Campus visits

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. At the bottom of the page, please find the form where you can put your name on our list to be notified when the Fall 2026 booking calendar becomes available.

What Constitutes a Special Group?

A special group is any party of 10 or more people. This can include a large family, school group (grades 6th and up only), private tour company, non-...

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 clearly detail your special accommodation requirement in the notes section so that we may approve the golf cart tour. If no notes are provided, your tour will not be approved.

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

Campus Tours

Virtual Engagements

Virtual Campus Visits

Experience our campus from anywhere in the world through an engaging virtual campus tour led by two of our knowledgeable student tour guides. During this virtual visit, you’ll learn about the campus from the student perspective including our history, academics, housing, student life, traditions, student resources, and more. We'll present for about 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...

Residence Hall Virtual Tours

To support students' privacy and safety, UC Berkeley Housing does not offer in-person tours of the residence halls; however, they offer 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...

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...

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!

Official Self-Guided Tours by Visitor Services

Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour: Want to wander the campus on your own at your own pace or just listen to the audio guide? Use our self-guided audio walking tour with...

UC Berkeley Staff & Faculty Campus Walking Tours

Are you new to UC Berkeley or just never got around to take 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...

Information for UC Berkeley Staff/Faculty [campus tour request]

Visitor Services provides specialized tours for campus department hosted event/conference attendees or as a part of a new student orientation, coordinated and requested by UC Berkeley staff or faculty. These tours are not for school groups, non-Berkeley related organizations, or general visitors to the campus - please instead visit our Special Group Tours or Free Walking Tours pages. Subjects...