Academic calendar
Fall Term 2026 runs Aug 17, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Term 2026Relevant now
- Spring Term 2027
- Summer Term 2027
- Fall Term 2027
- Spring Term 2028
- Summer Term 2028
Campus language
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A
- A.W. Harris
- The Faculty Club dining room, often used for formal lunches or student-faculty events.
- AMWA
- American Medical Women's Association chapter.
B
- Bass Food Court
- The main dining area located in the Bass Center on North Campus.
C
- Clements Cafe
- The cafeteria located within the William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.
G
- GHHS
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, recognizing students for compassionate care.
M
- Medical Park
- The Southwestern Medical Park Apartments, the primary on-campus housing for students.
S
- SNMA
- Student National Medical Association chapter at UTSW.
- STARS
- Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern, a signature outreach program.
- Step
- Universal medical student shorthand for the USMLE Step licensing exams.
- SURF
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for college students.
T
- The Apartments
- General reference to the university-owned housing complex located on the north side of campus.
- The Bridge
- The physical walkway connecting the North and South campuses over Inwood Road.
- The District
- The Southwestern Medical District area surrounding the campus.
- The Fishbowl
- The glass-walled study rooms located within the Health Sciences Digital Library.
Z
- Zale Cafe
- The dining area located in the Zale Lipshy Pavilion.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Badge
- The mandatory ID card used for building access, parking gates, and library services.
- Bass
- The Bass Center, housing student services, the food court, and the post office.
- BioCenter
- The commercial incubator space and research facility on the West Campus.
- Clements
- William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.
- clements_caf
- Clements Café
- DART
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit; the Green Line serves the Southwestern Medical District/Parkland Station.
- EPIC
- The electronic medical record system used by students during clinical rotations at UTSW hospitals.
- mini_marts_24_7
- Mini Marts (24/7)
- MyUTSW
- The internal web portal for student records, financial aid, and campus news.
- North Campus
- The newer expansion area containing the Pickens building and Clements hospital.
- Pickens
- The T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building on North Campus.
- skyline_caf_fourteen
- Skyline Café Fourteen
- South Campus
- The original campus area containing the older research buildings and the DART station.
- southside_dining
- Southside Dining
- The Shuttle
- The free campus shuttle system that transports students between North, South, and West campuses.
- Zale
- Zale Lipshy Pavilion, the university's neurological hospital.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Term 2026 runs Aug 17, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 15 approved campus terms and 16 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.