Situated upon a hill overlooking the rest of Washington, DC and a
stone's throw from the Potomac River, Georgetown University's Main
Campus, with its classically collegiate ivy-covered buildings, fountains, cemetaries, open quadrangles, and picturesque groves of
flowers and trees, has been described as one of the most beautiful college settings on the East Coast.The Main campus, center of Georgetown student life and intellectual activity, is just-over 100 acres (400,000 m²) in
size. Within that space, the University counts 58+ buildings, student residences capable of accommodating a large portion of the
student body, and diverse athletic facilities. In Fall 2003, the Southwest Quadrangle Project was completed. This project brought
a 784-bed student dorm, an expansive cafeteria, an underground parking facility, and new Jesuit Residence to the campus. Slated
for completion in 2005 is a new performing Performing Arts Center; longer term projects
include the building of an internal business school campus and the construction of a Unified Sciences Center.The Main Campus is approximately two miles from the White House, and four
miles from the United States Capitol building. The main
gates, more commonly known as the Healy Gates, are located at the intersection of 37th and O Streets, NW. A majority of
undergraduates live on campus in several dormitories and apartment complexes, though a minority lives off-campus in the
surrounding neighborhoods - Georgetown to the east and Burleith to the north - and
a few reside further away. As of Fall 2004, a limited number of dormitory rooms are available for graduate students, but most
still reside off-campus.The Medical School is located on a property adjacent to the northwestern part of the Main Campus on Reservoir Road. All
students in the Medical School live off campus, most in the surrounding neighborhoods, though some live in Dupont Circle and elsewhere.The Law Center is located downtown on New Jersey Avenue, near Union Station. Some first-year students at the Law Center live in a single on-campus
dormitory. Most second-year and third-year students, as well as some first-year students, live off-campus. As there is little
housing nearby, most are spread throughout the Washington metropolitan area.