Campus visits

UC Berkeley Staff & Faculty Campus Walking Tours

New to UC Berkeley or just never taken a guided campus tour? These tours are designed for our amazing staff and faculty - and they offer a great onboarding experience to share with fellow employees over a lunchtime walk.

In collaboration with People & Culture and as part of the New Employee Resource Orientation (NERO), we...

Free Guided Walking Tours

We offer free 90-minute accessible walking tours of the campus seven days a week, rain or shine. Prospective student or family? Tourist? Nostalgic alum? A campus tour is perfect for you! Our expert tour guides are student ambassadors who cover academics, history of the University, health & safety, athletics, student life, and much more.

The tour outlines our residence halls and...

Special Group & Private Walking Tours

Thank you for your interest in booking a special group walking tour or private walking tour with special accommodations. These are general walking tours of our campus. We are now booking for Summer 2025! At the bottom of the page, please find the registration link or you can put your name on our list to be notified when the Fall 2025 booking calendar becomes available in early September.

What Constitutes a Special Group?

A special group is any party of 10 or more people. This can include a large family,...

Golf Cart Tours

Visitor Services offers one-hour golf cart tours of the campus for visitors with limited mobility only. If you have limited mobility, please book your tour below and additionally email tour@berkeley.edu with your request and clearly detail your special accommodation requirement so that we may approve the golf cart tour.

The information presented on a golf cart tour is the same information you would receive on our...

Virtual Engagements

Virtual Campus Visits

We will conduct live virtual campus visits over Zoom Webinar this summer with our student campus ambassadors! Learn all about the Berkeley campus, academics, and student life. We'll present for 45 minutes and then answer some of your questions. Visitors will not be able to show their video or unmute themselves; rather, all questions can be typed in the Q&A functionality of the webinar.

Summer 2025 Schedule - TBA

Virtual Campus Experience through YouVisit

Wander the campus virtually through our...

Current Campus Ambassadors

Campus Ambassadors are current students that lead tours and guide the Berkeley experience for our 135,000 annual campus guests. As representatives and advocates for the university, student campus ambassadors personify the excellence and diversity of the campus community while telling their Berkeley stories.

Want to connect with a current ambassador below? Email us at tour@berkeley.edu with the name of the ambassador and we will connect you! Please note we are unable to accept requests for in-person tours given by a...

Self-Guided Tours & Maps

We welcome you with open arms on our campus with a variety of guided and self-guided tours and maps. While you are on campus, check out our instagrammable places!

Virtual Campus Experience through YouVisit

Wander the campus virtually through our YouVisit...

Residence Hall Virtual Tours

To support student's privacy and health safety, UC Berkeley Housing does not offer in-person tours of our residence halls and insteads offers a variety of interactive virtual tours! Please visit the UC Berkeley Housing website for information.

While on campus, UC Berkeley Dining encourages visitors to eat at the Crossroads Dining...

Social Media

Connect with Visitor Services and our student Campus Ambassadors through social media!

Facebook: @VisitUCBerkeley

Instagram: @VisitUCBerkeley

YouTube: @VisitUCBerkeley

Campus Ambassadors