Halifax self-guided tour

LeMarchant Place is a newer building on campus, providing multiple student resources, while also housing students in both traditional and non-traditional style residence rooms. Resources include the Recruitment and Admissions offices, the Student Health and Wellness Centre, and the International Centre. The Atrium – another feature of LMP – is an additional space, the backdrop for events throughout the year.

LeMarchant Place

1246 LeMarchant Street

The Student Union Building, better known as the SUB, is a gathering place for students – with many food services and hosting places for events – but also a fabulous hub of student resources. The Dalhousie Bookstore, Bissett Student Success Centre, and Dal Outdoors Society Gear library are just a few of these resources.

Student Union Building

6136 University Ave

The Rowe Building is one of the first on campus to be built with sustainable, green principles. It is the faculty building of Commerce and Management, with plenty of lecture halls and classrooms. This building offers many opportunities for real-world integration within the classes. The Bloomberg Lab (real-time stock exchange for students) is one of the many features of this faculty building.

Kenneth Rowe Management Building

6100 University Ave

This building, home to the faculty of Computer Science, hosts many comp-sci events, houses different hubs— such as the ShiftKey labs and DeepSense research platform—and has multiple lecture halls and classrooms. It is a very interactive building, with touch screens, and houses many student resources, including student advisors, co-op support, and more.

Goldberg Computer Science Building

6050 University Ave

Dalhousie Arts Centre is extremely multifaceted; inside the building, there is a sculpture court, The Dalhousie Art Gallery, which is the oldest public art gallery in the province, and the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, which is a popular venue for performances in the year.

The Fountain School of Performing Arts is adjacent to the back of the building, and houses programs such as music, theatre, cinema, and costume studies.

Dalhousie Arts Centre

6101 University Ave

McCain is home to two of Dal’s larger auditoriums –with about 500 and 250 seats respectively –as well as many other classrooms throughout the building. Many first-year lectures happen in these bigger auditoriums, with tutorials or labs in the classrooms – smaller, upper year arts and social sciences also go on in many of these classrooms.

This faculty building is also home to a fireplace lounge, a mezzanine space, and arts and social science department offices.

Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building

6135 University Avenue

The Killam Library is the second largest library east of Montreal – it has a gorgeous atrium space, various study areas, food services, and many student resources. Resources include the Writing Centre, 2SLGBTQIA+ advisors, computer lab, accessibility centre, and the Indigenous Community Space. The Killam also houses over 1 million printed volumes and gives students access to over 40, 000 journals.

Killam Memorial Library

6225 University Avene

The Chemistry Building is one of the oldest buildings on Dalhousie campus. The Chemistry ‘Podium’ was more recently added and is one of the most modern undergraduate chemistry laboratories in North America! Within the building, there is also a chemical storage facility and a glassblowing lab.

Chemistry Building

6274 Coburg Road

One of the most iconic and recognizable ‘postcard’ locations on the tour is the Dalhousie Quad leading up to the Henry Hicks Building.

This green area is location for many events throughout the year and is a hub for studying and meeting up with friends during both warmer and cooler months (Snowball fights! Picnics!). It is also the location of the older and more historic buildings of Dalhousie Campus, including the Henry Hicks, which has many administrative offices, as well as a few classrooms.

Henry Hicks Building

6283 Alumni Crescent

This section of campus is host to a few different notable buildings: the Chase Building is home to the faculties of math and statistics, and houses a math help centre on the first floor; and the Sir James Dunn Building is home to the faculties of physics and atmospheric sciences, and houses both a planetarium and a Lidar-atmosphere laser.

On the other side of Lord Dalhousie Dr. is the University of King’s College – it is a separate institution; however, Dalhousie does have a unique partnership with Kings.

Chase Building

6287 Castine Way

A silent study space added in 2011, the Wallace McCain Learning Commons is a perfect space for students to delve into their schoolwork individually or collaboratively. Study rooms can be booked online, printing services are available, and First Year Interest Groups are also held here.

Wallace McCain Learning Commons

6305 Castine Way

The Life Sciences Centre (LSC) is home to faculties of biology, psychology, earth and environmental sciences, marine affairs, and oceanography. Attached is the Steele Ocean Science Building.

Both buildings boast many different research features: the SeaCycler, an oceanographic mooring system; the Aquatron, a world-renowned marine research facility, and the touch-tanks living lab, filled with sea life collected by students for observation!

Life Sciences Centre

1355 Oxford Street

The Dalplex is Dalhousie’s recently updated athletic facilities, with changerooms, a high-performance training room, and a weightroom on the upper floor. There are also fitness studios in the Dalplex.

Attached is the Fieldhouse, the only facility of its kind in North America – inside are different courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton, etc., a track, and in the lower fieldhouse, an Olympic sized swimming pool.

Dalplex

6260 South Street