Institution name

Tufts University

Contact address for international enquiries

MEDFORD 02155

Telephone

+1 617 627 3395

Venue / office name

School of Arts and Sciences, Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures

Address

Contact address for international enquiries

Olin Center
180 Packard Avenue
MEDFORD
Massachusetts
02155

Venue description

This department is home to the following language and culture programs: Arabic, Chinese, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and Swahili. The Department is also closely connected to various interdepartmental programs: Africa in the New World (ANW), Asian Studies, Communication and Media Studies (CMS), International Relations (IR), International Letters and Visual Studies (ILVS), Judaic Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.

Telephone number

+1 617 627 3442

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

This university provides undergraduate housing in Bush Hall, Lewis Hall, Carmichael Hall, Hodgdon Hall, Hillside Apartments, Latin Way, Miller Hall, Metcalf Hall, Richardson Hall, South Hall, West Hall, 94 Curtis Street, 9-11 Sunset Road, 10 Winthrop Street, 12 Dearborn. Seniors can stay in Sophia Gordon Hall, Stratton Hall. All student rooms have a bed, a desk and desk chair, a dresser and a closet or free-standing wardrobe for each student. Beds are extra-long single size. The beds on campus have been replaced with new frames that provide for variable mattress height; these multi-position beds have eleven height adjustments, up to 32 inches, with 30" of space underneath when raised to the maximum level. Each room is equipped with one telephone jack, one cable television jack, and an Ethernet port for each resident. Entering students and sophomores are required to live on campus unless commuting from home. Full-time graduate students in the first year of their programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Nutrition, or College of Special Studies may apply for on-campus graduate student housing. The Tufts University Residential Life Office assigns Fairmont, McCollester, and Tousey Houses as graduate student residences. These houses are located in the "uphill" section of the Medford campus, off of Winthrop Street. Collectively, these three houses offer 39 single occupancy rooms. The rooms come in three sizes and are priced accordingly. No two rooms are exactly the same size. Each residence has a common room or lounge and shared bathrooms. One small kitchen is available in each residence and is shared with all of the occupants of each house. One kitchen must be shared amongst 10 to 16 residents, with limited storage space. Residents are advised, but not required, to purchase one of the many meal plan options offered by Tufts Dining Services (call 617-627-3566). For more information mail to: reslife@tufts.edu.