Safety, Health and Security

While we encourage students to enjoy all the University of Richmond campus has to offer, the safety of our summer students is a primary concern.

The University offers a very safe and crime free environment for students. The University of Richmond maintains an active crime-prevention program. The University of Richmond Police Department is the only accredited private university law enforcement agency in the United States. UR campus police is a full service law enforcement agency providing services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The primary purpose of the Campus Police is to support the academic community through maintenance of a peaceful and orderly community, and the provision of general emergency services and protection of life and property on campus. The Police Department provides an escort service for female students between the hours of 7 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. throughout the week. In addition, women's residence halls are equipped with an access system, whereby students need to be a resident of a particular hall in order to go beyond the lobby area.

Faculty and staff will supervise all off-campus excursions and planned program field trips, while resident assistants and staff will chaperone social events, organized for the students on-campus. Student resident assistants will live with the students at all times.

The University of Richmond will make arrangements with local health care providers to attend to medical needs which may arise during the summer. We host over 400 students of this age each summer on two Governors School programs, so we have experience in how to prepare for the unexpected. We take our responsibilities towards under-aged students very seriously. We can assure you that every appropriate step will be taken to provide a safe and secure learning environment for each scholar.