Campus Tours

Tours are led by one of our amazing Student Ambassadors.

Please report to the Cal State East Bay One Stop Shop to check in for your tour.  The Welcome Center is now located on the first floor of the Student Services and Administration Building (SA)  (pictured above).  You can use the following address for your GPS:

Student Services and Administration [SA], 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward, CA 94542

Charter Shuttles/School Buses: Park along East Loop Road (outside of Lots G & H). If East Loop Road is full, buses may park in the very back of lot H. No permit is needed.  Bus Parking Map.

Traveling by bus, you do not need a parking permit.

If driving by car, the closest parking lot is Lot G. 

Prospective Student and Family Tour and Group Tours (if needed) will receive a complimentary parking permit for the visit.  Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes before your tour so you have enough time to check in, get your parking permit, and place it on your dashboard. 

Self-guided tour visitors may purchase a daily or hourly permit at a dispenser for $2.00/hour or $10.00/day. All dispensers take credit cards, coins, and bills (exact change only.) The dispensers are located in parking lots A, G, K, N and at the kiosk on the right side at the top of Harder Rd. Daily permits are only valid in General (Student) Lots. After 5:00 PM Mondays-Thursdays, these permits are also valid in Faculty/Staff lots. Click here for a campus map and pay station locations. 

Valid parking permits are required on campus: Monday - Thursday from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm Friday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.  A permit is not required after 5:00 PM on Fridays, all day on the weekends, and any holiday the University is closed.  

Busses: No permit is needed. Click here for a bus parking map. 

Group Dining

Click here for our Pioneer Kitchen (Dining Commons) Group Dining request form and other important information. Requests must be submitted at least one week before your visit.

Click here for all food locations on campus.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A CASH-FREE CAMPUS. WE ACCEPT DEBIT/CREDIT AND APPLE PAY/GOOGLE PAY.

If you and/or your group are more than 15 minutes late, you may have to be given a shortened tour or a self-guided brochure. Please be mindful of Bay Area traffic when planning your trip.

• High School or Transfer Student groups are required to have 1 chaperone for every 12 students.
• Middle or Elementary School groups are required to have 1 chaperone for every 10 students
• Chaperones are to be actively involved in the visit and must provide ongoing supervision for the group at all times.
• Chaperones should assist in keeping the group visit on schedule, particularly during the tour it is extremely helpful to have chaperones assist tour ambassadors to keep the group moving.
• Chaperones are responsible for making sure that their students are aware of and understand expectations for behavior as listed below.
• Any unwanted behavior by unruly students will be addressed by Chaperone.
• Ambassadors have the right to stop tour or request that unruly behavior cease.

• Visitors are to comply with chaperone or ambassadors directives as requested.
• CSUEB expects our visiting students to be respectful of each other, our staff, all presenters, and all facilities and property of CSUEB at all times.
• Noise levels should be kept to a minimum while inside buildings, as regular business will be occurring during your visit.

Campus tours run rain or shine! Remember this is a walking tour so please wear appropriate gear and get ready to explore all 3 levels of our beautiful campus.  

Tour dates and times are selected at least 1 month before each term as we have to coordinate with our student ambassadors' class schedules and working schedules.   Join our mailing list here to receive an email when tour dates go live.