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Tours

1. Admissions Tour

   A tour around campus will tell you a lot about what the University of Vermont has to offer. See what sets the UVM experience apart.

   Stops

   1. Davis Center

      A hub of student life and a LEED Gold certified building, the Davis Center (DC) has four floors of flowing space for study, recreation, dining, meeting, and other activity. The Student Government Association, our own radio station, WRUV, the Diversity, Equity and Unity Lounge, the award-winning school newspaper The Vermont Cynic, and several other student organizations are based in the DC. Stop into the DC to find the UVM Bookstore, Computer Depot, and several food options, including New World Tortilla, Brennan’s Pub, Henderson’s Café, and the UVM Dairy Bar, serving up ice cream produced with milk from UVM dairy farm's CREAM program. A pedestrian tunnel entered from the first floor passes under Main Street for easy access to residences, the athletic complex and other facilities on the south end of campus.

   2. Our Common Ground

      UVM is a community dedicated to supporting and celebrating the unique identity of every student, faculty and staff member.
      
      We share many things in common in our community, too. Most importantly, a commitment to promoting respect, integrity, innovation, openness, respect, responsibility – we call this Our Common Ground.

   3. Aiken Center

      Headquarters for the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Aiken earned LEED Platinum designation for ecological design during its last renovation. It includes features like research/teaching gardens on the green roof, which help mitigate stormwater and provide a living laboratory for our students.
      

   4. Howe Library

      UVM's main library, Howe, has a robust collection of books, periodicals, microform, electronic media, and other materials. The Government Information & Maps, Media, and Reference collections and the Writing Center are located here. Howe, along with UVM’s other two libraries, Dana Medical and Special Collections and University Archives, make available more than one million books, and hundreds of thousands of e-books, serials titles, databases, electronic resources, and multimedia materials. 

   5. Rowell Hall

      Home to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Rowell is directly connected to the Larner College of Medicine, UVM Medical Center, and other health sciences facilities. Students receive hands-on instruction in connection with one of the finest teaching hospitals in the United States.  

   6. Central Campus Residence Hall

      Opened in 2017, the Central Campus Residence Hall houses nearly 700 students in the Wellness Environment Learning Community and is located in the heart of UVM’s academic campus. This location is a short hop to classroom buildings and academic facilities.

   7. Kalkin & Ifshin Halls

      Constructed in 2018, Ifshin Hall, along with the adjoining Kalkin Hall, is home to the Grossman School of Business. This building features classrooms and dedicated areas for collaborative student work, in-depth advising, space for hosting case competitions and other events, and the coffee shop Campus Perk. 

   8. Votey Hall

      Home to UVM’s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Votey Hall connects to the STEM Complex in the heart of Main Campus. Expect to see many labs in the building, like the wind tunnel and inductively coupled plasma facility. This location puts engineering students footsteps away from collaborators in the physical sciences as well as research partners in UVM’s on-campus Larner College of Medicine.

   9. Innovation Hall

      Innovation Hall is part of UVM’s new STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Complex. The hall features research and meeting spaces, promotes active learning and houses the Vermont Advanced Computing Core. 

   10. Discovery Hall

       Discovery Hall features state-of-the-art lab space for students and faculty across engineering and the sciences, including biochemistry, physics and chemistry. Take a stroll across the bridge to Votey Hall. More than 90% of all UVM undergraduate students will take at least one course in this facility.  

   11. Old Mill

       Perhaps UVM’s most iconic building, Old Mill was built in 1825; its southwestern cornerstone was laid by Marquis de Lafayette while he was traveling through Burlington on a victory tour. Old Mill is home to several departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, including English, Geography, Political Science, Economics,  Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies, Center for Research on Vermont, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Program, Film and Television Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Global and Regional Studies Program and Jewish Studies.

   12. Morrill Hall

       Since its opening in 1907, Morrill Hall has been a home for agriculture on campus. It was named for U.S. Senator Justin Smith Morrill of Strafford, Vermont, author of the 1862 Morrill Land Grant College Act that provided federal aid for public universities and land grant colleges across the country. Today, it houses UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, where students have the opportunity to study “cells to civilization and everywhere in-between.”  

   13. Waterman Building

       Waterman holds classroom and meeting spaces for the College of Education and Social Services, the Department of Romance Languages, the Department of German and Russian, the Graduate College, Student Financial Services, and the Registrar, among others. It is also home to administrative offices, including the president and provost, and is an iconic structure to the west of the UVM Green. 

   14. The Catamount Store

       Before you head out of town, visit The Catamount Store, operated by the UVM Bookstore, in downtown Burlington.  You’ll find University of Vermont apparel, gifts, spirit products, and books, including a full line of athletic gear and maple syrup from the University’s Proctor Maple Research Station.