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Campus Tours

Plan a UC Visit

All nine UC undergraduate campuses offer a world-class education, but each campus also has its own individual ambience, as well as its own mascot (that’s UC Irvine's Peter the Anteater with a friend, at left). Nothing beats visiting in person when it comes to a student’s decision about which campus he or she will find most comfortable or exciting. Students can use the information below to reserve tours and plan their UC trips.

Campus Tours

CAMPUS/VIRTUAL TOURS

ON-SITE TOUR DAYS & TIMES

reservations

parking

Berkeley

» virtual tour
» podcast tour (in English and Spanish) 		Monday–Saturday:
10 a.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m.		 Required for groups of 10 or more; must be ar-ranged with at least two weeks' notice. Parking on campus is very limited;
public transportation is recommended.
Tours (90 minutes) leave from Visitor Services offices, 101 University Hall, 2200 University Ave. (weekdays); Campanile (weekends)
 Phone: (510) 642-5215 » parking information
» www.berkeley.edu/visitors
» www.berkeley.edu/tours
Residence hall tours:
» www.housing.berkeley.edu

Davis

» virtual tour
Admissions advisers are available weekdays, 9 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m., to answer questions from prospective students. 		Monday–Friday:
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday: 11:30 a.m. (except observed holidays and holiday weekends)		 Required; reserve online at least one week in advance. Call or e-mail for specialty tours in engineering, biological sciences, intercollegiate
athletics or for lecture visits, tram tours and more. Visitors requiring special accommodations
should call (530) 752-0539 before scheduling tours.
 Fee: $6 per day, Monday–Friday. Permits may be purchased from the dispensers in the parking lots. Machines accept quarters, $1 bills, $5 bills, and Visa or MasterCard credit cards. Parking is free on weekends
and observed holidays, except during special events.
Tours (90 minutes) leave from the Walter A. Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center.

Residence hall tours offered Monday–Friday at noon during the academic year. (See Week Day Family Walking Tours at visit.ucdavis.edu.)

Self-guided residence hall tours offered 8 a.m.–5 p.m. throughout the summer. 		Phone: (530) 752-8111
e-mail: visit@ucdavis.edu
» visit.ucdavis.edu

Irvine

» virtual tour 		Monday–Friday: Noon
No tours on holidays or late September. 		Required for groups of 10 or more; reserve online. Contact campus before scheduling tour for visitors who require special accommodations. Fee: $1 for half-hour at meters, $7 for one-day permit to park in non-metered spaces.
Tours (1 hour) leave from the Visitor Center (A138) in the UCI Student Center.
Residence hall tours: Monday–Friday at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. (See »www.campustours.uci.edu.)		 Phone: (949) 824-4636 » www.parking.uci.edu
» www.campustours.uci.edu

Los Angeles

» virtual tour

» podcast tour

Monday–Friday:
10:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
year-round.
Saturday:
10:15 a.m. during the academic year (late September through the end of May)		 Required; recommended two to three weeks in advance. Non-English-speaking groups will need to bring interpreters. Fee: $8. Visit the parking kiosk on Westwood Boulevard; most visitors park in Lot 6.
Tours (90 minutes) leave from Kerkhoff Hall. Phone: 310) 825-8764
or (310) 206-319
  » admissions.ucla.edu/tours
Housing tours:
» housing.ucla.edu

Merced

» virtual tour 		Monday–Friday: 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Select Saturdays: Noon (excludes major holidays
and University events)		 Required. Reserve at tours.ucmerced.edu. Groups of 10-50 visitors should download and fill out a tour request form and e-mail or fax. Fees: $1 for two hours, $2 for four hours, $3 for six hours, $4 all day.
Purchase parking permits at the yellow kiosks in each lot.

Park in Lake lot just inside campus entrance, or marked spaces near library.

Tours (1 hour) leave from the Visitors Center on Scholars Lane in the Terrace Center (see » www.ucmerced.edu/maps/campus).		 Phone: (209) 228-4682 » taps.ucmerced.edu
Fax: (209) 228-4637
E-mail: tours@ucmerced.edu
» www.ucmerced.edu

Riverside

Admissions counselors are available upon request Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.		 Monday–Friday: 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m.,
2  p.m. and 3 p.m. Selected Saturdays: 9 and 11 a.m.

 

 Required. Make reservations online Fee: $5. Purchase at kiosk (information
booth) on West Campus Drive.
Phone: (951) 827-TOURS (951-827-8687)
» www.visit.ucr.edu
» www.my.ucr.edu
Tours (50 minutes) leave from
1101 Hinderaker Hall.

 Residence hall tours: Call (951) 827-6500.

San Diego

Admissions information session follows tours. A self-guided tour pamphlet is available at the Tours Office (Triton Center) and at the Visitor Information Centers.

» virtual tour
Monday–Saturday: 11 a.m., except holidays and holiday weekends. Required. Prospective students and families: reserve online, by e-mail, or call (858) 822-1455 (voicemail). School groups: Reserve in writing three weeks in advance. Fee: $7 during the week; pay at the Visitor Information Centers at campus entrances. Free on weekends.
Tours (90 minutes) begin in the Multipurpose Room (next to the Triton Center) at the Student Services Center building, at the corner of Myers Drive and Rupertus Drive. Phone: (858) 534-0370
Voicemail (858) 822-1455
Fax: (858) 822-4752
E-mail: campustours@ucsd.edu
» admissions.ucsd.edu/tours

Santa Barbara

Admissions presentations are held Monday–Friday, 11 a.m.–noon, for freshman applicants and Monday–Friday,
1–2 p.m., for transfer applicants.

» virtual tour

 

 Monday–Friday:
noon and 2 p.m.
Saturday:
Noon (October and April only), excluding holiday
Saturday: 11 a.m. (in April only), tours for admitted
students

Required for groups of 10 or more.

 

 Fees: $8 weekdays; $3 nights
(5 p.m.–midnight) and weekends.
Tours leave from the Visitor Center Phone: (805) 893-4518,
(805) 893-2487
» admissions.ucsb.edu

Santa Cruz

Visitor Guides, which contain a self-guided tour, are available at the Cook House Admissions Office.

» virtual tour
 Monday–Friday and selected Saturdays year round. Check
schedule online.
ours (1 hour, 45 minutes) leave from the Coook House Admissions Office 		Required; reserve online.
Call for high school or community college group tours 		Parking permits available while on guided tour.

For others, all-day parking permit is $5.50.
Tours (1 hour, 45 minutes) leave from the Cook House Visitor Center. E-mail: visits@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-4118
» admissions.ucsc.edu

 

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Fall 2009 Admission Application Opens
One Campus, Some Programs Open to New Applicants for Winter 200
Students Receive ELC Results
UC Tours
Appeal Court Reverses AB 540 Decision
UC Has New High School Articulation Coordinator
2008 Fall Counselor Conference Materials Available