Visit Options
Information Session and Campus Tours
Led by an admissions officer and a current student, our hour-long information session introduces you to a variety of campus offerings, both academic and extracurricular, and acquaints you with the admissions and financial aid processes. The Foggy Bottom Campus tour immediately follows the information session. Visitors may complete their visit with our Mount Vernon Campus tour and a lunch with a current student. Select Schedule a Visit to sign up for these activities.
Foggy Bottom Campus Tours
Walk through our historic Foggy Bottom Campus neighborhood with a current GW student. Tours last approximately one hour.
Mount Vernon Campus Tours
Tours last approximately 30 minutes and are led by a student tour guide. The Vern Express, a shuttle bus, provides easy access to the Mount Vernon Campus from Foggy Bottom Campus. The Vern Express will return you to Foggy Bottom.
Lunch with a Student
This opportunity provides an intimate conversation over lunch with one of our current students at an on-campus dining venue. (Available for the prospective student only.)
Engineering and Applied Science Tours
Tours of Tompkins Hall, home of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, are available Mondays and Fridays at 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. This brief tour explores the classroom and laboratory facilities available to GW’s engineering and applied science students. The tour begins in Tompkins Hall, Room 104. No reservations are required.
School of Business Tours
Meet current GW business students while touring the state-of-the-art Ric and Dawn Duques and Norma Lee and Morton Funger Halls, home of the School of Business. Tours are available Mondays and Fridays at 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. The tour explores the classrooms and facilities available to GW's business students, including the Capital Markets Room, the Behavioral Lab, and the School of Business Career Center. The tour begins at the 22nd Street entrance to the Duques Hall Lobby. No reservations are required.
A Closer Look at Our Campuses
The following options must be scheduled in advance by calling the Visitor Center.
- Meet with professors, coaches and other campus resource staff.
- Attend a class matched to your academic interests.
Interviews
An interview is not required for admissions; however, if you are an applicant and elect to participate in an interview, it will be considered in the admissions process. We offer a variety of interview options, both on and off campus, including interview weekends in major locations throughout the country, interviews with local alumni and on-campus interviews. Further information and registration is available through the GW Admissions Activity Center.
Group Visits
If you have a group of more than 15 participants and would like to make arrangements to visit campus, please email grpvisit@gwu.edu. Requests must be received at least 30 days prior to the date of your visit.
Visiting Campus?
Download tours and maps of our campuses as a guide to classroom space, residence halls and other campus landmarks.
Foggy Bottom Self-Guided Walking Tour
Mount Vernon Self-Guided Walking Tour
Foggy Bottom Campus Map
Mount Vernon Campus Map
The GW Experience
Students
All in the Family
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Creating Next Generation Leaders
GW program helps female students connect with leading women across a variety of fields and develop their roles as future women in leadership.
Where the City is a Classroom
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Faculty
Fighting Neglected Diseases
GW professor works to eradicate diseases that affect the health, education and economic development of the world's poorest people.
Building the Super Computer
Pioneering lab puts GW at the forefront of high-speed computing and offers GW students unprecedented access to science and skills of the future.
Blast From the Past
Students map an ancient—and dramatic—eruption as part of a geological research program in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
Alumni
Giving Back to the District of Columbia
D.C. public health director calls GW education the foundation of his career.
GW Opens Doors
A chance encounter with a GW alumna helped give one GW undergraduate, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Texas, his big break.
The Legend Lives On
The $2 million bequest commitment caps a lifetime of philanthropy and service to GW, establishing the Elyse B. and Donald R. Lehman Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Physics.