UC Campus Tours

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. 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

DAYS & TIMES

RESERVATIONS

PARKING

Berkeley

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Monday–Saturday: 10 a.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m.

Tours (90 minutes) leave from Visitor Services offices, 101 University Hall, 2200 University Ave. (weekdays); Campanile (weekends)
Required for groups of 10 or more; must be ar-ranged with at least two weeks' notice.

Phone: (510) 642-5215

» www.berkeley.edu/visitors

» www.berkeley.edu/tours

Residence hall tours:
» www.housing.berkeley.edu
Parking on campus is very limited; public transportation is recommended.

» parking information

Davis

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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)

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.
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.

Phone: (530) 752-8111

e-mail: visit@ucdavis.edu

» visit.ucdavis.edu
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.

Irvine

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Monday–Friday: Noon
No tours on holidays or late September.

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 campustours.uci.edu)
Required for groups of 10 or more; reserve online. Contact campus before scheduling tour for visitors who require special accommodations.

Phone: (949) 824-4636

» www.campustours.uci.edu
» www.parking.uci.edu

Los Angeles

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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)

Tours (90 minutes) leave from Kerkhoff Hall.
Required; recommended two to three weeks in advance.

Non-English-speaking groups will need to bring interpreters.

Phone: 310) 825-8764
or (310) 206-319

» admissions.ucla.edu/tours

Housing tours:
» housing.ucla.edu
Fee: $8. Visit the parking kiosk on Westwood Boulevard; most visitors park in Lot 6.

Merced

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Monday–Friday: 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Select Saturdays: Noon (excludes major holidays and University events)

Tours (1 hour) leave from the Visitors Center on Scholars Lane in the Terrace Center.
(See www.ucmerced.edu/maps/campus)
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.

Phone: (209) 228-4682

Fax: (209) 228-4637

E-mail: tours@ucmerced.edu

» www.ucmerced.edu
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.

» taps.ucmerced.edu

Riverside

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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.

Tours (50 minutes) leave from 1101 Hinderaker Hall.
Required. Make reservations online.

Phone: (951) 827-TOURS
           (951) 827-8687

» www.visit.ucr.edu

» www.my.ucr.edu

Residence hall tours:
Call (951) 827-6500
Fee: $5. Purchase at kiosk (information booth) on West Campus Drive.

San Diego

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

Monday–Saturday: 11 a.m., except holidays and holiday 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.
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.

Phone: (858) 534-0370

Voicemail (858) 822-1455

Fax: (858) 822-4752

E-mail: campustours@ucsd.edu

» admissions.ucsd.edu/tours
Fee: $7 during the week; pay at the Visitor Information Centers at campus entrances. Free on weekends.


Santa Barbara

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


Monday–Friday:
noon and 2 p.m.

Saturday: Noon (October and April only), excluding holidays;

Saturday: 11 a.m. (in April only), tours for admitted students

Tours leave from the Visitor Center
Required for groups of 10 or more.

Phone (805) 893-4518, 
          (805) 893-2487

» admissions.ucsb.edu
Fees: $8 weekdays;
$3 nights (5 p.m.–midnight) and weekends.

Santa Cruz

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

Monday–Friday and selected Saturdays year round. Check schedule online.
Tours (1 hour, 45 minutes) leave from the Coook House Admissions Office

Tours (1 hour, 45 minutes) leave from the Cook House Visitor Center.
Required; reserve online.
Call for high school or community college group tours

E-mail: visits@ucsc.edu

Phone: (831) 459-4118

» admissions.ucsc.edu
Parking permits available while on guided tour.

For others, all-day parking permit is $5.50.

Information on page taken from UCOP.
Information subject to change.  Last revision 2/17/2009.