Campus Tours & Information Sessions
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The Yale Admissions Office is located at 38 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut. Unless otherwise indicated below, all Information Sessions, tours, Student Forums, and on-campus interviews take place at the Admissions Office. Click here for directions.
Admissions Office HoursFrom May 31 through the end of August the Admissions Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning in September the office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office is also closed for holidays.
Information Sessions - 38 Hillhouse AvenueThe Office of Undergraduate Admissions conducts informal group information sessions for prospective applicants and their families. At these sessions an admissions officer or a student intern (a current Yale senior) discusses academic programs, undergraduate life, the application process and financial aid. Reservations are NOT required. These information sessions meet at the Yale Undergraduate Admissions office. |
Information on this pageCampus Tours & Information Sessions
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| Yale Information Session schedule (38 Hillhouse Avenue): | ||||
| Year Round* | Monday through Friday | 9:00 a.m. | ||
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| September 8 through November 10 | Saturday | 10:00 a.m. | ||
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| *1:00 p.m. sessions also available February, March, April, June, July, and August (Monday through Friday). All sessions are held at the Admissions Office, 38 Hillhouse Avenue. | ||||
Please be sure to check for holiday exceptions.
Tour Information
All tours are led by Yale students and provide an opportunity for prospective students and their families to meet current undergraduates. Tours last approximately one hour. Please consult the tables below for tour schedules and starting times. Please also note that some tours leave from the Admissions Office and some tours leave from the Visitor Center.
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| Year Round (Leaving from the Visitor Center) | Monday through Friday | 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. | ||
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| Year Round (Leaving from the Visitor Center) | Saturday and Sunday | 1:30 p.m. | ||
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| Yale Tours Leaving from the Admissions Office (38 Hillhouse Avenue): | ||||
| September, October, November, May | Monday through Friday | 10:30 a.m. | ||
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| February, March, April, June, July, August (Leaving from the Admissions office) | Monday through Friday | 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. | ||
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| September 8 through November 10 (Leaving from the Admissions office) | Saturday | 11:30 a.m. | ||
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Please call for holiday schedule (203.432.9300) or see the list of university holidays.
Please be sure to arrive ten minutes before the tour is scheduled to begin.
If you are unable to attend one of the tours listed above, please check the more extensive list of tours offered by the Yale Visitor Center.
Sciences at Yale Tour
In addition to our general campus tour we also offer a more in-depth tour for students interested in studying the Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences. Specific programs of interest include: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Chemistry; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Geology and Geophysics; and Physics.
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| June 2- August 29* | Tuesday and Friday | 12 noon | ||
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| *There will be no Sciences at Yale tours on July 1 or July 4. |
On this tour, guests will visit science classrooms as well as teaching and research laboratories. The tour guide will discuss available programs of study and notable professors, highlighting some of Yale's cutting-edge research and how undergraduates can become involved. The tour will also give some of the institution's distinguished scientific history. Finally, the tour guide will talk about pre-medical requirements and graduate school admissions. Of course, the tour guide will also be happy to answer any questions. All Sciences at Yale tours begin and end at the Admissions Office at 38 Hillhouse Avenue and last approximately one hour.
Engineering Tour
Student Forums
Beginning in June 2008, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will host a series of Student Forums. These non-evaluative sessions will allow visiting students to meet in a small group with current Yale students to ask specific questions about student life.
Each forum will be an interactive encounter where prospective students get an inside view of Yale and what being a Yale student is like. The small number of students at a session will allow the Yale students running the conversation to focus on the specific areas of interest to the visiting students.
In order to keep the forums at a personal level, each session is limited to 20 rising seniors and will have at least one current Yale student for every ten visiting students. Summer sessions run every weekday at noon from June 9 - August 22.
Group Visits
If you are planning a group visit to Yale (15 people or more—prospective undergraduate students and group managers only please) email uga.receptionist@yale.edu to set up your visit, we will help arrange an information session and a tour for your group. Please include a brief description of the group, the exact size of the group, and the date and time you expect to arrive on campus and the length of your visit. We will contact you with an itinerary for your visit to Yale.
