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School of Design Tours

The School of Design offers weekly tours of the School and its Programs every Friday during Fall and Spring Semesters. These tours are created for prospective undergraduate and graduate students. If you are interested in our graduate programs please see the section below. 

Tours are led by faculty members and often include student leaders. Visitors will tour our design studios and other instructional spaces. Tour leaders will discuss the program, curriculum, and answer visitor's questions. Each tour lasts between 30 and 60 minutes. You may schedule more than one tour or attend the multi-program tour at 1pm. 

  • Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management: Friday 11:00 a.m.
    • Consumer Studies
    • Residential Environments & Design
    • Fashion Merchandising & Design
    • Property Management
  • Industrial Design: Friday 10:00 a.m.
  • Landscape Architecture: Friday 11:00 a.m.
  • Interior Design: Friday 12:00 p.m.
  • School of Design (all majors): Friday 1:00 p.m. by request

Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and All Majors tours begin in 121 Burruss Hall.

Consumer Studies, Residential Environments & Design, Fashion Merchandising & Design, and Property Management tours begin in 240 Wallace Hall.

Our guides will meet you at the scheduled times and locations to begin the tour. We look forward to meeting you!

Tour Registration

Register here to schedule a tour of our school and programs. For more information and questions please email us at: design-info-g@vt.edu

We will confirm your tour once scheduled and share parking and location information with you at that time. 

If you are interested in a general university tour please ccontact the Undergraduate Admissions Office at information sessions and campus tours.

Graduate Program Tours

We also provide customized tours for prospective masters and Ph.D. students in addition to the tours listed above. To schedule a custom tour please email us at design-info-g@vt.edu. The Virginia Tech Graduate School also offers campus tours for prospective graduate students.

Got Questions?

Got questions about our school and programs? We're happy to help. Need special arrangments or accomodations? Just let us know. Please email us your requests and question at design-info-g@vt.edu