Campus Visit FAQs

We offer information sessions and student-led walking tours Monday through Friday year-round unless otherwise noted in the calendar on our Visit page. Saturday information sessions and tours are available on select weekends throughout the year. Visit our Information Session and Campus Tour Schedule page for availability.

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. 

We suggest you call to confirm that an information session and campus tour will be offered on the day you plan to visit. You may contact us at 305-284-6000.

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 area between the parking garage and the Office of Undergraduate Admission is currently under construction, so please allow sufficient time (approximately 15 minutes) to walk to the Office of Undergraduate Admission from the garage.

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.

The information session is conducted by an admission counselor and a current student. They will cover the admission process, what we are looking for when we review applications, academic, research, and extracurricular opportunities. There will be time set aside at the end of the session for you to ask questions.

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

For financial aid questions, you may visit our Office of Student Financial Assistance and Employment. Walk-in advising hours are as follows:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Wednesday: 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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 and 15 minutes. 

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 Liz Whitby, lwhitby@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. 

UPDATE: Due to the pandemic, space is limited in the presentation room and on campus tours. Visiting students will only be permitted to enter the presentation room with one guest and tour campus with two guests. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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.