Campus Visit FAQs

The University of Miami has three campuses on more than 400 acres in Miami-Dade County, stretching from Coral Gables and the city of Miami to South Dade.

• The Coral Gables campus, the University’s main campus, is home to our undergraduate schools and colleges and the School of Law. It is located on a 239-acre tract in Coral Gables, approximately seven miles from downtown Miami.
• The Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine campus, in the Health District near downtown Miami, consists of 72 acres within the 153-acre University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center complex.
• The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science campus is located on an 18-acre waterfront campus on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay.  

We offer information sessions and student-led walking tours throughout the year. Visit our Information Session and Campus Tour Schedule page for availability.

Note: We reserve the right to cancel information sessions and campus tours at any time.

We welcome your visit request at any time; however, please keep in mind that additional time may be necessary to customize your visit and accommodate any special requests.

You will receive a confirmation email if you provide a valid email address to us when scheduling your visit. This email will contain very important information about your visit such as parking instructions.                                

Our Self-Guided Walking Tour is the next best thing to a guided tour. As you take yourself around campus, be sure to take in the sights and enjoy your time on campus. The Self-Guided Walking Tour includes:

• a campus map
• point-by-point descriptions of what you'll see on campus
• information about places and things of interest, such as our academic offerings, student life, residential colleges, performance venues, and photo opportunities
• information about places to grab a bite to eat 

Absolutely; if you are unable to visit our campus in person, we encourage you to take our Virtual Tour anytime, anywhere! 

The Office of Undergraduate Admission is happy to host special tours for groups of 15-60 people. The group tour is designed for students who are currently engaged in the college search process. Visit our Special Group Tours page for more information.

In the event that you need to cancel your visit, please refer to the cancellation link at the bottom of your confirmation email. You could then register for a different day by completing the registration process again.

Please email our admission inbox at admission@miami.edu, with the subject line “Campus Visit Update.” Be sure to include your full name and date of birth on all correspondence along with the information you wish to update.

You can schedule campus visits for dates that occur in the near future. If your intended date is in the distant future, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admission at 305-284-6000 to confirm that an information session and/or tour is offered on that day. 

You must register prior to attending a campus information or tour, as space may be limited.

We recommend that all campus visitors park in our Pavia Parking Garage. Enter the following address into your navigation system:

Pavia Parking Garage 
5615 Pavia Street 
Coral Gables, FL 33146

The office hours are as follows: 
Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Please note the University is closed on all national holidays.

A general information session about academics, student life, the admission process, and financial aid at the University of Miami. The information session lasts approximately 45 minutes. 

If you have additional questions after the information session and campus tour, an admission counselor will be available to help you.

For financial aid questions, you may contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance and Employment.

Our guided tours showcase both the academic and residential sides of campus. The student ambassador will also cover UM’s history, traditions, dining, styles of residence hall options, student centers, library, bookstore, and other campus facilities while walking around campus. The tour lasts approximately one hour. 

Campus tours walk throughout the heart of campus. While UM is a very walkable campus, we do recommend wearing comfortable shoes and dressing casually.

If you will need special accommodations (e.g., a wheelchair), email Daisy Guasch at dguasch@miami.edu with the subject line “Special Accommodation” at least three weeks in advance of your visit. Be sure to include your full name and date of birth on all correspondence. 

During the tour, there will be an opportunity to walk through academic buildings and see classrooms from a distance. 

Parent participation is not mandatory but is highly encouraged—much of the information covered during the information session and campus tour is helpful for parents of future Miami Hurricanes as well as the students.

Although we love furry friends, we request that pets are not brought on campus tours. Service animals are always welcome. 

If the rain is light to moderate, your tour will most likely still go on. If severe weather conditions occur, we cannot permit a walking tour to go outside out of concern for your safety.            

In most cases, the campus tour follows the information session. During select times of the year, a campus-tour-only option is offered. See our Visit page for more information.  

The Office of Undergraduate Admission is not able to schedule athletic appointments. You or your coach should contact the appropriate UM coach for information about the recruitment process.