ASU locations, campuses, buildings and units

See ASU boilerplate text for descriptions of ASU and its locations for your use.

Arizona State University began in Tempe, Arizona, but has long since expanded to multiple locations to meet learners where they are. Today, ASU has campuses, locations, Innovation Zones and ASU Local sites that span metropolitan Phoenix, the state of Arizona and beyond. 

Please note that ASU locations no longer use the @ symbol in their naming conventions.

See a list of all current ASU locations.

Students can earn an ASU degree at select community college locations:

• ASU at Cochise
• ASU at Northeastern Arizona
• ASU at Pima
• ASU at Pinal
• ASU at The Gila Valley
• ASU at Yavapai
• ASU at Yuma

Find more details on ASU’s academic alliances.

ASU Local is a program that provides on ground academic support for ASU Online students in key locations.

See ASU boilerplate text description of ASU Local.

• ASU Local – Chula Vista, CA
• ASU Local – Lake Havasu, AZ
• ASU Local – Los Angeles, CA
• ASU Local – Long Beach, CA
• ASU Local – Washington, D.C.
• ASU Local – West Hawai‘i
• ASU Local – Yuma, AZ

Not all ASU locations may be referred to as campuses.

ASU locations that are not campuses:

• ASU Gammage
• ASU at Lake Havasu. See ASU boilerplate text description.
• ASU California Center
• ASU at Mesa City Center
• ASU in Washington, D.C.
• ASU Research Park
• Health Futures Center and ASU’s collaborative programs with Mayo Clinic
• Novus Innovation Corridor
• Phoenix Bioscience Core
• SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center

Campuses

Not all ASU locations are campuses. That is a specific designation, and there are four ASU campuses, all of which are located in the metro Phoenix area.

ASU campuses:

• Downtown Phoenix campus. See ASU boilerplate text description.
• Polytechnic campus. See ASU boilerplate text description.
• Tempe campus. See ASU boilerplate text description.
• West Valley campus. See ASU boilerplate text description.

Writing style guidelines:

• On first reference, use the full campus name: Arizona State University at the Tempe campus, the West Valley campus of Arizona State University, ASU’s Polytechnic campus. In these names, “campus” is not capitalized.
• For internal communications or subsequent references, the generic campus may be used, or campus names may be shortened: 
  • ✅ Do: Tempe, 🚫 Don't: ASU, 🚫 Don't: Main, 🚫 Don't: ASU main
  • ✅ Do: West Valley, 🚫 Don't: ASU West
  • ✅ Do: Polytechnic, 🚫 Don't: ASU Poly, 🚫 Don't: Poly campus
  • ✅ Do: Downtown Phoenix, 🚫 Don't: DPC, 🚫 Don't: Downtown
• Polytechnic campus versus school — See Unit specific guidelines. 
• ASU Online is not a campus, but may be referred to in copy as an online campus.
• When referring to classes occurring on campus:
  • ✅ Do: on-campus, immersive or in-person courses.
  • 🚫 Don't: on-ground or on-the-ground courses.

See ASU boilerplate text.

See a current list of all facilities, building details and approved acronyms. 

Building names and codes

Use full building names on first reference when communicating to the public.

• Exception: In tables and when giving directions, use ASU’s official building codes rather than full building names.
  • WCPH
  • MU
  • PBC

Find official building names and matching codes:

• ASU at Lake Havasu
• Downtown Phoenix campus
• Polytechnic campus
• Tempe campus
• West Valley campus

“Unit” refers to any academic or administrative center, college, department, office, institute or school.

Find current lists of units at ASU: 

• Administrative units
• Centers and institutes
• Colleges and schools

Academic and administrative unit writing guidelines

• Avoid using acronyms to refer to any university unit. 
  • ✅ Do: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts 🚫 Don't: HIDA
  • ✅ Do: Enterprise Brand Strategy and Management 🚫 Don't: EBSM
  • ✅ Do: Knowledge Enterprise 🚫 Don't: KE
  • ✅ Do: Explore the many majors available in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
  • ✅ Do: The College of Health Solutions is offering a free seminar.
  • ✅ Do: New College students must meet with an advisor this week.
  • 🚫 Don't: The CLAS convocation will be held in Desert Financial Arena.
• The full name of a unit should be used on first reference.
  
  Subsequent references may use endorsed abbreviations (see College and school name abbreviations below) or a workaround preceded by “the”: center, institute, office, school, college.
  • ✅ Do: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Use initial uppercase letters only for the full, official name as a proper noun. Do not capitalize when used in a descriptive manner.
  • ✅ Do: ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
  • ✅ Do: the Department of English
  • ✅ Do: the English department
  • ✅ Do: the history department
  • ✅ Do: the institute
  • ✅ Do: the School of Human Evolution and Social Change
  • ✅ Do: the university, 🚫 Don't: the University
• Do not use ampersands or plus signs in place of “and” in text or headlines, even for official ASU unit names.
  • ✅ Do: Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, 🚫 Don't: Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation, 🚫 Don't: Edson College of Nursing + Health Innovation
• On first reference, when referring to a college or school, if ASU has not already been introduced, then include Arizona State University’s before the name or at Arizona State University following the name:
  • ✅ Do: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University
  • ✅ Do: Arizona State University’s School of Social Transformation
• On first reference, if ASU has already been introduced in the story or written piece, it is unnecessary to include at ASU or at Arizona State University. 

On second reference, only write the name of the college or school (see College and school name abbreviations below).

Unit specific guidelines

College and school name abbreviations

Residential colleges

• Capitalize when used as an official name. Do not capitalize when used in general reference or in a list.
  • ✅ Do: When you choose a residential college, you choose a community of fellow students in your college.
  • ✅ Do: Cronkite Village is a residential college designed exclusively for Cronkite School first-year students.
  • ✅ Do: At the W. P. Carey Residential Communities, you will live, learn and experience …
• Second references should be lowercase:
  • ✅ Do: The residential communities facilitate meaningful connections.