Visit Day 2026 Schedule of Events
Watch the welcome talk from Professor Mike Freedman from 2024:
Our annual visit days provide admitted graduate students with an opportunity to meet with faculty, socialize with peers, and learn more about life at Princeton.
Can't attend our visit days? Learn more about how you can explore the department from afar.
The Visit Day schedule includes:
- One-on-one meetings with faculty members
- Subfield meetings and small group dinners with current students
- Subfield meetings and small group dinners with faculty
- Campus tours, social events, and more!
Travel & Lodging
Princeton is centrally located midway between New York City and Philadelphia and easily accessible by train, air, bus or car. The Department of Computer Science will help defray the cost of travel to Princeton up to $500 for airfare or car mileage. Learn more about travel reservations, reimbursements, and lodging.
The Computer Science Department
The Computer Science Department is located in the Computer Science Building at 35 Olden Street, part of Princeton's main campus.
Directly across the street is the School of Engineering and Applied Science, home to the five other engineering departments at the University and many centers and initiatives.
Exploring Princeton
The Graduate School provides many resources for learning about life at Princeton:
- Living in Princeton
- Graduate student housing, including a virtual tour of grad student housing options
- Access, diversity and inclusion
Other fun things to do during your visit:
- Night on Nassau (cards included in your Welcome Packet!)
- Take a Personalize Self-Guided Tour
- Stopping by Princeton's "DBar" in the basement of the Old Graduate College with one of our current grad students
- Checking out Einstein's House at 112 Mercer St (while his house is a private home, not a museum, you can walk by and see where he lived from 1936 onwards)
- Visiting Institute for Advanced Study which is surrounded by Institute Woods
Other Information
- Access to wireless networks on campus
- The Princeton Wayfinding App for navigating around campus
- Department and Graduate School Metrics
- Additional questions? Email gradinfo@cs.princeton.edu.