Campus Tufts University

1 campus

1.1 medford/somerville
1.2 boston
1.3 grafton
1.4 talloires

campus

packard hall



goddard chapel



eaton hall



east hall



memorial steps


medford/somerville

tufts main campus located on walnut hill in medford , somerville, 5 miles (8.0 km) boston. campus houses undergraduates in arts & sciences , engineering, graduate programs @ fletcher school of law , diplomacy , of graduate programs in arts & sciences , engineering. while majority of campus in medford, somerville line intersects it, placing parts of lower campus in somerville , leading common terms uphill , downhill .

the uphill portion of campus comprises academic , residential rez quads, , enclosed wrought-iron fence. classes contributed building of fence commemorated along length. academic quad contains earliest buildings , built middle of 19th century beginning of 20th century. 1 of tufts first buildings, ballou hall constructed 1852-1854 , designed in italianate style known boston architect gridley james fox bryant. ballou hall later restored mckim, mead, , white in 1955-56, , houses offices of president, provost, , several vice presidents , deans. other notable buildings include: packard hall (1856), east hall (1860), west hall (1871), goddard chapel (1882), goddard hall (1883), barnum hall (1884), , eaton hall (1908). new york firm whitfield & king responsible design of eaton hall.

the uphill residential quad contains more modern buildings. notable building carmichael hall (1954), designed arland a. dirlam. dirlam designed bendetson hall (1947) on academic quad. adjacent both quads cabot intercultural center designed arc/architectural resources cambridge, inc. 1 of fletcher school s buildings. many points on hill have noted views of boston skyline, particularly patio on tisch library roof. has been ranked 1 of prettiest college campuses in united states.

the downhill portion can accessed memorial stairs. designed olmsted brothers in 1920s, memorial stairs form 1 of main entrances university , allows direct access engineering school academic quad. notable buildings around engineering school include bromfield-pearson hall (1893), robinson hall (1899), , curtis hall (1894). boston architect george albert clough responsible design of curtis hall , goddard hall. additionally arland dirlam responsible designs of many buildings downhill. these include cohen auditorium (1950), hodgdon hall (1954), , jackson gymnasium (1947). administrative offices occupy surrounding neighborhoods , nearby davis square, tufts makes payments in lieu of taxes on of tax-exempt (educational) properties.

jean mayer administration building, cummings school of veterinary medicine


boston

the school of medicine, sackler school of graduate biomedical sciences, school of dental medicine, , friedman school of nutrition science , policy located on campus in chinatown neighborhood of boston, adjacent tufts medical center, 451-bed academic medical institution. full-time tufts medical center physicians hold clinical faculty appointments @ tufts school of medicine.

the tufts european center on talloires campus


grafton

the cummings school of veterinary medicine located in grafton, massachusetts, west of boston, on 634-acre (2.57 km) campus. school maintains ambulatory farm clinic in woodstock, connecticut , tufts laboratory @ marine biological laboratory @ woods hole on cape cod.

talloires

tufts has satellite campus in talloires, france @ tufts european center, former benedictine priory built in 11th century. priory purchased in 1958 donald macjannet , wife charlotte , used summer camp site several years before macjannets gave campus tufts in 1978. each year center hosts number of summer study programs, , enrolled students live local families. tufts summit program american high school students during month of july. tufts in talloires 6-week program tufts undergraduates extends middle of may until end of june. additionally tufts in annecy 4-week program provides french language learners chance practice , learn language. site host of international conferences , summits, notably talloires declaration united 22 universities toward goal of sustainability. talloires campus has been ranked 1 of best branch campuses national association of branch campus administrators.