Campus Walking Tours | 9AM – 3PM
Lobby, Western Student Services Building
One of our knowledgeable guides will take you on a walking tour around the core of campus. Get a feel for what life is really like as a Western student while taking in the campus’ beautiful landscape and buildings. Tours will be departing on the hour and the half hour. Each tour will last approximately 45 minutes.
Campus Bus Tours | 9AM – 4PM
Multiple Bus Tour Stops Across Campus
If you are interested in seeing our campus from corner to corner, we recommend you join us for a guided campus bus tour. All buses are staffed by one of our knowledgeable tour guides.
Stay on the bus for a complete tour, lasting approximately 50 minutes, or hop on and off the bus at your leisure. If you choose to get off the bus along the route, another bus will be around shortly to pick you up again. Buses can also drop you off near your parking lot at the end of the day.
Residence Tours | 9AM – 4PM
Clare Hall, Delaware Hall, Elgin Hall, Essex Hall, Medway-Sydenham Hall, Ontario Hall, Saugeen-Maitland Hall
Guest tours are available in seven different residences (covering traditional-, suite-, and hybrid-styles). Our students and staff look forward to showing you these housing options and answering any questions you may have.
Express Tours are available at the lower level of Delware Hall. You'll see model suites that show all residence room styles in one stop.
Western Student Recreation Centre Tours | 9:30AM – 4PM
Lobby, Western Student Recreation Centre
The Western Student Recreation Centre is home to Campus Recreation. Friendly staff are eager to provide you with tours of this amazing facility, with close to 166,500 square feet of space over four floors. Tours will last approximately 20 minutes and will give you a chance to learn about the facilities, programs and services that Campus Recreation operates in the Centre.
Self-Guided Library Tours | 10AM - 3PM
The D.B. Weldon library is located at the center of the campus and forms the heart of student life at the University. It is a focal point across campus offering access to recently modernized facilities, diverse and modular study spaces, accessible services, and world class print and digital collections. We support student study and research by providing training and specialized services to see you succeed in your academic career.
Please join us at the library for self-guided tours which will be offered from 10AM – 3PM with goodies at the welcome table! Drop by and say hello, meet our staff and learn about our library!
Information Sessions
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Scholar's Electives and Western Scholars Information Session | 11:00AM - 11:45AM | University Community Centre, Room 290 (McKellar Room) |
| Residence Information Session | 12:00PM - 12:45PM | University Community Centre, Room 290 (McKellar Room) |
| Student Financial Services Information Session | 1:00PM - 1:45PM | University Community Centre, Room 290 (McKellar Room) |
| Residence Information Session | 2:00PM - 2:45AM | University Community Centre, Room 290 (McKellar Room) |
Western Mustang Band Performance | 11:30AM - 12PM
Concrete Beach, outside the University Community Centre
Stop by to see the Western Mustang Band, the marching band that performs at athletics events for the Western Mustangs! Get ready to feel the Purple Pride 🐴🎵💜
Services Fair Drop-in | 9AM – 3PM
University Community Centre, Mustang Lounge
Stop by the Mustang Lounge to meet representatives from the services that will help you reach your potential at Western:
- Academic Support & Engagement
- Admissions and Recruitment
- Careers & Experience
- Financial Aid
- Hospitality Services
- Housing (Residence and Off-Campus Housing)
- Leadership Programs
- Radio Western
- Student Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Summer Programs
- The Book Store
- University Students' Council
- Wellness and Well-being
- Western Foot Patrol
- Western Mustang Band
- Western Special Constable Service (WSCS)
...and more!
View Arts & Humanities event details
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Welcome Centre and Departmental Information Booths | 9:00AM - 2:30PM | University College, Main Floor |
| Arts & Humanities Students' Council - Ask Us Anything! | 9:00AM - 2:30PM | University College, Foyer |
| Visual Arts Displays and Self-Guided Tours | 9:00AM - 2:30PM | John Labatt Visual Arts Centre |
| Studio Arts Letterpress Demonstration | 9:30AM - 1:00PM | John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, Room 106 |
| Studio Arts Sculpture Demonstration | 9:30AM - 1:00PM | John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, Room 130 |
| Studio Arts 3D Printing Demonstration | 9:30AM - 1:00PM | John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, Room 129 |
| Faculty Overview Session | 9:30AM - 10:00AM | University College, Room 3110 |
| "Build Your Degree" and "Funding & Experiential Opportunities" Looping Information Videos | 10:00AM - 12:15PM | University College, Room 3220 |
| Guided Tours of the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre | 10:00AM - 10:45AM | John Labatt Visual Arts Centre |
| Info Session: Writing Studies | 10:15AM - 10:45AM | University College, Room 2110 |
| Info Session: School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities | 10:30AM - 11:00AM | University College, Room 3110 |
| Creative Writing Workshop | 10:45AM - 12:30PM | University College, Room 1220 |
| Info Session: Theatre Studies | 10:45AM - 11:15AM | University College, Room 2105 |
| Languages and Cultures: Study Abroad Opportunities | 11:00AM - 11:30AM | University College, Room 2110 |
| Liberal Arts Goes to Medical School | 11:15AM - 12:00PM | University College, Room 3110 |
| Info Session: Internship Program | 11:30AM - 12:00PM | University College, Room 2105 |
| Languages and Cultures: Creating Immersive Experiences | 11:45AM - 12:15PM | University College, Room 2110 |
| Guided Tours of the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre | 12:00PM - 12:45PM | John Labatt Visual Arts Centre |
| Info Session: English Studies | 12:30PM - 1:00PM | University College, Room 3220 |
| Info Session: Philosophy | 12:30PM - 1:00PM | University College, Room 2105 |
| Info Session: Film Studies | 12:30PM - 1:00PM | University College, Room 2110 |
| Digital Humanities Workshop: Immersive Experience (Drop-in) | 12:30PM - 2:30PM | University College, Room 3225 Anteroom |
| Info Session: French Studies | 1:15PM - 1:45PM | University College, Room 2105 |
| Info Session: Classical Studies | 1:15PM - 1:45PM | University College, Room 3220 |
| Info Session: Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies | 1:15PM - 1:45PM | University College, Room 2110 |
| Info Session: Creative Arts & Production | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | University College, Room 3220 |
| Info Session: Visual Arts | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | University College, Room 2105 |
| Info Session: Linguistics | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | University College, Room 2110 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Drop-in Session | 10:00AM - 4:00PM | Faculty of Education Building, Main Lobby/Alumni Room (Room 1044) |
| Teacher Education Program Presentation (Repeated every 30-45 minutes) | 10:30AM - 3:30PM | Faculty of Education Building, Main Lobby/Alumni Room (Room 1044) |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Indigenous Sunrise: Breakfast Gathering (Sign up) | 8:30AM - 9:30AM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 4405 |
| Engineering Student Services Drop-in | 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Atrium |
| Ask Us Anything about Engineering Drop-in | 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1450 & Atrium |
| Student Clubs, Teams and Groups Drop-in | 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1440 & Hallway |
| Faculty Overview Presentation and Student Panel | 9:30AM - 10:30AM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1410 & 1415 |
| General Engineering Tours (tours start promptly at 10:00AM) | 10:00AM - 10:30AM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Atrium |
| Faculty Overview Presentation and Student Panel | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1415 |
| Design & Engineer: Hands-On Workshop (Sign up) | 11:00AM - 12:30PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 2435 & 2440 |
| Connect Her: Women and Engineering Luncheon (Sign up) | 12:30PM - 1:30PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1420 |
| Combined Degrees Presentation: Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering, and Engineering and Business | 12:30PM - 1:30PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1410 |
| Faculty Overview Presentation and Student Panel | 1:30PM - 2:30PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1415 |
| General Engineering Tours (tours start promptly at 2:30PM) | 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Atrium |
| Combined Degrees Presentation: Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering, and Engineering and Business | 2:30PM - 3:30PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1420 |
| Faculty Overview Presentation and Student Panel | 2:30PM - 3:30PM | Amit Chakma Engineering Building, Room 1410 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Ask Us Anything - Meet Our Students | 9:30AM - 2:00PM | Health Sciences Building, Lobby |
| Program Overview | 10:30AM - 11:00AM | Health Sciences Building, Room 35 |
| Mini Lecture & Interactive Lesson | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | Health Sciences Building, Room 35 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Ask Us Anything - Meet Our Students | 9:30AM - 2:00PM | Thames Hall, Atrium |
| Foods & Nutrition Overview and Mini Lecture | 9:30AM - 10:00AM | 3M Centre, Room 3250 |
| Food & Nutrition Tours and Demonstrations | 10:30AM - 12:30PM | Brescia Academic Pavillion Central Hallway/Atrium Food Labs 1001 & 1009 Commercial Kitchen 1004 Counselling Room 2004 Food Science Lab 2006 Research Lab 2007 |
| Foods & Nutrition Overview and Mini Lecture | 1:00PM - 2:00PM | 3M Centre, Room 3250 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Ask Us Anything - Meet Our Students | 9:30AM - 2:00PM | Health Sciences Building, Lobby |
| Program Overview, Experiential Learning Opportunities and Mini Lecture | 10:00AM - 11:00AM | Health Sciences Building, Room 40 |
| Program Overview, Experiential Learning Opportunities and Mini Lecture | 1:00PM - 2:00PM | Health Sciences Building, Room 40 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| HBA Program Overview Presentation | 11:30AM - 12:00PM | Richard Ivey Building, BMO Financial Group Auditorium (Room 1100) |
| HBA Student Panel | 12:00PM - 12:30PM | Richard Ivey Building, BMO Financial Group Auditorium (Room 1100) |
| Q&A with Ivey Recruitment & Admissions Team | 12:30PM - 12:50PM | Richard Ivey Building, Grand Hall |
| HBA Program Overview Presentation | 1:00PM - 1:30PM | Richard Ivey Building, BMO Financial Group Auditorium (Room 1100) |
| HBA Student Panel | 1:30PM - 2:00PM | Richard Ivey Building, BMO Financial Group Auditorium (Room 1100) |
| Q&A with Ivey Recruitment & Admissions Team | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | Richard Ivey Building, Grand Hall |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Ask Us Anything - Meet Our Students | 9:30AM - 2:00PM | Thames Hall, Atrium |
| Kinesiology Overview and Mini Lecture | 10:00AM - 11:00AM | Arts & Humanities Building, Room 1R40 |
| Teaching Lab Tours | 11:00AM - 2:00PM | Thames Hall, Rooms 2100, 3103 & 3106 |
| Kinesiology Overview and Mini Lecture | 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Arts & Humanities Building, Room 1R40 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Law Information Booth with admission staff and students | 11:00AM - 1:00PM | Law Building, Main Lobby |
| Self-Guided Tours | 11:00AM - 1:00PM | Law Building, Main Lobby |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Ask Us Anything | 9:30AM - 2:00PM | FIMS & Nursing Building, Main Floor Atrium |
| MACS Program Overview: Media Information and Technoculture (MIT), Media and the Public Interest (MPI) and Creative Arts & Production (CAP) | 10:30AM - 11:30AM | FIMS & Nursing Building, Room 1250 |
| MACS Student Experience Panel | 12:00PM - 12:30PM | FIMS & Nursing Building, Room 1200 |
| MACS Program Overview: Media Information and Technoculture (MIT), Media and the Public Interest (MPI) and Creative Arts & Production (CAP) | 1:00PM - 2:00PM | FIMS & Nursing Building, Room 1250 |
| Info Session: Creative Arts & Production | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | University College, Room 3220 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Drop-in booth for the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry | 10:00AM - 2:00PM | Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 49 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Tours of Don Wright Faculty of Music | 9:00AM - 10:00AM | Talbot College, Atrium |
| Don Wright Faculty of Music Info Session | 10:00AM - 11:00AM | Talbot College, Room 141 |
| Tours of Don Wright Faculty of Music | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | Talbot College, Atrium |
| Info Session & Demonstration: Piano Division | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | Music Building, Studio 242 |
| Liberal Arts Goes to Medical School | 11:15AM - 12:00PM | University College, Room 3110 |
| Side-by-side rehearsal: Wind Ensemble | 11:15AM - 11:55AM | Music Building, Room 27 |
| Showcase: Student Composers & Chamber Music Collaboration | 11:30AM - 12:15PM | Music Building, Room 254 |
| Info Session: Popular Music Studies | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Music Building, Studio 242 |
| Side-by-side rehearsal: Jazz Ensemble | 12:15PM - 1:00PM | Music Building, Room 227 |
| Side-by-side rehearsal: Choirs | 1:00PM - 2:00PM | Talbot College, Room 141 |
| Side-by-side rehearsal: Salsa Band | 1:15PM - 2:00PM | Music Building, Room 27 |
| Info Session: Creative Arts & Production | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | University College, Room 3220 |
| Tours of Don Wright Faculty of Music | 2:00PM - 2:45PM | Talbot College, Atrium |
| Mini Lecture: First Year Music Theory & Music History | 2:00PM - 3:00PM | Talbot College, Room 141 |
| High School & Private Music Teacher Reception | 3:00PM - 4:00PM | Talbot College, Atrium |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Ask Us Anything - Meet Our Students | 9:00AM - 1:00PM | FIMS/Nursing Building, Lobby |
| Nursing Overview Presentation | 9:00AM - 10:00AM | FIMS/Nursing Building, Room 1240 (Overflow Room 1270) |
| Simulated Clinical Education Suite Tours | 10:00AM - 12:30PM | FIMS/Nursing Building, Room 1325 |
| Clinical Skills Lab Tours | 10:00AM - 12:30PM | Health Sciences Building, Room 301 |
| Nursing Overview Presentation | 11:00PM - 12:00PM | FIMS/Nursing Building, Room 1240 (Overflow Room 1270) |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Program Displays: Science and Medical Sciences Welcome | 9:00AM - 3:00PM | Physics and Astronomy Building, Atrium |
| Welcome Presentation: Science and Medical Sciences | 9:30AM - 10:10AM | Natural Sciences Centre, Room 145 |
| Open Doors: View some of our teaching and learning facilities | 10:00AM - 2:00PM | Chemistry Labs: Materials Science Addition, Room 1220 Physics Labs:Materials Science Addition, Room 2220 Biology Labs: Biological and Geological Sciences Building, Room 3000A Zoological Collections: Biological and Geological Sciences Building, Room 0124 |
| Student Q&A Panel | 11:00AM - 11:50AM | Natural Sciences Centre, Room 145 |
| Drop-in booth for the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry | 10:00AM - 2:00PM | Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 49 |
| Mini Lectures | 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Natural Sciences Centre, Room 145 |
| Welcome Presentation: Science and Medical Sciences | 1:10PM - 1:50PM | Natural Sciences Centre, Room 145 |
| Info Session: Computer Science | 1:30PM - 2:00PM | Middlesex College, Room 110 |
| Info Session: Earth Sciences and Environmental Science | 1:30PM - 2:00PM | Biological and Geological Sciences Building, Room 1053 |
| Info Session: Data Science | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | Middlesex College, Room 110 |
| Info Session: Western Integrated Science (WISc) | 2:00PM - 2:30PM | Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 106 |
| Info Session: Chemistry | 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Materials Science Addition, Atrium |
| Info Session: Biology | 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 148 |
| Info Session: Physics and Astronomy | 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 100 |
| Info Session: Mathematics | 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Middlesex College, Room 110 |
| Info Session: Statistical and Actuarial Sciences | 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Western Science Centre, Room 55 |
| Event | ⏰ Time | 📍Location |
| Land acknowledgement | 9:20AM - 9:30AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |
| Overview Presentation: Social Science | 9:30AM - 10:00AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |
| Program Overview: DAN Management & Organizational Studies | 10:15AM - 10:45AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |
| Mini Lecture: History | 10:30AM - 11:00AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2032 |
| Program Overview: Commercial Aviation Manangement (CAM) | 11:00AM - 11:30AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2036 |
| Program Overview: Sociology | 11:00AM - 11:30AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |
| Mini Lecture: Economics | 11:00AM - 11:30AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2028 |
| Program Overview: Anthropology | 11:15AM - 11:45AM | Social Science Centre, Room 2032 |
| Liberal Arts Goes to Medical School | 11:15AM - 12:15PM | University College, Room 3110 |
| Program Overview: Linguistics | 11:45AM - 12:15PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2032 |
| Mini Lecture: Political Science | 11:45AM - 12:15PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |
| Student Panel: DAN Management & Organizational Studies internships | 11:45AM - 12:15PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2036 |
| Student Panel: Social Science Student Perspectives | 12:15PM - 1:00PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2024 |
| Mini Lecture: Geography and Environment | 1:15PM - 1:45PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2028 |
| Mini Lecture: Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies | 1:15PM - 1:45PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2036 |
| Student Panel: International Relations | 1:15PM - 1:45PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2032 |
| Mini Lecture: Psychology | 1:30PM - 2:00PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |
| Student Panel: Social Science Internships | 2:15PM - 2:45PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2028 |
| Program Overview: DAN Management & Organizational Studies | 2:15PM - 2:45PM | Social Science Centre, Room 2050 |