University of Dayton

Location

Located in Ohio's sixth-largest city, Dayton, Univeristy of Dayton's campus is located in the city's southern portion and spans 388 acres on both sides of the Great Miami River. One of the good things about the location of this university is how affordable it is to live in it since Forbes qualified it as the fourth-most-affordable city in America. Its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 373 acres. Near UD'S campus, there are various recognized restaurants such as Chipotle, Dewey's Pizza, Panera Bread, Five Guys and some others.

Campus

The University of Dayton's campus is divided into four sections, the Historic Campus, Campus West, River Campus, and the Arena Sports Complex. The campus includes 38 academic, research, athletic, and administrative buildings; five residence halls; 18 student apartment complexes; and 473 houses. At the Historical campus you will find the iconic Immaculate Conception Chapel. Inside campus west, is located the Raymond L. Fitz Hall which is the primary building on this campus, and it houses campus offices and academic departments, it is home to the Graul Tennis Complex, the Electrical Power Integrated Systems Research and Development Center (EPISCENTER). The main building at River Campus is known as the 1700 South Patterson Building and it houses the University of Dayton Research Institute. On the western edge of the campus, is located UD's Sports Complex which includes the University of Dayton Arena, with a seating capacity of about 13,000 fields for men's baseball and women's softball, and Welcome Stadium, an multi-purpose stadium that includes a football field and track used by all Dayton public high schools as well as the Dayton Flyers football team.

Residing Options

Most of the student body lives on campus making the University of Dayton one of the most residential campuses in the country and you can walk everywhere in under 15 minutes. The residence halls are located in the heart of campus; Founders Hall is U-shaped and houses about 400 first-year students. Marianist Hall is composed of three separate wings. The east wing houses first-year students, the middle and west wings house second-year students. Marycrest Complex is the largest community housing on campus. It has three sections that house more than 500 first-year and about 300 second-year students by floor and wing. Stuart Complex is composed of three separate first-year student halls that share a common lobby. Virginia W. Kettering Hall (VWK) houses mostly sophomores in four-person suites and two 2-person suites. The university also owns a number of apartment buildings for student housing; these include the Lawnview Apartments, Garden Apartments and Plumwood Apartments. All-in-all, great options to reside both on and off campus.

Faculty

The University of Dayton offers a wide variety of disciplines and it stresses the importance of a "well-rounded" education, this university incorporates a number of humanity classes in the curriculums of the various colleges. They also have a huge emphasis on experiential or "hands on" learning. For example, engineering students are typically on a five year academic plan which includes at least two semesters of Co-ops or Internships. Another example of this experiential learning is Flyer Enterprises. It's a student run company on campus with a number of coffee houses and snack shops; which is composed of students from top to bottom; these opportunities allow students to gain real-world experience before earning their diplomas. <br> Student reviews for teachers, is if you're willing to make the effort, the professors are almost always willing to set up an appointment with you if you are struggling and many professors share their cell phone numbers and email addresses so students can ask questions and get answers at any time. UD is ranked FIRST among all Catholic universities for sponsored engineering research, and students can work with top scientists and engineers at the University of Dayton Research Institute as well as the GE Aviation EPIS Center and Emerson's Helix Innovation Center, which are both located on campus.