With campuses and sites reaching across Virginia and beyond, George Mason University has a sizable regional presence and a global reach. Its locations serve Mason's 40,000-plus students, as well as over 10,000 faculty and staff.
George Mason provides classes in multiple places, with regional campuses in Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William counties, an international branch campus in Songdo, South Korea, and instructional sites in Herndon, Lorton, Woodbridge, and Front Royal. Each George Mason campus plays a critical role in the economy and community of its surrounding region. At each campus, students and faculty have access to all the university's resources, while the duplication of programs and support services is minimized through the use of technology.
George Mason's primary location is located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia. The campus, on 677 wooded acres, is just 20 miles from downtown Washington, D.C.. It is home to most of our undergraduate student population, with more than 6,000 students living in 40 residence halls on campus.
The campus is home to many indoor and outdoor expressions of art, creativity, and contemplation. The Center for the Arts and the EagleBank Arena offer numerous opportunities to experience the arts, as well as sports and other entertainment. More interested in the natural world? Check out the Mason Observatory, with viewing hours for both the academic community and the public. While you are on campus, enjoy the plethora of trees, gardens, and other natural spaces. The Fairfax campus earned its ArbNet Level II accreditation in 2021, designating the 900+ acres as an Arboretum.
The Aquatic and Fitness Center provides state-of-the-art exercise equipment and competitive and recreational swimming for the university community and outside teams. The 120,000-square-foot Recreation and Athletic Complex boasts three gymnasiums, two racquetball courts, two squash courts, and a two-story fitness gallery. Additional equipment and exercise space is also available in Skyline Fitness, adjacent to the residence halls.
Located in Arlington, Virginia, Mason Square places the academic excellence of George Mason University in the heart of Arlington’s innovation district and just minutes from the nation’s capital. As the region continues to grow in technology-driven innovation, this campus is a hub of education, research, and business development.
Fuse at Mason Square, the university’s LEED Platinum building in Arlington, is a symbol of Mason’s commitment to sustainability. In November 2023 we celebrated the topping out of the new innovation center, which is expected to come online in 2024 and house research and development labs, classrooms, offices, corporate innovation centers, incubators, accelerators, convening spaces, and retail units. The Data Visualization Lab at Mason Square will support multidisciplinary research on virtual and augmented reality and 3D acquisition, among other topics.
George Mason's SciTech Campus comprises 134 acres within Innovation Park, Northern Virginia's largest research business park. The campus serves more than 4,000 students in five innovative facilities specially designed for classrooms, laboratories, libraries, recreation, the arts and more.
In May 2023, George Mason celebrated the topping out of the new Life Sciences and Engineering Building on the Science and Technology Campus. With a completion date of late 2024, the $83.6 million, 132,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility will include specialized instructional labs, classrooms, experiential learning laboratories, and faculty and administrative offices to support growing student and faculty communities.
Along with administrative, teaching, and research spaces, the Science and Technology Campus is home to such facilities as the 300-seat Verizon Auditorium and other spaces available for event rentals, the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center, The EDGE, the Hylton Performing Arts Center, a Biomedical Research Laboratory, and Beacon Hall (graduate student housing).
Students who acquire a global education have the advantage in becoming leaders of the future in industry, government, nonprofit organizations, and the production of learning. Mason Korea starts with an educational program that spans campuses in Korea and in the United States. Pursuing a course of study in two countries allows Mason Korea students to gain the global perspectives that the 21st century's great challenges—and opportunities—require.
Mason Korea hosts more than 700 students, representing more than 20 countries, currently studying six undergraduate disciplines. Korea-based Mason students have the opportunity to experience one year of their college studies in the United States, and many stay to pursue graduate degrees. In addition, any George Mason University student in good academic standing may study at George Mason's campus in Korea, which, as a campus of George Mason, offers the same courses as Mason’s US campuses.
Mason Korea is also expanding its impact in South Korea. In 2023, Mason Korea signed a memorandum of understanding with Incheon Human Resources Development Institute to develop education and training programs and brought together K-12 principals and vice principals from across Incheon for professional development in the Global Education Leadership Academy. They also brought Korean government officials from South Korea’s Local Government Officials Development Institute to Mason’s Fairfax Campus for executive education tailored specifically for them.
Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation
The only program of its kind in the nation, SMSC is a 3,200-acre institute in Front Royal, Virginia, where students are taught and mentored by Smithsonian scientists. Guest speakers include such conservation scientists as primatologist Jane Goodall.
Potomac Science Center
Located on Belmont Bay in Woodbridge, Virginia, near the mouth of the Occoquan River, George Mason's Potomac Science Center is a 50,000-square-foot research facility that houses laboratories for teaching and research, lecture rooms, and event space, as well as outdoor trails.
The $32-million waterfront building, which opened for use in 2017, is home to the College of Science's Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center and its Center for Geospatial Intelligence.
Point of View
At George Mason's Point of View International Retreat and Research Center, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution has created an atmosphere that promotes honest and open conversation. The facility, set on 120 acres of pristine wooded land in Lorton, Virginia, is designed to welcome, facilitate, sustain, and generate opportunities for conflict resolution in an environmentally respectful and sensitive atmosphere.
