📸 Photo Gallery

Stanford image main quad

Stanford Visitor Center

Stanford Memorial Auditorium

Hoover Tower

Welcome to Stanford!

Stanford_Logo

Illustration of Stanford's main quad with large green area and mountains in the background.

Long view of Palm Drive, the road leading to Stanford's Main Quad at the front of campus, lined on each side by palm trees

Stanford's Land Acknowledgement Statement superimposed over an image of a deadwood tree, grasses, and paths in the campus foothills.

An aerial view of Stanford's central campus shows its proximity to downtown Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay nearby.

Statue of a winged lion marks a paved path leading into a densely treed area known as the Stanford Arboretum

Winged lions mark the pathway leading to the Stanford Family Mausoleum and the Arizona Cactus Garden, located in the heart of the Stanford Arboretum.

Pedestal containing a bronze statue of the three members of the Stanford family, located amidst trees in the Arboretum

This bronze statue of the Stanford family (Leland Stanford, Sr., Leland Stanford, Jr., and Jane Stanford) stands to the right of the Stanford Family Mausoleum.

Multiple types of cactus and trees in an ornamental garden with pathways

The amazing Arizona Cactus Garden is located to the left of the Stanford Family Mausoleum.

Stanford's free Marguerite Shuttle serves as a convenient part of the Stanford's local public transportation network.

Two images, the first showing the front of the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts building, featuring stone columns and marble statues; the second features the glass-fronted entrance to the Bing Concert Hall

Large oval-shaped lawn area leading up to the sandstone Main Quad and foothills in the background.

Front of a four-story sandstone building engraved with "Department of Chemistry" and "1900" and newly marked as the "Sapp Center for Science, Teaching and Learning"

Churning fountain at intersection in center of street with technology buildings

Science and Technology Gateway

Elevated view facing east of the Science & Engineering Quad Courtyard with Hoover Tower in the distance

Sandstone archways that connect mission-style arcades surround trees in the courtyard of the Main Quad.

Sandstone arches connecting mission-style arcades surround the center of the Main Quad - the geographic, academic, and historic center of the Stanford campus.

Facade of Memorial Church with arches, large mosaic relief, and intricately carved sandstone.

"Mem Chu" (as it is commonly referred to) is the architectural centerpiece of the Main Quadrangle. "While my whole heart is in the university, my soul is in that church." - Jane Lathrop Stanford

Two-story building and outdoor patio with trees surrounding and a seating area with tables and umbrellas.

Tresidder is Stanford's student union. It offers a wide variety of services and amenities, with several retail eateries (including the popular “CoHo” coffeehouse), two bank branches, the campus bike shop, a ticket office, hair salon, convenience store, meeting spaces, and more. Multiple student services are situated in the areas surrounding Tresidder Union.

Three-story residences line a private street landscaped with trees and flowers.

Central and scenic, The Row offers over 30 student-managed houses ranging in occupancy from 30 to 65. Many are themed, and each has a distinctive personality. In co-ops, students do their own cooking and cleaning, whereas in self-ops, meals are prepared by a chef. Both have open kitchens.

Students and bicyclists around a splashing fountain containing a large claw-like sculpture, situated in a plaza in front of mission-style building.

White Memorial Plaza is an often-lively hub connecting two popular student areas – Meyer Green and Tresidder Memorial Union. It includes the Stanford Bookstore, a post office, Old Union, and White Memorial Fountain, and plays host to rallies, career and activity fairs, demonstrations, and ad hoc concerts and events.

A bowl-shaped open space with lawn, trees, and a stage area, with Hoover Tower rising in the background.

Meyer Green is a popular spot for students to soak up the sun between classes, study, enjoy items from the popular adjacent cafe, or catch up with friends. This open, landscaped bowl provides a perfect venue for performances.

Five-story library building with tall archways, large windows, and trees surrounding trees.

The largest of Stanford’s 20 on-campus libraries, Green Library houses the Humanities and Social Sciences collections, Special Collections & University Archive, the Rumsey Map Center, and multiple large reading rooms. Green is a popular research destination for scholars of all disciplines.

Circular road with fountain at center in front of a 285-foot sandstone tower with rounded dome and observation platform at top..

The iconic Hoover Tower stands 285 feet (87m) tall, and is one of four buildings comprising the Hoover Institution. The tower includes the Hoover Library and Archives, exhibition spaces, offices, a 48-bell carillon, and an observation deck on the top floor where visitors can get a beautiful view of the campus and surrounding area.

Four-story sandstone building including large front lawn and trees, with Hoover Tower adjacent

Stanford offers top-ranked undergraduate degree programs in six primary social science departments ‒ Anthropology, Communication, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology ‒ as well as numerous interdisciplinary fields, including International Relations, Public Policy, Human Rights, and Urban Studies.

Brick building with palm trees and sign reading "Undergraduate Admission & Financial Aid"

Montag Hall is home to the Offices of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid. Stanford is committed to enrolling a vibrant, intellectual, and diverse community of students. Applicants are selected for admission holistically and within their own individual contexts based upon a combination of academic excellence, intellectual vitality, and their experiences, interests, and impact outside the classroom.

Three-story building with small plaza in front containing multiple tall palm trees.

The Stanford Alumni Association serves current and former students and members of the Stanford family by hosting events and providing networking, programs and services that help maintain a lifelong connection to the university for its students. The Frances Arrillaga Alumni Center also houses the Office of Development.

Building surrounded by trees with a stone sign indicating "Arrillage Family Sports Center - Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation)

Stanford's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is housed in the Arrillaga Family Sports Center, one of the finest collegiate athletic facilities in the country. Be sure to visit the state-of-the-art “Home of Champions” located within ‒ a free, interactive showplace honoring Stanford’s history of athletic excellence ‒ and grab a bite and some refreshment at the popular Sports Café located within.

Exterior of large sandstone auditorium with tall archway at facade and fountain shooting up water in front.

With a seating capacity of 1705, students come to Memorial Auditorium (“Mem Aud”) in droves to attend events and performances ranging from New Student Orientation to speaker events featuring world leaders and celebrities to “Gaieties” – a traditional comedy-musical performed during the annual Big Game Week. The Division of Drama, various makerspaces, and the campus radio station KZSU 90.1 are also headquartered in Mem Aud.

Marble and stone mausoleum with sphinxes at front, surrounded by trees

Made of stone and marble and situated in the tranquil Arboretum, the Stanford Family Mausoleum is the final resting place for all three members of Stanford's founding family.

Modern, multiple-story Art building with uniquely angled architecture at dusk

McMurtry Building for Art & Art History

Large bronze statue of "The Thinker" sitting in the middle of a round museum rotunda with marble columns

"The Thinker" in the Rodin Gallery of the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts

Landscaped garden featuring multiple black bronze sculptures including "The Gates of Hell" outside an adjacent museum

The Rodin Sculpture Garden, adjacent to the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts.

Interior of museum with modern stairwell leading up to second floor gallery displaying modern art paintings

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University feature over 120 pieces of contemporary, modern art.

Interior of concert hall with piano set in the middle of a large round seating area beneath several large sound baffles

The Bing Concert Hall seats over 800 patrons in a start-of-the-art acoustic environment.

Hundreds of people seated on terraced lawns leading down to a modern covered stage in a tree-lined amphitheater

The newly-renovated Frost Amphitheater seats thousands for outdoor performances and events in a beautiful forest-like setting.

Dancers surrounded by viewers on three sides in a black box performance space

The renovated Roble Arts Gym facility is an innovative makerspace that provides a variety of spaces for rehearsals, performances, and the creation of all types of art.

Sandstone gallery building with ornately carved arches, surrounded by trees with Hoover Tower rising up behind it

Originally built in 1917, the renovated Stanford Art Gallery is an exhibition space featuring works by students from the Department of Art & Art History.

Roof-level view of modern limestone building with multiple diagonal beams supporting an elevated shade lattice

Bass Biology Research Building

Palm tree stands in front of a modern limestone complex with stairs and ramps leading to two different buildings.

ChEM-H and Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Two modern three-story circular buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows sit next two each other, connected by pedestrian bridges.

James H. Clark Center, home of Stanford Bio-X

Modern multiple-story medical building with column supports and palm trees an open lawn area in front.

Li Ka Shing Building at the Stanford School of Medicine

Palm trees and benches in front for four-story computer science building

William Gates Computer Science Building

Street view of block-long, 3-story building with modern southwestern stone facade and arched entryway

Paul G. Allen Center for Integrated Systems

Modern 3-story building with glass front, metallic surfaces, and angled roof on left and a metallic facade on limestone on the right.

David Packard Electrical Engineering Building

Uniquely shaped auditorium building with sandstone construction on the left, metallic matte finish on the right, and non-traditional roofline.

William R. Hewlett Teaching Center

The Anderson Collection at Stanford University feature over 120 pieces of contemporary, modern art.

The Bing Concert Hall seats over 800 patrons in a start-of-the-art acoustic environment.

A landscaped courtyard shows a pathway leading past bronze statues to the center of a mission-style courtyard.

A beautiful landscaped courtyard provides a pathway past the bronze Burghers of Calais, leading to the center of the Main Quad.

Bronze casts representing Rodin's "Burghers of Calais" stand on a cobblestone plinth in Memorial Court.

The six bronze casts of Rodin's "Burghers of Calais" accent the entrance to the Main Quad in Memorial Court.

A student stands with bicycle between two of the many sandstone arches that surround a mission-style, paved courtard containing multiple "oases" of trees.

The Main Quad - with its sandstone columns, arches and arcades, and iconic red clay tile rooftops - is comprised of a blend of two primary architectural styles: Richardsonian Romanesque and California Mission Revival.

Diamond-shaped brass plates with class years on them line pathways of the arcades of the Main Quad.

Diamond-shaped brass plates representing graduating classes from Stanford line the pathways of the arcades of the Main Quad., starting in front of Memorial Church. The laying of a class time capsule underneath is an annual Commencement Weekend tradition..

Interior of large cruciform church with elaborate mosaic work, stained glass, and intricately carved sandstone.

The cavernous interior of "Mem Chu" features a breathtaking array of mosaics from the Salviati Studios of Italy, stunning stained glass windows from the Lamb Studios of New York/San Francisco, intricately detailed carvings, and five pipe organs.

Airy indoor space with representations of different world religions and cultures.

The Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning & Experiences (CIRCLE) is a safe haven for diversity, worship, ritual, meditation, reflection, spiritual and intellectual growth.

Two-story house with white columns, a "Hillel at Stanford" banner, and floral landscaping.

Located in a stately house on The Row, Hillel at Stanford aims to empower Jewish students at Stanford to explore and deepen their Jewish identities, and to envision their futures with choices inspired by Jewish values and commitments.

Entrance with glass doors indicating "Markaz Center" with colorful walls, art, and decor.

The Markaz is a centrally-located center that supports a vibrant community of students who identify with or are interested in Muslim experiences both here and around the world.

Outdoor walking labyrinth in front of a peaceful facility surrounded by trees.

Windhover is a spiritual refuge and contemplative center designed to provide an environment for quiet reflection throughout the day for Stanford students, faculty, and staff.

Multi-story building with windows containing colorful signs filling the windows to indicate the new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

With its opening in Fall 2022, Stanford’s newest school brings together and expands upon the former School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth), the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, the Precourt Institute for Energy, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (joint with the School of Engineering) and the facilities at Hopkins Marine Station.

Modern, three-story limestone building, surrounded by palm trees and a courtyard featuring large artistic spheres

The Y2E2 Building, located in the Science & Engineering Quad, houses Stanford University’s interdisciplinary initiative for the integrated study of energy and natural systems and aims to be a model of sustainability and energy efficiency. It houses the Precourt Institute for Energy, which concentrates the talents of the university on energy research and education, from basic science and technology to policy and business.

Facade of two-story building with balcony, stairwell, an entrance surrounded by trees, and a hand-painted sign indicating welcome to those of all religions, cultures, colors, and abilities

The Bechtel International Center, often referred to as the "I-Center," welcomes and provides resources for new international students, scholars, and their families. They offer guidance and counseling services on logistical matters specific to international members of the Stanford community. With a firm belief that international educational exchange nurtures lifelong global perspectives, the I-Center offers interactive programs to increase international awareness and understanding for Stanford students, faculty, staff, and members of our local community. Also housed here is the Overseas Resource Center (ORC), which works with undergraduates and graduate students, post-docs as well as recent alumni pursuing scholarships for study and research abroad.

Aerial view of the central campus area of the main Stanford campus, including adjacent communities and San Francisco Bay in background

Aerial view of the central campus area of the main Stanford University campus

Aerial View of Stanford's central campus, with neighboring communities and San Francisco Bay in the background.

The central area of Stanford's main campus, with neighboring communities and San Francisco Bay in the background. Stanford University is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, midway between San Francisco and San Jose in Northern California,

Text of Stanford Land Acknowledgment superimposed over image of Stanford foothills, including deadwood tree, grasses, and path.

"Stanford sits on the ancestral land of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe. This land was and continues to e of great importance to the Ohlone people. Consistent with our values of community and inclusion, we have a responsibility to acknowledge, honor, and make visible the University's relationship to Native peoples."

empty

Campus Tour for Students