Middle Tennessee State University

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Campus information

• 109 permanent buildings with 3.8 million square feet (353,000 m²) of space.
• 466 acres (1.9 km²)
• one mile (1.6 km) from the geographic center of Tennessee

The campus is 1.3 miles (2 km) east of downtown Murfreesboro. The oldest building on campus, Kirksey Old Main, lies at the north end of the original quadrangle. Flanking it to the west are Rutledge Hall, a dormitory, the James Union, and Lyon and Monohan Halls, which are also dorms. Flanking to the east are Jones Hall (now an office building), Todd Hall (the former library, which recently underwent major renovations and is now home to the Art Department), Wiser-Patten Science Hall/Davis Science Building, and men's dormitory Smith Hall. These are the key original buildings on campus and form its historic core. Between these buildings are Peck Hall, (English and History departments), Walnut Grove, and Cope Administration Building. Further east are newer additions, such as the Keathley University Center, Photography Building, Ned McWherter Learning Resources Center, John Bragg Mass Communications Building, James Walker University Library, Business and Aerospace Building, Campus Recreation Center, and the campus's newest building, the Paul W. Martin, Sr. Honors College. In the early 2000s, nine fraternities moved to the university's state-of-the-art Greek Row, located on the extreme eastern side of campus. Sorority houses were prohibited per a Tennessee state law until 2003, though none have opened on MTSU's campus since the law was repealed.

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All buildings on campus are given 2, 3, or 4 letter abbreviations, which most people use to identify the buildings. For example, the Keathley University Center is better known as "The KUC". The Business and Aerospace Building is better known as "The BAS". Some, however do not. Cope Administration Building (CAB) is commonly just called "Cope", and most students opt to call Peck Hall (PH) by its full name.

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The campus takes the general shape of a square and is largely cut off to automobile traffic. Its borders, however, are defined by four high-traffic Murfreesboro thoroughfares:

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• On the west: Middle Tennessee Boulevard
• On the south: East Main Street
• On the east: North Rutherford Boulevard
• On the north: Greenland Drive

Middle Tennessee State University has no auxiliary campuses, and aside from online courses, all classes are held either on-campus or at adequate facilities in the city of Murfreesboro.

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MTSU is only a half-mile (800 m) east of the nearest hospital, privately-owned Middle Tennessee Medical Center, located on East Bell Street. The hospital will move to a new building a few miles west in 2008.

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