Can you visit Notre Dame College?

Campus Visits We are ready to show you why so many students love Notre Dame College's campus! Individual campus visits include a personalized, guided campus tour with a current NDC student and meeting with an admission counselor.

Can I visit Notre Dame university?

The Notre Dame campus attracts thousands of visitors who delight in a landscape of fresh colors for every season; ivy-covered walls, classic collegiate Gothic buildings, and some of the world's most recognized campus landmarks – the Golden Dome, Touchdown Jesus, the Grotto, and others.

Can you walk on Notre Dame campus?

Notre Dame's campus is open year-round and can be walked on a self-guided tour. There are, however, other options if you'd like to be shown around.

Are there tours of Notre Dame?

The Eck Visitors Center's free public tour offers a historical and social overview of life at Notre Dame. Most tours will include visits to the Grotto, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Main Building (the Golden Dome), and the Hesburgh Library (“Touchdown Jesus”). Tours of Notre Dame Stadium are scheduled separately.

Can you tour Notre Dame today?

Following the fire in Notre Dame in April 2019, it is now expected that the iconic building will re-open as of December 2024. Unfortunatley the re-opening of Notre Dame will not be in time for the Paris Olympics 2024. Any tours or visits that involve Notre Dame Cathedral are either cancelled or adapted until this time.

University of Notre Dame Campus Tour

Is Notre Dame open to public?

The Parisian icon is set to reopen five years after the disastrous fire. France's Notre Dame Cathedral is expected to reopen for visitors and Catholic masses at the end of 2024. It will be less than six years after a shocking fire tore through the roof of the building.

Is it worth visiting Notre Dame now?

Overall, even in its most vulnerable state, Notre Dame is still worth visiting, and I can't wait to see it again in its full grandeur. Wonderful is an understatement! Watching the animated movie, Quasimodo, gave me the feeling of how tiny I was compared to the hugeness of the cathedral!

How much does it cost to tour Notre Dame?

There is no Notre Dame Cathedral entrance fee if one just wants to enter the cathedral. Free admission is allowed to both adults and children.

How much does it cost to go to the Notre Dame Church?

The cost of rebuilding Notre Dame is expected to be approximately 700 million euros ($767 million). In total, 846 million euros ($928 million) were raised in donations from 340,000 donors in 150 countries, according to Rebuilding Notre Dame de Paris.

Do you need tickets to go inside Notre Dame?

While entry into the cathedral is free you'll need a ticket to climb to the top of the cathedral's spectacular towers. You can also choose a guided tour.

Is Notre Dame a beautiful campus?

The awe-inspiring beauty of the campus is a trademark feature of Notre Dame. Regularly listed among America's most beautiful college campuses, the University makes for stunning pictures of beauty year-round.

Is Notre Dame a public campus?

University of Notre Dame is a private institution that was founded in 1842. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 8,971 (fall 2022), its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,265 acres.

Where can I walk around Notre Dame?

The tour is 1.5 miles long, round-trip—it begins outside the Eck Visitors Center, and takes you across campus to the Golden Dome, the Basilica, the Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes, and the “Word of Life” (aka “Touchdown Jesus”) mural on the library, concluding at Notre Dame Stadium.

Is it really hard to get into Notre Dame?

University of Notre Dame admissions has an acceptance rate of 13% and an early acceptance rate of 20.7%. Half the applicants admitted to University of Notre Dame who submitted test scores have an SAT score between 1420 and 1550 or an ACT score of 32 and 35.

Is Notre Dame an Ivy?

No, the University of Notre Dame is not an Ivy League school. The eight private schools in the Ivy League were first grouped together by the Ivy League Athletic Conference and are known for their highly selective admissions process, large endowments and academic excellence.

What GPA is required for Notre Dame?

The average GPA at Notre Dame is 3.77, and the minimum required GPA for admission into the university is 3.0 (or higher).

How much of Notre Dame students are Catholic?

Religious affiliation: 82% Catholic; 7% Protestant; 11% Other/None/Don't Know. On-Campus Housing: Undergrad: Req'd for freshman year; 76% of students live on-campus. Graduate: Available to single and married students.

What is Notre Dame known for academically?

Academics FAQs

The most popular majors at the University of Notre Dame are econometrics and quantitative economics; finance; political science and government; accounting; and computer and information sciences, among others.

Is it free to visit the Notre Dame cathedral?

Free admission and no reservation required.

Do you have to go to church to go to Notre Dame?

All Faiths Welcome

We are a Catholic institution, but all faiths practiced within our community are welcomed and supported. Notre Dame has one of the largest campus ministry organizations in the country and our Campus Ministry serves all faiths through Masses, faith sharing groups, and retreats.

Do you need to go to church at Notre Dame?

About 80–85% of the student body is Catholic, and most of the rest are other types of Christian, but there is a presence of other religions and non-religious students. Nobody forces you to attend Catholic liturgy, but the university is an unquestionably and unabashedly Catholic Christian place.

Why do tourists visit Notre Dame?

Its many visitors come to admire its stained glass and rose windows, the towers, the steeple and the gargoyles. They can also discover the Notre-Dame treasury and have a go at climbing the towers to enjoy a panoramic view of Paris.

Why do tourists visit the Notre Dame cathedral?

The Notre-Dame Cathedral is an important monument part of the tourism of the City of Lights. It attracts every year millions of tourists eager to see its towers and the gothic façade from the parvis, to enter and admire the broken-arch vaults and be marveled by the play of the light cast through the stained glass.

Why is Notre Dame so popular?

This celebrated Catholic cathedral is renowned for its stunning French Gothic architecture and holds a special place in the hearts of Parisians and visitors alike, dedicated to the Virgin Mary.