Group Campus Visits

Please follow these tips to ensure that your visit is a pleasant experience for everyone:

• Plan ahead. We need three (3) week’s notice to process your request for a visit and send your confirmation. We will do our best to accommodate your date request but due to office hours and other campus events we may need to consider alternative dates. A confirmation letter will be sent once your agenda is finalized.
• Group size limit to 50 students and 1 chaperone for every 10 students. We’re sorry, but we are unable to accommodate groups larger than 50 and more than two buses on campus at one time.
• Group visits will not be scheduled on Fridays, weekends, or major holidays.
• Schedule changes made within two (2) weeks of your visit date cannot be guaranteed, but we’ll do our best to accommodate any unforeseen circumstances that may affect your group visit (e.g. traffic),
• If you find it necessary to cancel your visit, please give us the courtesy of at least three (3) days notice.

• Please arrive on time. Allow yourself ample time to arrive on campus and located the meeting point. If it looks like you will be late, please notify us immediately at (208) 426-1156. If your group is late, your itinerary may be modified or canceled.
• Teachers/chaperones must stay with their assigned group throughout the campus visit. The chaperones are responsible for monitoring the group and ensuring that individuals behave.
• Please stress to your students the importance of being quiet in the academic buildings to respect the learning environment of our current Boise State students.

A typical group visit includes a student led campus tour (90 minutes) and a presentation (1 hour), given by an enrollment counselor.

A tour will cover the main campus and give the students an opportunity to see the Student Union Building (SUB), campus REC, Bronco Stadium, academic buildings, and the outside of residence halls. As tours are student led, they are an excellent opportunity to get a student perspective on life at Boise State.

On most school days, groups may make arrangements to eat lunch in Boise River Cafe. Lunch is approximately $8.50 per person and the meal is all-you-can-eat buffet. Arrangements must be made with University Dining Services at least two weeks in advance of your visit. Click here to learn more about campus dining options.

Please plan to arrive on campus at least 30 minutes before your scheduled visit start time. This will allow time for you to park and located your starting point, as well as give your students time to visit the restrooms before beginning their visit.

If you are running late, please call us at (208) 426-1156 to let us know. We will do our best to accommodate your late arrival, but please keep in mind that tour guides are scheduled for one hour blocks of time and their schedules are not always flexible due to classes. Allowing yourself extra time for traffic, arrival, and parking will ensure that your students are able to enjoy everything that is planned for them.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer groups the opportunity to sit in on a class. Students, however, are welcome to return to visit individually and schedule a visit to a class.

We are able to accommodate group visits on most weekdays throughout the school year. However, as we receive numerous requests, availability may vary depending on the volume of requests we have received.

To allow us time to plan for you, please schedule your visit at least three (3) weeks in advance. However, the earlier a visit request is made, the more likely it is that we will be able to accommodate you on the date you request.

Guided group tours are available for school groups beginning in 6th grade. Groups who wish to visit with younger students should call (208) 426-1156 so we can determine your needs.

Due to the large number of visitors to campus, we ask that groups arriving in multiple buses unload passengers at the east entrance of the Student Union and then park in a location given in the itinerary. Additionally, we ask that groups be mindful of others and not block intersections while unloading passengers. Buses that park blocking an intersection will be asked to move.

• Due to an exclusive contract between Aramark and Boise State Unviersity, no food service from outside vendors is permitted on campus grounds. Aramark is commited to the health and safety of guests and the chance of food-borne illness is too high of a risk from outside food sources. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Boise River Cafe or one of our many retail food locations. If you have a larger group or wish for a more private dining experience please contact University Catering at 426-2699.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate overnight guests.

The tour is given by trained current students who are able to give the history and current uses of university buildings, inform visitors of university traditions, and provide their own views and perspectives of the Boise State student experience.

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Yes. Group tour reservations are mandatory, three (3) weeks in advance.

Group tours are generally most popular in March and late Spring. Fall is difficult for us, due to the travel demands on our staff.

Yes. The group has the opportunity to meet with an enrollment counselor before or after the tour.

Please use the convenient online request form on this page, or you may call us at (208) 426-1156.

You will receive a confirmation email when you provide a valid email address to us when scheduling your tour. This email contains very important information about your visit.

Wear casual clothes and comfortable walking shoes. You can view the weather for Boise here.

Of course! When you notify us far enough in advance we can send you a confirmation packet with directions to campus and a campus map. Your confirmation email will have web site links with driving directions and parking instructions. For an online campus map click here.

Thanks for asking! You should bring a copy of your confirmation email and the information we mailed to you so you know where to park and when to arrive. You will also have our contact information so you can keep us advised as to your location and arrival time.