts and learning. It includes three buildings: a second location for the Crow Museum of Asian Art, a Performance Hall, and a proposed Museum for traditional arts of the Americas.

   10. Naveen Jindal School of Management

       On the southeast corner of the Margaret McDermott Mall is the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM). JSOM is home to several nationally ranked programs, plus a Career Management Center and a high-tech Finance Trading Lab. Comets can take advantage of the freshly renovated building — complete with a coffee shop and Jason’s Deli — and a third building addition is now under construction.

   11. Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building

       The Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building (ATEC) is home to the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (BASS). Here, students explore programs in animation, games, design, production and digital media studies. Inside, you’ll find a motion capture lab, an anechoic sound chamber, a floating room, and the largest auditorium on campus, which seats 1,200. It’s future-making at its finest!

   12. Eugene McDermott Library

       Directly across from the Plinth is the Eugene McDermott Library, home to more than 3 million physical and digital books. The library also offers valuable student resources, including Peer-Led Team Learning, Supplemental Instruction and dedicated labs for writing, communications, and math.

   13. Student Union

       Just north of the Student Services Building, you’ll find our Student Union (SU). The SU is home to dining options, the offices of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Student Life, Student Government, Student Media and the Reflection Room.
       
       Need a study break or a snack? The Student Union has you covered. Grab a meal at the food court or refuel at one of the largest indoor Starbucks you’ll find on any college campus.
       
       Gamers, take note: This is home to our top-ranked, championship Esports team. Inside the Union, you’ll find Comets LANding — a massive 16,000+ square-foot gaming center with over 100 PC stations, multiple console areas, and plenty of space to play. And yes, it’s open to all Comets.

   14. Founders Building, Founders North and Founders West Annex

       Walking north up the hill from the library, you’ll pass the Founders Building (FO), home to the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM). The school offers more than 30 research-focused programs across six departments. The building also houses the Office of Undergraduate Education, which provides pre-law advising, health professions advising, and the undergraduate dean’s suite. Dating back to the 1960s, many of its labs were once used for NASA projects.
       
       One wing of FO connects to the Founders North Building, which contains the large Kusch Auditorium and the UTeach Dallas program. Between Founders and Founders North lies the UTD rock garden, featuring 19 large sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock specimens weighing from 100 pounds to nearly a ton. The oldest is a 3.5-billion-year-old gneiss from Wyoming—about three-quarters the age of the Earth—making it one of the earliest known rocks in the United States.

   15. Erik Jonsson Academic Center and Theatre

       Across from Green Hall and connected by a skybridge is the Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO), home to BASS programs that blend critical and creative thinking, the arts and humanities, and theory and practice to prepare students for the fast-changing, technology-driven world of the 21st century. Heading south, you’ll pass the University Theatre, which hosts live music and theater productions by UT Dallas students. Many Comets channel their creativity here — whether as creative arts minors or as cast and crew members. Farther south lies Texas Instruments Plaza (T.I. Plaza), dedicated in 2016 during Founders Day to honor UT Dallas founders Cecil H. Green, J. Erik Jonsson and Eugene McDermott. With its bubbling fountains, green spaces, and open seating, T.I. Plaza is a favorite gathering spot for bold ideas and big dreams.

   16. Cecil H. Green Hall and Administration

       Green Hall is home to the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS), where students engage in interdisciplinary research on pressing social, political and economic issues such as risk management, political violence, health care, and international trade. The building’s fourth floor houses part of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), known for its cutting-edge research, hands-on training and community outreach. BBS explores topics ranging from brain development to aging cognition and is nationally recognized for its top-ranked audiology program, with research conducted both on campus and near UT Southwestern in Dallas.

        

       Just north of Green Hall, the Administration Building (AD) houses the Accessibility Resource Center, as well as classrooms, labs, and other administrative offices. This concludes our tour. Please click on tour stop one to repeat the tour.