University Resources
Get connected with the breadth of university resources, services, and programs available to enhance your student’s experience at Stanford. Pages will be updated as Family Weekend approaches, so check back often. Links with an arrow indicate an external site.
Stanford Career Education
Stanford Career Education (aka CareerEd) works with campus partners, employers, and alumni to provide students access to the connections, opportunities, resources, and education that advance student success with defining and pursuing careers that have meaning, purpose and impact. We are a full-service resource that works with students as they enter Stanford and ensures their success as recent alumni via our Stanford PlusFive initiative. We look forward to working with your student(s)!
Campus Bike Shop
Campus Bike shop is located in Tresidder Union near the center of the Stanford University campus. For over 85 years, we have served the biking needs of Stanford students and faculty, our Bay Area neighbors, and visiting friends and families. As the only on-campus bike shop, we recognize the importance of low prices, quality products, skilled repairs, and fast turnaround.
We proudly feature bikes and accessories from quality brands such as Fuji, KHS, Norco, Jamis, and Kryptonite.
We provide affordable short and long term rentals.
Whether you have a flat tire or desire a full tune up, our staff is always ready to assist.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
CAPS provides an array of mental health services available to students: consultation, individual clinical care, groups and workshops, and referral assistance for community resources.
Haas Center for Public Service, the hub of Cardinal Service
We are the hub of the university-wide Cardinal Service effort and a home for service at Stanford. Students join a caring community, pursue meaningful work, and play a role in creating a more just and sustainable world.
Institutional Equity & Access
Our vision is to help Stanford create a community in which we all thrive in an equitable, safe, caring, and just environment that is accessible to all community members, supports diversity, and promotes inclusion.
Office of Special Events & Protocol (OSEP)
OSEP, part of the Office of External Relations, includes a team of experienced event advisors and planners who work to ensure the success of major university events and ceremonies. Among other major events, it produces Commencement Weekend and Family Weekend.
Ombuds Office
The Stanford University Ombuds Office is a confidential resource available to Stanford students, faculty and staff to privately discuss any concern that is impacting their Stanford experience. In one-on-one meetings, the Ombuds listens without judgment; offers information on relevant policies and procedures, and helps individuals identify and evaluate options for addressing their concerns. All meetings are kept strictly confidential. For more information on the Ombuds, the office’s services and standards of practice, or to download the most recent Annual Report or brochure, please visit the Ombuds website.
Research & Independent Projects
Stanford students have undertaken a wide range of independent projects that deepen their understanding and love of a topic, connect them to faculty, and build the foundation for future experiences. Learn about students’ projects and how your student can get started on their own independent project.
Stanford Bookstore & Cardinal Tech Center
The Stanford Bookstore and Cardinal Tech Center is your one stop store for all things Stanford. With four floors of best selling and hard-to-find books and course materials, great apparel brands ranging from Nike to Lululemon, drinkware, gifts, and stuff for residence hall rooms, it also boasts a Café featuring Voyager Coffee. The Cardinal Tech Center, located inside the Bookstore, is an Apple Authorized Campus Store with all of the latest tech and gadgets.
Stanford Financial Wellness: Mind Over Money
Mind Over Money serves as a best-in-class program on the Stanford campus that increases all students’ financial wellness with impactful, relevant, and research-informed programming and resources. We offer free financial coaching to students and recent alumni, teach a 1-unit winter course (Wellness 183), and offer free financial education online resources and workshops.
Stanford Living Education (SLED)
Living Education offers courses and learning experiences that educate the whole student with ideas, skills, and experiences that enhance wellbeing and flourishing. Living Education’s curricular opportunities offer students relational, purposeful, creative, integrative, and proactive pathways to wellbeing and flourishing. Our instructors innovate in the fields of wellbeing, leadership, and flourishing by integrating teaching, scholarship, and practice. Our individual and collective work is grounded in living the values and practices we teach, and our activities and objectives are rooted in justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
Stanford Report
Stanford Report is the university's internal news portal, where you’ll find messages from university leadership, notices of policy changes, health and safety updates, events and more. The Stanford Report email newsletter, delivered weekday mornings, is packed with announcements, news and upcoming events. Subscribe to the Stanford Report newsletter.
Vaden Health Center
Vaden Health Center supports student health and well-being and is part of the office of Student Affairs. Learn more about the Center and access Virtual Well-Being Resources. You can also learn more about Cardinal Care, the university sponsored health insurance plan, and see the latest issue of our annual publication, Student Health Matters.
School of Humanities & Sciences
Learn about the different departments within the School of Humanities & Sciences (H&S). See the online department brochures or review their guidebook for studying the humanities and arts at Stanford.
Parent and Family Engagement
If you have a student at Stanford, chances are The Stanford Fund is helping to make their experience one in which they can learn, grow, and thrive. Stanford family members are known for their generosity and engagement, and there are many ways for you to make difference for all students.