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General Inquiries (Main Office): Call 301-405-3001

Undergraduate Program Inquiries: Email astro-ug@astro.umd.edu

Graduate Program Inquiries: Email astro-grad@astro.umd.edu

Dept. Chair: Email Dr. Andrew Harris, aharris1@umd.edu

Observatory Inquiries: Email Elizabeth Warner (Observatory Director), ewarner@umd.edu

Mailing Address: 
University of Maryland
4296 Stadium Drive
Astronomy Dept Room 1113
College Park, MD 20742-2421

Main Office: 
PSC 1208

Directions: 

The Department of Astronomy is located on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Most of the department is housed on the first floor of the Physical Sciences Complex and on the first floor and ground level of the adjoining Atlantic Building (formerly Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.), across from Regents Drive Garage. Department colloquia and some other events are held on the second floor of Wing 4 in the Atlantic Building, Room 2400. 

Coming by car:

  • There is Purple Line construction on campus so there may be intermittent road closures or detours. Please check the UMD Campus Map for information.
  • Take exit 27 or 25 from I95/I495 (Washington Beltway) south onto US Rt. 1 toward College Park.
  • Go for about 2 miles, turn right onto Campus Drive.
  • At the traffic light, turn right onto Regents Drive.
  • Turn left at the second stop sign onto Stadium Drive.
  • Turn left into Regents Drive Garage (Parking lot B/RR/5). This is the north side of the garage.
  • Drive to the top level for the visitor parking spaces. Park, note your license plate number, then visit a pay station. Other spaces in the garage are free after 4pm and on weekends.
  • Return on foot to Stadium Drive and cross it to reach the Physical Sciences Complex or the adjoining Atlantic Building.

Coming by Metro:

  • Take the Green Line to the College Park station. (The city's transit agency has a TripPlanner tool that may be useful.)
  • As you exit the station, go up the stairs to the left.
  • Take the free UMD Shuttle (#104) on a 5-10 minute ride west to campus.
  • Get off at the Regents Drive Garage stop.
  • Walk north on Regents Drive to the Physical Sciences Complex or the adjoining Atlantic Building.

Parking: Parking for visitors is available in Regents Drive Garage (numbered spaces on the roof)(see map of all campus visitor parking.) Note your license plate number as you exit your vehicle and visit a pay station. Parking in non-visitor spaces in the garage is free after 4 p.m. and on weekends. The Physical Sciences Complex and the Atlantic building are across the street to the north of the garage.

Observatory: The Observatory is located adjacent to the College Park campus on Metzerott Road. Directions to the Observatory