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Update on Facilities Emergency

Following the electrical incident originating in Building 42, significant progress has been made in assessing the affected facilities. Power is expected to be restored to Buildings 38, 39, 43 and 47 within the next several hours.

Buildings 32 and 42 will remain closed through the end of this week while additional assessments are completed and necessary repairs are implemented.

Academic Operations

  • SEAS will remain on Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) through the end of the week.
  • Classes for all non-SEAS students will resume normal operations.
  • Classes at the Law School, Community College, Congress Heights and the DCA Aviation Hangar will continue as scheduled.

Administrative Operations

  • Administrative and support functions at the Van Ness campus will resume normal business operations.

SEAS Faculty, Staff and Students

SEAS staff should contact their supervisors regarding remote work expectations. SEAS faculty should coordinate with their supervisors regarding ERI and may contact CAL for instructional technology support, including Blackboard, Zoom and Webex, at [email protected].

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and community remains our highest priority. We will continue to provide updates as additional information becomes available.

For safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For emergencies, call 911.

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Know Your UDC

Want to know more about the University of the District of Columbia before you apply? Look no further!

Before you make your decision, you may be wondering what makes UDC different from the other higher education institutions throughout the District. To name a few, our university is:

  • the ONLY public institution of higher learning in the District of Columbia.
  • in the TOP TEN of 102 Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country. (Wall Street Journal)
  • the nation's ONLY exclusively urban land-grant university. UDC's award-winning College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences, or CAUSES, is a leader in urban food security. 
  • is ranked BEST in the region according to cost, student-faculty ratio, graduation rates and more! (WalletHub)

Plus, to ensure we can offer a pathway suitable for any student, UDC has five distinct colleges and a law school:

  1. College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
  2. School of Business and Public Administration (SBPA)
  3. College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences (CAUSES)
  4. Associate Degree Programs at the UDC Community College
  5. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
  6. David A. Clarke School of Law

Offerings and Outcomes

Our faculty, staff and current students can't wait to welcome you to our community! Regardless of where you're headed, UDC will meet you where you are and stick with you no matter your destination.

  • UDC is proud to enroll MORE D.C. public high school graduates than any other university.
  • Our university is unique in offering MULTIPLE points of entry, providing workforce training, professional certification, associate degrees, bachelor and graduate degrees, law degrees and more!
  • UDC offers the MOST affordable tuition of any university in the District. (collegecalc.org)
  • Students graduating from UDC typically land HIGHER-than-average-paying jobs! (Federal College Scorecard)

Campus Culture

There's no place like home, but UDC is certainly a close second. At UDC, we've worked hard to:

  • serve ALL aspects of the District community, in addition to students from around the world
  • provide the SAFEST college campus in the District
  • sustain an average student-faculty ratio of ELEVEN-TO-ONE
  • UDC's David A. Clarke School of Law ranks in the TOP TEN nationally for clinical legal training (U.S. News & World Report)
  • commit to service; for example, the law school performs more hours of community service per student than ANY other law school (National Jurist)

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