Virtual Campus Tour
Take a look around.
Sit back and enjoy the highlights of our campus without leaving the comfort of wherever you happen to be.
On Tour!
Welcome to Wake Forest University! We’re a 5,500-undergraduate, test-optional, liberal-arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with a 10:1 student-faculty ratio, 50+ majors, and more than 60 minors.
During this tour, we’ll take you inside residence halls, dining halls, and classrooms—but we’ll also tell you what happens outside the classroom. We’re here to help you learn what gives this place its character.
There are two ways you can enjoy our virtual campus tour. You can watch the tour in its entirety here, or, if you prefer, select a stop on the tour below that highlights a particular area of our campus that you’re interested in.
Let’s break this down.
The full campus tour has been broken out below by stops and areas of interest that you would expect to see or hear about if you were taking a student-led guided campus tour.
Welcome to Wake Forest!
Meet Buck, Alicia, Imoh, and Bijan as they tour you around campus and share with you the new ideas, perspectives, and experiences Wake Forest offers.
Scales Fine Arts Center
The hub of our campus’ rich arts culture, Scales includes an art gallery, a recital hall, a dance studio, a main stage theatre, a theatre-in-the round, and a host of visual-art studios.
Taylor Residence Hall, the Arch
As in all our residence halls, there’s a little something for everyone. Except this one has the coffee. Please don’t forget that.
Wait Chapel
Our campus’ centerpiece, Wait Chapel, sits on the Quad. This is where you’ll experience celebratory traditions, philanthropic events, and academic milestones.
Magnolia and Dogwood Residence Halls, North Dining Hall
These residence halls are equipped with top-shelf technology and include spaces for group meetings. Next to them is our nationally recognized North Campus Dining Hall.
Farrell Hall (School of Business)
Farrell Hall is home to the School of Business, including our undergraduate business program. We offer majors in Business and Enterprise Management, Accounting, and Finance.
Graduate Schools
The law school and our other graduate programs – except one – are located on campus. Wake Forest’s School of Medicine is just a few miles away in downtown Winston-Salem.
Campus Safety
Campus is gated, the residence halls can be accessed only with a Wake Forest identification card, and the university provides its students with a shuttle system.
Athletics Facilities
Our passionate student fans have helped the Division I Demon Deacons to national prominence in the nation’s toughest conference: the ACC!
Wellbeing Center
The Wellbeing Center is home to Campus Recreation. About 90 percent of undergraduates participate in at least one intramural team or individual sport.
Kitchin Residence Hall and Campus Kitchen
Campus Kitchen is student-run, preparing more than 10,000 meals a year for the local community and creating service opportunities with local non-profit organizations.
Reynolda Hall
Home to the president’s office, dean’s office, financial aid, the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success, Office of Personal and Career Development, and Global Programs and Studies.
Manchester Plaza
The “South Quad,” situated between Reynolda Hall and the south campus residence halls, Manchester Plaza features magnolia trees along its perimeter and a stage for outdoor concerts and shows.
Academic Buildings
You’ll find academic buildings that house the Departments of Communication, Psychology, Math and Computer Science, Economics, Politics, and Romance Languages.
Angelou Residence Hall
Angelou Hall is the newest first-year student residence hall. It is named after Wake Forest professor, poet, playwright, film director, and activist, Dr. Maya Angelou.
Tribble Hall
Tribble contains the classrooms and offices for the Departments of History; English; Philosophy; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Education.
Benson University Center
It’s the residence of Student Union, Student Government, the Intercultural Center, the LGBTQ+ Center, the Women’s Center, our student newspaper, and Wake Radio.
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
In addition to 1.8 million volumes of information, ZSR is home to The Bridge, the computer-support hub of campus.
Olin Physical Laboratory, Winston and Salem Halls
The Departments of Physics, Biology, and Chemistry house classrooms, research facilities, and labs, with portable equipment to facilitate collaboration with faculty.
Wake Downtown
Wake Downtown offers many STEM classes. And it makes room for both sides of the brain! Philosophy, English, entrepreneurship, and other disciplines are taught here too.
Winston-Salem, NC
Diverse, enthused by the liberal arts, warm, and welcoming: these are Wake Forest adjectives, so you can see why Winston-Salem and Wake are a good match.
Plan your visit to Wake Forest University.
Visit campus to learn (often from recent graduates, in our regularly scheduled information sessions) about our student body, who are diverse in their talents and experiences, and explore the offerings of our foundational liberal-arts education too.
As you will learn from our student-led campus tours, our interdisciplinary approach will enable you to think creatively, ideate new technologies, critically examine the meaning of life, and so much more.
Majors & Minors
Choose from more than 50 majors and over 60 minors to find your perfect fit.
Life at Wake
Take a moment to explore all the student experiences that make Wake Forest unique.
Virtual Tour
Can’t make it for a visit? No problem! Let us show you around campus virtually.
Keep in Touch
Let us know you’re interested in Wake Forest and we’ll do the rest.
Visit Campus
You truly can’t appreciate the beauty of our campus until you experience it for yourself.
Apply
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