NDSU has over 100 buildings on its campus. You won't cover all of them on your tour, but here are a few that you'll either walk through or walk by.
32 classrooms/labs
The classrooms are designed for interactive/collaborative learning, which includes:
Microphones at each table
Professor's table/lectern in the middle of the classroom
Moveable tables to allow for group work
Churchill Field was left as green space based on input from students
Student-focused - every room is a classroom or laboratory, there are not faculty offices in the building
Sudro Hall:
Home to the College of Health and Human Sciences
Aldevron Tower:
Home to Public Health, the School of Nursing, and School of Pharmacy
First opened in the spring of 2020, Aldevron Tower is a 6-storied, $28M, privately funded building with state-of-the-art technology for hands-on, interprofessional education for future healthcare professionals
Home to the School of Nursing and the Department of Public Health
Includes high-tech simulators, telehealth/telepharmacy, sterile and nonsterile compounding labs, exam rooms, and skills labs
Patient simulators can be programmed to simulate patient conditions to help students learn about heart and lung sounds, labor and delivery, pediatric care, cardiac arrest, and other health conditions.
Home to Theatre Arts
Askanase Auditorium is a 380-seat proscenium theatre
Walsh Studio Theatre is a flexible studio-laboratory black box space
Theatre NDSU produces four productions a year (plays or musicals). Tickets are free for students.
Located next to the South Engineering Building. Great spot to study and relax outside of the classroom. Officially known as the Dennis Colliton Memorial.
Located in downtown Fargo.
Home to the College of Business and Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, as well as a number of business-related centers.
One of the stops on MATBus routes, so that students can easily travel from the main campus and back.
Includes classroom spaces, an auditorium, and gathering spaces.
Home of the Barry Hall Coffee Shop.
Home to Health, Nutrition, & Exercise Science, as well as Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC
Includes the Athletic Training & Exercise Science Lab, Biometrics Lab, and Human Performance Lab.
Installed on campus in 2012. Great place to take pictures on campus.
Built in 1910 – One of the first buildings built on campus.
Has served as the following:
Cafeteria, gymnasium, classroom building and a female residence hall
Ceres Hall now houses offices for many of the student services on campus.
Office of Admission, Financial Aid and Scholarships, Registration and Records, Career and Advising Center, Counseling Center, TRIO programs, and Customer Account Services.
Registration and Records has unofficial and official transcripts you can request if needed.
Two connected buildings:
EML: E. Morrow Lebedeff Hall
FLC: Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Family Life, 4-H Center
Home of Apparel, Retail Merchandising and Design; Counselor Education; HDFS; Interior Design; Nutrition Science; School of Education; and a number of other offices.
Home to one of the childcare centers on campus, including a playground.
Home to the HNES Dining Room and Classroom, where the 800 Cafe is housed.
Home to the Emily P. Reynold Historic Costume Collection.
A group of six buildings that house College of Engineering programs, labs, and offices.
The center building will be demolished over summer 2024 to make way for a new addition to the complex which will connect all of the buildings.
The NDSU Equine Center is situated on 14 acres of land within the North Dakota Horse Park and was constructed in 2003 to serve as the epicenter of the NDSU Equine Science Program. The 600' x 120' climate-controlled barn contains an indoor arena, spectator seating, and stall accommodations for over 300 horses. The facility is also used for horse shows and events and to house race horses for Horse Race North Dakota during the racing season. Any student can have their horses boarded at the center.
The largest lecture hall on campus, seating approximately 400 students.
Most students will have a maximum of 3-5 classes in a classroom this large throughout the full four years.
Outlets included under the chairs
Always left-handed desks available
Typically home to general courses on campus, including but not limited to chemistry, biology, anatomy, geology, and sociology.
Professors will use PRS units (personal response system) to facilitate participation points, pop quizzes and attendance.
All academics are available to students via Blackboard. Blackboard gives students access to grades, contacting students and professors, uploading assignments, the syllabus, etc.
Home of Animal Sciences and the School of Natural Resource Sciences.
Connected to Morrill, QBB, Ladd, Sugihara, and the Memorial Union via skywalks.
Home of Landscape Architecture. Right next to Barry Hall and also on MATBUS routes.
Houses an architecture and materials library.
Home of Ag & Biosystems Engineering and the Esports Lab.
NEVER talk negatively about the library or assume that prospective students will not spend much time there.
The library is more than a place to study – it is a resource for students throughout their college career.
Typical hours during the academic year are Mon-Thurs 7:30am-12am, Fri 7:30am-5pm, Sat 11am-5pm, and Sun 1pm-12am.
The Main Library has two computer labs, printers, and a technology Help Desk.
Resources:
The Interlibrary Loan service allows you to request materials from local, regional, and national libraries.
The Main Library offers a variety of places to study including lounge space, quiet study zones and group project workspaces. The upper level is considered the quiet level, where the main and lower levels are more collaborative spaces.
There are group study rooms that students can reserve, which have wireless screen-sharing technology.
Individual study rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Digital Fabrication Lab is a workspace open to all students and provides access and training to 3D printers, CNC desktop milling machines, a laser cutter, hand tools, and more.
The Presentation Studio allows you to record high-quality audio and video for practice sessions.
Located on the lower level are other academic support services:
Center for Accessibility and Disability Resources – facilitates equal access to academic pursuits, promotes self-advocacy in students, and fosters inclusion for students with disabilities.
Center for Writers – assists students with different stages of writing, similar to a writing tutoring service.
Math Emporium – provides tutoring and practice for math classes.
Home of Plant Sciences
Located at the corner of University Drive and 12th Avenue North.
New students walk through these gates on the first day of class.
Nearly 2 million people visit the MU each year!
Lower Level
Food Court
Union Dining Center
Thundar's Game Room: 8 bowling lanes, 8 billiards tables, ping pong table, and air hockey
Reflection Space
Main Level
Design & Sign: Printing, copy, and promotional services
One Stop: Financial aid, registration, and student account services
US Bank Branch
Bookstore
NDSU International Student and Study Abroad Services
Office of Multicultural Program
Student Activities Office
Student Government
Upper Level
Anishinaabe Theater is a 300-seat movie theater in the MU that shows relatively new movies, free for NDSU students
Gallery: Free/public exhibitions that rotate throught the semester, including Virtual Reality programs
Meeting rooms are available to be reserved by student organizations or NDSU departments
One of the largest classroom buildings in the state of North Dakota – 17 classrooms and just over 1000 seats.
Home of the College of Arts and Sciences
Includes the Minard Coffee Shop
Connected to Reineke Fine Arts Center
Home of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources; NDSU Extension; and Women & Gender Studies
The first building on campus, opened in 1892. Originally named College Hall.
The building has been home to the library, the chapel, gymnasium and the original Little Country Theatre.
Old Main is now home to NDSU Administration, including:
President
Provost
Dean of Students
The Quentin Burdick Building serves as the headquarters for the Information Technology Division, including the main IT Help Desk and the Technology Learning and Media Center.
The IT Help Desk is the first stop for all technology-related support, including general computer assistance, account activation, password resets, and help to connect to wireless and email.
The IT Help Desk does NOT fix computer hardware, but can help diagnose and fix software issues.
Students can visit the IT Help Desk to check out laptops, digital still and video cameras, and GoPro Cameras for free, and to print large-format posters for a small fee.
The Learning and Applied Innovation Center (LAIC) provides technology-related class project support and free workshops for students.
If your instructor assigns an audio, video or graphic design project, you can get help at the TLMC with all aspects of the assignment, including access to specialty software and help using the recording studios.
The LAIC offers workshops on topics including Adobe, Microsoft Office, audio/video editing and more. Students gain multimedia skills in these workshops that help them in their academic and professional careers.
All students have access to the LAIC media studio, equipped with an audio recording room and an area for video recording and studio photography.
The largest computer lab on campus is located in the QBB and is open 24/7, with NDSU Card access required after hours.
Students are allocated $15 per semester for printing, which amounts to 500 black and white pages.
Home to the Graduate School and Political Science & Public Policy
Home of Performing Arts and the Challey School of Music
Festival Concert Hall is an acoustically excellent, 1,000-seat hall, opened in 1981. FCH is the concert home for all NDSU music major ensembles, major Theatre NDSU musical productions, the F-M Symphony, the F-M Opera, and for special concert and performance appearances by touring groups.
Beckwith Recital Hall has the same acoustical excellence as FCH but is a smaller setting with capacity being 200. It is used as a classroom and performance space for faculty, student, and small group recitals.
Home to many of the campus presentations: Homecoming Coronation and Homecoming Show, Bison Brevities, Mr. and Miss NDSU, State of the University, and Campus Attractions.
Reineke Fine Arts Center has classrooms, rehearsal rooms for the various ensembles, and individual practice rooms for music students.
Home to the School of Design, Architecture and Art.
Home to Veterinary Technology
Current home of the NDSU Meat Lab
Main location for the annual Little International (know as "Little I") livestock show on campus, hosted by the Saddle and Sirloin club.
Home to Physics
Home of Biological Sciences
There is a small “museum” in the lower level with fossils, taxidermy animals and 9-12 live snakes.
Connected to Gate City Bank and Van Es halls through underground tunnels
Home of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Newest building on campus; opened in 2022
Home of Biotechnology and Microbiological Sciences
The entire building is the Wallman Wellness Center, but is home to the Wellness Center, child care service, and Student Health Services
Wellness Center:
Facility – 2 Group fitness studios, Cycling Studio, 1 walking & running track, martial arts studio, and 4- racquetball courts (one converts to a squash court) 33-foot high rock climbing pinnacle (no additional fee for rock-climbing), bouldering wall, 3 wood court gymnasiums and one multi-activity court used for many different sports including pickleball.
The Wellness Center is an exciting place to work and hires all majors year-round for student employment. Approximately 200 student employees.
Facilities include cardiovascular and strength equipment, group exercise studios, fitness testing on the Bod Pod system, and men’s and women’s locker rooms.
Group Fitness classes continually change based on what member’s request. Classes could include the following Yoga, Cycle, Zumba, HIIT, among many others.
Aquatics
A 6 lane 25-yard lap pool and leisure pool for sport activities/fitness classes
Lounge seating, hot tub/sauna
Separate single-use locker rooms for the aquatics area
A "wet classroom" for meetings, events, and aquatic classes
Fireplace/lounging space on the pool deck
Aquatic programming includes: floaty night, dive-in movie, canoe battleship, and many more
Child Care:
The Wellness Center Child Care is one of only a few in the United States specifically for students with children.
Care is provided for the children of NDSU students who need child care to attend their classes. The center is licensed for 32 children and usually has a waitlist.
Student Health Services:
Clinic and pharmacy for enrolled students.
Physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmaceutical services, labs, X-rays, and health promotion/education can all be found within student health services.