Visit Options | Directions
and parking
Campus Visit
Come check out UW-Eau Claire! Current student tour guides (like
me) are ready to show you the campus. We strongly recommend visiting on a weekday, when classes are in session, to get the best feel for college life! Our tours fill up fast, so plan two weeks in advance to make a reservation. Click on the Schedule Your Visit button and reserve your spot today!
| Weekday Information Session and Campus Tour | Mondays - Fridays at 10 am and 1 pm (Excluding March 17-21 spring break; May 12-22, 26; Aug. 18-Sept. 2) Reservation needed. |
| Blugold Preview Days | March 7 and April 4. An in depth visit that includes a group information session with an admission counselor, a majors fair, student and faculty panels, and student led campus and housing tours. Reservation needed. A great visit for juniors! |
| Residence Hall Tour by Housing and Residence Life | Monday - Friday at 12:15 pm and 3:15 pm (Excluding March 14 - only 1 housing tour offered at noon; closed May 12 -30, August 18 -Sept.2). No reservation necessary, check in at Towers Hall, room 112. |
| Faculty appointment in your specific major or minor | By appointment only. Click the major link and select your area of interest to get contact information at the bottom of the page. |
| Appointment with an athletic coach | By appointment only, call (715) 836-3062. |
| Saturday visits |
March 8 and April 19. Visit includes a group information session with an admission counselor and student led campus and housing tours. Reservation needed. |
Directions and Parking
From Highway 53 North or South:
Take exit #87 off of Hwy. 53 onto Clairemont Ave. (Hwy. 12) and go west. Turn left on Patton St. Take a quick right onto Lexington Blvd. Turn right on State St. (down hill). Turn left on Roosevelt Ave. (at bottom of hill).
From Highway 93 South:
Take Hwy. 53 north and follow directions above, exiting onto Clairemont Ave. west.
I-94 from the west:
Exit Interstate 94 at Hwy. 37 (exit #65) and turn right. At third stoplight, turn right onto Clairemont Ave. (Hwy. 12). Turn right on Patton St. Take a quick right onto Lexington Blvd. Turn right on State St. (down hill). Turn left on Roosevelt Ave. (at bottom of hill).
I-94 from the east:
Exit Interstate 94 at Hwy. 53 (exit #70) and follow Hwy. 53 north. Take exit #87 off of Hwy. 53 onto Clairemont Ave. (Hwy. 12) and turn left (to head west). Turn left on Patton St. Take a quick right onto Lexington Blvd. Turn right on State St. (down hill). Turn left on Roosevelt Ave. (at bottom of hill).
Parking:
If you plan to visit, obtain a parking permit in advance from the Office of Admissions, (715) 836-5415, or the Parking Office, Schneider Hall 106, (715) 836-2002. Please allow 15 to 30 minutes for parking.
Travel time from Eau Claire:
Chicago — 6 hours
Dubuque — 4.5 hours
Duluth — 3 hours
Green Bay — 3.5 hours
La Crosse — 1.5 hours
Madison — 3 hours
Milwaukee — 4 hours
Minneapolis — 2 hours
St. Paul — 1.5 hours
Wausau — 2 hours
