Campus Life

DePaul has two Chicago campuses, each with its own personality and resources. Though the College of Commerce is situated on the Loop campus, students often choose to live in a residence hall at the Lincoln Park campus, where they can complete their first year of courses. The CTA, or "L", takes them from one campus to the other in minutes.

Loop Campus

Downtown Chicago bustles just outside the doors of the Loop Campus, located at Jackson and State streets. The heart of the campus is the newly remodeled DePaul Center featuring modern classrooms, high-tech student services, and expansive law and general libraries. The Colleges of Commerce and Law, the School for New Learning and the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems are based here, just steps from the stock exchanges, corporate headquarters and Chicago's business district.

Steps away from some of Chicago's most beloved cultural institutions, the Loop campus offers students all the advantages of a university campus with the facilities and connections to the city's thriving business community.

Lincoln Park Campus

DePaul's Lincoln Park campus is the oldest, largest and most active of the University's seven campuses. Located on 36 acres in the heart of Chicago's historic Lincoln Park neighborhood, this campus offers a traditional university environment. Approximately 2,400 students live on-campus in DePaul's 14 residence halls and enjoy a wide array of services housed in the popular Schmitt Academic Center. The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The Theatre School, the School of Music, the School of Education, and the extensive John T. Richardson Library. Opened in 1992, the library features study and small-group spaces, an automated reference center and a high-tech Resource Center for Career Development. Recent additions to the campus landscape include the 60,000-square foot McGowan Sciences Center, opened in the fall of 1992, and the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center, opened in September 1999. The Meyer Rec Center features four basketball courts, a six-lane pool and scores of fitness machines and weights.

The potpourri of stores, theatres, restaurants and music clubs in the neighborhood reflect the culturally rich urban environment of DePaul and the dynamic community of DePaul's students.

Student Life

The Office of Student Life at DePaul University supports close to 200 diverse student clubs and organizations. For a listing of current clubs and organizations go to: http://studentaffairs.depaul.edu/slife/organizations/index.aspx