campus
n. C / Un. the grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school. You often find libraries, classrooms, and student housing in this area.
n. the physical grounds and buildings of a university, college, or other institution. Often used to refer to the entire academic environment of a specific location.
The new library is in the center of the campus.
Students are encouraged to live on campus during their first year to help them make friends and join clubs.
While the main campus houses the humanities and social sciences, the medical school is located in a separate facility downtown to be closer to the teaching hospitals.
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
Often used with the prepositions 'on' or 'off' to describe a student's living situation or location.