Arizona State University Tempe campus

This article is about ASU's physical campus in Tempe, AZ. For the university itself, see Arizona State University.

Arizona State University Tempe campus
TypeMain campus of Arizona State University
Established1885
PresidentMichael M. Crow
Students54,866 (Fall 2021)[1][2]
Location
Tempe
,
Arizona
,
United States

33°25′02″N 111°56′11″W / 33.4172°N 111.9365°W / 33.4172; -111.9365
CampusUrban
Tempe: 631.6 acres (2.556 km2)[3]
Websitecampus.asu.edu/tempe

Arizona State University Tempe campus is the main campus of Arizona State University, and the largest of the five campuses[4] that comprise the university. The campus lies in the heart of Tempe, Arizona, about eight miles (13 km) east of downtown Phoenix. The campus is considered urban, and is approximately 642 acres (2.6 km2) in size. The campus is arranged around broad pedestrian malls and, in toto, is considered to be an arboretum.[5][6] ASU has an extensive public art collection, considered one of the ten best among university public art collections in the United States.[7] Against the northwest edge of campus is the Mill Avenue district (part of downtown Tempe) which has a college atmosphere that attracts many students to its restaurants and bars. ASU's Tempe Campus is also home to all of the university's athletic facilities.

  1. ^ "Facts and figures | Arizona State University".
  2. ^ This figure is summed from students whose academic majors are based on the Tempe campus – any ASU student may be enrolled in classes on any of the four campuses simultaneously.
  3. ^ ASU University Office of Institutional Analysis. September 24, 2008
  4. ^ "Campuses and locations" on the Arizona State University website]
  5. ^ ASU's Tempe campus
  6. ^ Arizona Arboretums And Botanical Gardens Archived August 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Big Ten". Public Art Review. 17 (2): 24–5. Spring–Summer 2006. ISSN 1040-211X.