Two females students take a selfy in the crowd at a raucous football game

Campus Life

Living
the Aggie life

Davis has everything you would expect from a large university and a lot of experiences that will surprise you. Your new home is going to be fun.

Housing California’s college town

Campus life by the numbers

150,000

square foot fitness center

800+

student clubs and orgs

coffee shops

5,300

acre campus

campus eateries

division I sports

UC Davis outside the classroom

UC Davis provides a great education to our students, but we also provide an amazing home! Our campus is alive with activity and offers many ways to socialize, exercise, grab a bite or just relax.

Things to do

students walk through tercero quad on campus

Housing

Dining

Students practice in the dancing lion dance club at UC Davis

Clubs

A student browses the vinyl records at KDVS the student run radio station

jobs

A row of exercise machines on the upper level of the UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center

Facilities

a male and female student painted in UC Davis blue and gold cheer on the Aggies at the annual homecoming football game

Athletics

Campus events

Weekly Farmers’ Market

Saturdays and Wednesdays

Central Park

Public Plant Sale

April 29, 2023

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Whole Earth Festival

May 12-14, 2023

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Commencement

June 16-18, 2023

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View more campus events

Campus
Recreation

Get your art on

Express yourself at the Craft Center, which offers more than 90 classes each quarter, including ceramics, textiles, glassblowing and welding.

Get crafty at the Craft Center

Get moving

UC Davis has plenty of options for active students. Our Activity and Recreation Center features five basketball courts, an extensive weight room and an indoor track.

Work out at the ARC

Go on an adventure

Whether you are brand new to the outdoors or have been adventuring for years, we have a wide range of classes to keep you active outside the classroom.

Explore the outdoors

Win a championship

Find your passion with Rec Sports Leagues! With so many to choose from, you have a great chance of securing your team’s spot on the wall of fame!

Play sports

Do a cannonball!

When it’s hot, the place to go is the Rec Pool. You can chill out in the pool and — if you’re brave — jump off the high dive.

Take a swim

Compete for glory

Our sport clubs promote a wide range of intercollegiate athletic competition. Each sport club is managed and run by the participants themselves.

Join a club

Campus communities

When you attend UC Davis, you become a part of a vast community that encompasses clubs and programs, research labs, and facilities on campus and throughout the state. It’s this diversity that opens minds and reframes perspectives. And ultimately, makes UC Davis one of the best public universities in the world.