Campus buildings and facilities
Our Oakland campus boasts historic architecture and facilities that support an intimate environment for learning, research, spiritual well-being, athletics, and recreation.
F. W. Olin Library
This light-filled library is the campus’s intellectual heart of scholarship and research, best known for collections in literature, history, women’s studies, art, and music. As a student, you can search electronic databases and the catalog’s 240,000+ volumes, and explore rare books and manuscripts in the Heller Rare Book Room’s special collections. You also have access to the digital resources from Northeastern’s Snell Library.
XR Lab
The Extended Reality (XR) Lab supports academic, research, and VR gaming opportunities for Northeastern students and faculty. Located in the Aron Art Center, the XR Lab’s facilities include VR workstations, a computer lab, and a usability lab. The usability lab is equipped with a suite of biometric tracking equipment—providing an ideal setting for interface development and user testing.
Makerspaces
The extensive Makerspaces facilities enable you, as a Northeastern student, to expand your thinking, iterate solutions, complete class projects, and connect with expert Makers to develop new skills. Resources include the Makerspace shop with equipment for 3D printing, laser and vinyl cutting, soldering, sewing, and embroidery; an analog print lab including letterpress and hand-printing tools; and a ceramics studio, photography studio, woodshop, and metal shop.
Betty Irene Moore Natural Sciences Building
The Moore Natural Sciences Building was designed to support the advancement of women in the sciences by providing educational spaces, equipment, and laboratories that encourage exploration and innovation. As a Northeastern student, you can partner with a faculty mentor to conduct research within this Platinum LEED-certified facility.
Nondenominational Chapel
Designed by Callister and Payne and completed in 1967, the chapel is built in the round, with curved redwood pews, a slightly raised central altar, and a beautiful pipe organ. This welcoming, light-filled, wood-and-glass sanctuary is a place for reflection and community gatherings.
Mills College Children’s School
The Mills College Children’s School is the first laboratory school for aspiring teachers west of the Mississippi River. It nurtures newborns through fifth graders. If you’re part of the Mills College School of Education, it affords you real-world opportunities to prepare for a career in early childhood education and teaching. The school has a deep commitment to social justice and racial equity in education.
Community Farm
The Community Farm is 2.5 acres of organic urban agriculture with an emphasis on sustainability, education, and local partnerships. As a student, you can work on the farm propagating seeds in the greenhouse, planting the flower and vegetable beds, harvesting the various fruit trees, or selling produce at the weekly farmstand during lunch hour at Rothwell Center.
Sports and recreation facilities
Take advantage of a variety of on-campus sports and fitness facilities to keep your body and mind healthy. All are open to Northeastern students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Our pool is open to the public at specific times and our tennis/pickleball courts are available to the public with advance reservations.
