Search Toggle Menu
Close Menu
For Stags
Quick Links
Close Menu
Discover More
A group of fairfield students jumps in the air on the beach while the sun is setting.

Student Life

Embrace the moment. Connect with peers, explore your passions, and make memories that will shape your college experience and future.

Quick Links

Thrive Beyond the Classroom

Our 200-acre campus, overlooking Long Island Sound, is consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful campuses in the U.S. At Fairfield, your options are limitless. From a wide array of living and dining options to D1 athletics (Go Stags!), recreation, arts programming, and student clubs and organizations, your life on campus can be as big and busy as you want it to be.

Our location affords our students that tight-knit college-town experience with access to the beautiful Connecticut beaches and the geographic advantages of an easy commute to NYC or a day trip to Boston. Life at Fairfield gives you the best of all worlds.

From the shores of the Long Island Sound to the city blocks of Manhattan, our surroundings make Fairfield University's idyllic location difficult to match elsewhere.

Here at Fairfield

Tailor your campus experience to fit your lifestyle with a variety of dining and housing options, including First-Year Living Communities and Build-a-House, themed housing for juniors and seniors who want to combine living and learning through shared interests.

Housing Options

Review our residence halls, townhouses, apartment complexes, and living communities.

Tables in Fairfield Unviersit's Tully Dining Hall overlooking campus through large glass windows.

Dining on Campus

We cater to omnivores, vegans, and everyone in between.

Students walking in downtown Fairfield, CT past a red wall that says "Live music, Arts, Theatre."

Around Town & Beyond

All the advantages of our coastal Connecticut location, easy access to NYC, and more.

Five sailboats float in the water with a blue sky.
Take advantage of Fairfield’s seaside location and join the Sailing Club.
Three students pose for a photo behind a whiteboard that reads “Fairfield Club Swim, Follow Us @fairfieldclubswim”.
Try out a club sport to stay in shape and meet other Stags.
Two rugby players are lifted to reach the rugby ball outdoors.
Show off your Stag pride at a Fairfield Rugby game.
A group of students in Fairfield merch cross the street on a crosswalk.
Take advantage of Fairfield’s beautiful downtown full of restaurants and locally-owned businesses.
A group of students exit the Fairfield bookstore.
Choose from a wide selection of ways to wear your pride at the Fairfield Bookstore.
Two students work on a camera rig.
At Fairfield, students have the chance to be in front of or behind the camera.
Four students sit outdoors in the grass on blankets holding up their hands to make a stag.
Enjoy the New England weather firsthand from Fairfield’s picturesque campus.

Stags are on the move. Get in on the action.

Athlete or spectator, student government, gamer, culinary wizard, film nerd—whatever your interests, Stags work together to make things happen.

Uniquely Fairfield

  • Students sit on the floor of a gymnasium in the shape of a 27.

    Stag Traditions

    Our community is close and our traditions bring us closer.

  • Campus Ministry

    Welcoming all faiths, we explore the world through meaningful service.

Our goal is simple. We help students discover how to live meaningful and purposeful lives in connection with mind, body, and spirit for the greater good."

Karen Donoghue, Vice President of Student Life

three students walking across campus and waving at friends.

Creativity Is Celebrated Here at Fairfield

Feed your perpetual curiosity.

Set Yourself Up to Thrive

Experience Fairfield For Yourself

More to Explore

Get In Touch

  • 1073 North Benson Road
    Fairfield, CT 06824

  • (203) 254-4000

Map of USA East Coast
Location
10 minutes
to the beach
60 minutes
to NYC
About Our Location
©2024 Fairfield University