The Catholic University of America is located at 620 Michigan Avenue, NE, in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC (zip code 20064). The campus is easily accessible by car, bus (MetroBus routes 80, G8, H1, H2, H3, H4, H6, H8, H9, and R4), and rail (Metro Red Line: Brookland-CUA station).


For detailed directions on how to get to the Catholic University campus, visit the Maps and Directions page.

There are several parking lots and a parking garage that are available for students to park. Before parking on campus, a student must purchase a parking permit from the Office of Transportation and Parking Services. There are certain parking lots on campus that are reserved for faculty, staff, and residents.

Commuting students, faculty, and staff may purchase either a surface parking permit or a garage permit. Resident students must purchase a resident permit. Permits may be purchased at the Office of Transportation and Parking Services, Pryzbyla Center, Room 242. Individuals may purchase only one vehicle hangtag permit. Permits are not transferable.

Cardinal Card is your official Catholic University identification card. Cardinal Card provides invaluable services for your everyday life at The University. To take advantage of these services, always remember to carry your Cardinal Card with you! To learn more about Cardinal Card on the Cardinal Card website.

Due to limited space availability, graduate students should make off-campus arrangements for housing. The Office of Housing Services can assist students with finding off-campus housing.

The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Dean of Graduate Studies is located in 116 McMahon Hall on the campus of The Catholic University of America. To reach us by phone, call (202) 319-5247. Our fax number is (202) 319-6174, and our email address is cua-graduatestudies@cua.edu. 

McMahon Hall itself is easy to find, centrally located between the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Edward J. Pryzbyla Student Center (see campus map).

The Office itself is on the First Floor of McMahon Hall, and here's a hint. When you walk in the main doors, and you see the statue of Pope Leo XIII in the lobby, with his hand raised in blessing, turn the way he is "pointing" (that is, his right, but your left). The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Dean of Graduate Studies will be on the right-hand side of that hallway.