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Facilities

Quick Stats

Service & Maintenance Staff 812
Campus Size 169 acres
Student Centers Danforth University Center (DUC)
Campus Library? Yes
Main Libraries 14
Popular Places to Chill
  • Bowles Plaza
  • The DUC
  • The Quad
  • Ursa’s
  • Whispers
Bar on Campus None
Bowling on Campus None
Coffeehouse on Campus
  • The Hilltop Café and Whispers on main campus
  • Ursa’s on the South 40
Movie Theater on Campus None, but there’s a big screen in the huge lecture hall, Brown 100, where the film and media studies courses hold their screenings.

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The main facilities that students use on campus are the athletic complex (AC), Danforth University Center (DUC), the computer labs, and the libraries. These facilities are more than satisfactory, but most agree that the athletic complex is a bit starved for resources. Equipment and space are lacking in many areas, although it’s still possible to do a wide range of sports. The DUC is the campus’s most popular lunchtime eating establishment, but it also has many other uses. It houses Ibby’s (an upscale, sit-down restaurant), multi-purpose rooms for clubs, and an upstairs lounge with bean bags, couches, flat-screen TVs, arcade games, and a Wii. As for libraries, they are all over campus, and they are comfortable and well-stocked. The main library, Olin, for example, recently underwent a complete renovation.

Students in the sciences find the labs and buildings to be first-rate; in fact, the University recently built new lab sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and biomedical engineering buildings to keep up with new technologies and the BME boom. There is also a massive new Sam Fox Arts Center which includes an art museum, library, and exhibit space for student work. Wash U‘s architecture was inspired by Oxford and Cambridge; however, students are sharply divided between die-hard supporters and detractors of the Collegiate Gothic architecture.

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Facilities at Washington University in St. Louis

Nutritious

'14

Chemical Engineering

4.6
A

Everything Good but AC

The facilities here are excellent. Wash U builds new buildings unbelievably quickly, and renovates others. The athletic complex is rather lacking (the weight room is often packed to capacity) and is not up to par with the rest of the school. As a Division III school, this kind of thing is never on top of the priorities. However, many buildings have been built in the last few years, including the engineering facilities, and they include many new technologies and are in general quite nice.

Oct 09, 2011

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Facilities at Washington University in St. Louis

zacharyahernandez

'14

Environmental Studies

4.6
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Dining Options

WashU has a good variety of dining options and the food is great! Dains Dining Hall does get crowded but you can always find somewhere to sit. Bear's Din also gets crowded, but there is always somewhere to sit and the facilities are very new and nice! There are smaller areas around campus to eat, like Holmes Lounge and Subway. Both are very good but selection not as big.

Jun 01, 2011

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asalper

'13

Political Science and Government

5.0
A+

Pretty Much Everything Is Great

They are constantly doing construction on campus to redo buildings and make them green, and buildings here are absolutely beautiful. The new dining and workout center in the residential area where freshman and sophomores live is particularly amazing. 2010-2011 is it's first year being open, and for food options, you have a grill/fryer station, mexican, indian, pizza, italian, kosher, stir fry, and a sandwich station. The new workout area above the dining room is so nice, too- each machine has it's own television! WashU really puts in the effort to make the students feel like they are living in a resort rather than on a college campus

Dec 01, 2010

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Favorite Things To Do

You can go for a swim in the AC, listen to CDs while you study in one of the music library’s listening rooms, catch a play in Edison Theater, or check out a hip-hop battle at the Gargoyle.

You can play Frisbee golf around campus, climb trees next to the art school, or check out student concerts in Graham Chapel.

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