The Rotunda
24-hour library at the geographic heart of campus.
Campus Life
Threehundredacres.
Onecontinuousconversation.
A residential campus by design. Students live, eat, and study alongside faculty, in a system of eight residential colleges organized around shared intellectual and cultural life.
The Campus
Residential Colleges
8 residential colleges, each with its own dining hall, master, and traditions.
240+ Clubs
From robotics to a cappella to competitive debate.
Athletics
34 varsity teams, 18 club sports, an Olympic-standard aquatics center.
Makerspaces
24/7 access to fabrication, electronics, and prototyping labs.
A Day in the Life
7 AM to midnight, and every hour in between.
07:30
Row on the lake
Boathouse opens at dawn. Eight crews launch before the first lecture.
10:00
Seminar of eight
Every undergraduate takes at least one seminar per semester. Never more than twelve students.
13:00
Lunch at your college
Faculty dine in the residential colleges. Lunch is where most collaborations begin.
16:00
Lab hours
Undergraduate researchers work alongside PhD candidates in every flagship lab.
19:00
Concert at the Rotunda
The AGU Symphony gives 40 free concerts a year — no ticket required.
22:30
Late night at the studio
The design studios and observatories run until 2 AM. The espresso machine never sleeps.
Traditions
Rituals that outlast every graduating class.
From the Lantern Walk on the first night of Orientation to the President's Convocation on graduation morning, AGU traditions are how new students become alumni and how alumni stay students.
01
The Lantern Walk
The first-year class walks silently across campus at dusk on Orientation night.
02
The Master's Table
Once a semester, every undergraduate dines with a faculty master of their choosing.
03
The Founder's Bell
Rung once a year — at the exact moment the university's charter was signed in 1998.