Case is located in University Circle, a 550-acre park near downtown Cleveland. The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Museum of Art, University Hospital of Cleveland, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History are only a few other institutions within walking distance of one another and CWRU within University Circle. Around campus, students head to Little Italy for good food and Coventry Village for shopping and bars. They can get there by campus shuttle, known as the “Greenie Bus” because they used to be painted green. Another method of transportation is the RTA bus and rail system. All Case undergrads receive an unlimited RTA pass as part of their student fee.

Just east of downtown Cleveland, Case is located in the University Circle neighborhood, which is also home to many of Cleveland’s cultural institutions including the Cleveland Institute of music. Atmore than 550 acres, the Case campus is known for its architectural diversity, which juxtaposes contemporary high design structures with more traditional collegiate styles in sandstone and red brick. At the center of campus is the Kelvin Smith Library, from which you can walk north to Mather Quad, home to the liberal arts departments and offices, as well as Harkness Chapel. North Residential Village, where most undergraduates live, is also in this direction. To the south is the Case Quad, where are the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Dentistry are located. The athletics and recreation center is also in this direction, as is the Amasa Stone Chapel, the other of the two chapels on campus. South Residential Village is on this side of campus as well, and is home to the fraternities and sororities at Case. There are also many contemporary free-standing art pieces on campus, such as the Michelson-Morley Fountain. The Turning Point sculpture by renowned artist Philip Johnson sits in Cleveland’s University Circle Park.

Residence halls are divided into North and South Residential Villages. Most undergraduates live in North Residential Village, but fraternities and sororities are located in South Residential Village. All undergraduates must live on campus their first two years unless they are living at home less than 40 miles away. Freshmen spend their first year as part of one of three residential colleges – Cedar, Juniper, or Mistletoe. Cedar has the Smith, Taft, and Tyler halls, Juniper the Norton, Raymond, and Sherman halls, and Mistletoe the Hitchcock, Pierce, and Storrs halls. Sophomores can choose among three suite-style complexes, found on both the north and south sides of campus – Carlton Road Complex, Clarke Tower Complex, and Murray Hill Complex. Upperclassmen live in apartments that encourage them to be more self-sufficient and give them more independence. The Village at 115 is a new option in North Residential Village that offers apartment-style housing, more than 50 different floor plans, a common room with a flat screen TV, Wi-Fi, and indoor bike storage, among other conveniences. Each room is a single and there is one bathroom for every 2-3 residents.

Case is a Division III school with 19 varsity athletic teams. In 2006 the men’s soccer team won the University Athletic Association title and received a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in history. They were defeated in the semifinals by Ohio Wesleyan University. During the 2007-2008 season men’s soccer player Matt Paglia made it to the 3rd All-American Team. Intramural sports also provide year-round recreation for Case students, such as softball, tennis, wallyball, dodgeball, and flag football, among others. Case also sponsors 12 club sports. A Club of the Year is chosen at the end of each school year.