UC Washington Center
Students live in two bedroom apartments in the new, state of the art UC Washington Center, located at 1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW. Situated half a mile from The White House in the heart of the city, the Center offers fully furnished apartments with fully equipped kitchens and microwaves. Students can take advantage of cable TV in each apartment and high speed Internet connections at every bedside. The Center also includes a fitness center, a computer lab, and two laundry rooms. The cost of rent for UC students is approximately $2500-$3000 per quarter.
Currently eight UC campuses run Washington Programs: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. All campus programs, classrooms, and offices for faculty and staff are also located in the UC Washington Center.
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Security
The safety of our students in Washington, DC is a top priority of the Program. Please read the about the UC Center building features below and contact program staff with any questions or concerns.
Building Access
The UC Washington Center has developed a system of building security, which includes a card key for access and picture identification. This system is in place to help ensure your safety while at the Center. Also, Washington, DC as the Nation's Capital and a city of global importance is a focus for events, which may require you to prove your right to access the Center and the surrounding neighborhood. Your Center picture identification ensures that you will have this access.
Card Key Access
The front door of the building serves as main access for our residents, faculty, staff and visitors. Center residents will receive a card key that provides access to the building's main entrance and floors that are available for their use. You will be required to carry this card key with you whenever you leave your apartment.
Under normal circumstances the building is unlocked during the hours of 7:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m. M-F. At all other times you will need your card key to enter the building. The card key is required at all times to use the elevators and exit the stairwells.
All guests to the Center must sign-in at the Security Desk and will be issued a Visitor's ID. There are areas within the building (including office space on floors 2 and 3) that have limited public hours of access. An appropriately coded card key is required for after hours access to these areas. The UC Washington Center reserves the right to close the building to any non-resident or guest and to ask them to leave the building at any time.
UC Washington Center Picture Identification Card
A UC Washington Center picture ID is provided to all residents, faculty and staff at the start of their time at the Center. Faculty and staff are required to wear the ID card while in the building. Residents, faculty and staff are required to carry their card key and Washington Center picture ID when leaving the building. The Washington Center picture ID card is required for re-entry into the Center and must be shown to the Security Duty Officer upon re-entry to the building.
For additional information on safety and security, click here.