University of California, Sunnydale

University of California, Sunnydale
UC Sunnydale Exterior
Names	UC Sunnydale UC☼D
Location	Sunnydale
Type	Educational institution
Owner(s)	Township of Sunnydale
Appearances
Debut	"The Freshman"
Last seen	"The Killer in Me"

University of California, Sunnydale abbreviated UC Sunnydale or UC☼D (with a sun symbol) was the local university in Sunnydale, part of the University of California system. It also served as a front for the activities of members of the Initiative, its facilities located beneath the campus.

The campus was presumably destroyed in 2003 along with the rest of Sunnydale following the battle at the Hellmouth.

Campus residences

Residence halls

• Stevenson Hall — Buffy Summers' and Willow Rosenberg's dorm rooms where located at Stevenson Hall. Buffy originally shared a dorm room with the Mok'tagar demon Kathy Newman, but Kathy was shortly replaced by Willow when Kathy's father Taparrich forcibly returned her to their dimension. Buffy then moved out of her dorm room in late 2000 while Tara Maclay moved in with Willow. They lived here with two pets, the rat Amy Madison and the kitten Miss Kitty Fantastico. In 1999, Willow met D'Hoffryn for the first time for a failed proposition to recruit her as a vengeance demon. In 2001, the hell-goddess Glorificus came to Stevenson Hall to get her revenge on Willow. There she discovered that Dawn Summers was the mystical Key. Glory then chased after Buffy and Glory until she was hit by a truck outside the building. Glory destroyed two walls during the encounter, one entirely at Willow and Tara's dorm room and the other making a hole in one of walls of the commons room. In this room, Warren Mears stuck a chip of temporal disturbance on Buffy to distort her temporal perceptions. As such, time passed by faster around Buffy than for others students. Dark Willow was here to use Tara's clothes for a spell to locate her murderer, Warren.
• Dunwirth Hall — Where Eddie's dorm room was located, though his room's contents were stolen by vampire Sunday's gang, all except for Eddie's copy of Of Human Bondage.
• Fischer Hall
• Kresge Hall — Where Parker Abrams' dorm room was located.
• Wiesman Hall
• Richmond Hall
• Porter Hall

Fraternities

The Psi Theta house in 1999.

• Psi Theta — Sunday and her gang nested on Psi Theta since the eighties after it lost its charter in 1982, causing it to be closed for renovation. However zoning issues dragged on before the Sunnydale city council and renovation never took place. Sunday's gang resided there until 1999 when Buffy and her friends killed Sunday and several of her gang while some fled. During its tenure under Sunday's inhabitancy, it was filled with the property of several students that Sunday killed or sired, stealing it from their dorm rooms and placing a fake note claiming they left the college due to stress.

Alpha Delta frat house.

• Alpha Delta — A party was held on Halloween in Alpha Delta house by its members (dubbed the "Alpha Delts") who summoned the fear demon Gachnar whose influence caused the reality within the building to be altered, reflecting any resident's fears. This eventually stopped when Buffy accidentally brought Gachnar forth and then killed him. Some of the "Alpha Delts" included Edward, Chaz and Josh.

Exterior of the Lowell House.

• Lowell House — It was originally known as Lowell Home for Children, a home for adolescent orphans ran by Genevieve Holt between 1949 and 1960. During that time the children were subjected to physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Genevieve who used her strongly conservative religious beliefs as a means of repressing any sexual freedom. By 1999, it was turned into a fraternity house and the Initiative's research laboratory was built below the building where many of its agents resided as students. The secret lab could be reached through a hidden elevator which was accessed behind a mirror through a retina scan of any Initiative members wanting to enter. In 2000, the orphans' raw emotions manifested as poltergeists during a party where they began giving any party-goers the same treatment subjected to the orphans. This was prevented by Alexander Harris and Anya Jenkins. Some of the fratboys at the Lowell House included Riley Finn, Forrest Gates and Graham Miller.

• Unidentified fraternity — In 2002, all members of an unidentified fraternity were killed by a Grimslaw demon. It was conjured by Anyanka because of Rachel's wish. However, Anya reversed their deaths, unintentionally causing both the death of her friend Halfrek by her patron D'Hoffryn and her own return to humanity.

Sororities

• Beta Delta Gamma — Melody's pledge was accepted to the Beta Delta Gammas which was celebrated at Jack's college bar. Another member included Paula.

Other

• Lecture Hall — This was the room where the professor Maggie Walsh, assisted by Riley, taught introduction to psychology, which was attended by Willow, Oz, Buffy, Kathy, and Parker in 1999. This room was also used by the Scooby Gang to describe their strategy against the Gentlemen who stole all town people's voices. In 2000, when Tara was pursued by Oz in werewolf form, he was captured by the Initiative here. It is also in this room that Spike, helped by Harmony Kendall, tried to get Dr. Overheiser to remove his chip. In 2003, the Daughters of Gaea, guided by Vaughne, had magic training here. When Willow was magically transformed into Warren Mears she came to them for help. However, the Potential Slayer Kennedy found that Amy Madison was the cause.

• Library — Spacious and orderly, the UC Sunnydale library was bigger than the one in Sunnydale High; due to its size it was sometimes difficult to find certain books. The library was specifically used to find information on the Lowell Home for Children's history and Queller demons. Buffy and Willow met Riley for the first time here. Tara informed Willow here about Oz's capture by the Initiative. Three years later, Willow was visited by the First Evil in Cassie Newton's form.

• Lab room — This lab room was used by Willow to prepare a spell against Oz and Veruca. Veruca was killed here by Oz when she attempted to kill Willow. Willow also used the room to create a potion to cure Buffy's madness after she was attacked by a Glarghk Guhl Kashmas'nik demon.

Buffy at the Rocket Cafe.

• Rocket Cafe — The student dining facility. Xander once ate there despite not being a student.

Faculty

• Dean Matthew Guerrero
• Assistant to the Dean Surrinda Blackmaster
• Professor Gerhardt
• Professor Riegert
• Professor Maggie Walsh
• Professor Roberts
• Professor Lillian
• Professor Hawkins

Students

See List of UC Sunnydale students

Behind the scenes

• Some of the exterior shots of UC Sunnydale were filmed at the actual University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Westwood, Los Angeles, in special the corridors of the the Royce Hall. Several episodes include shots from the Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), as well as the CF Braun Business Park, at 1000 S. Fremont Street in Alhambra, California.
• In a rejection letter to Buffy, the school's name is shortened to UCSD, though in real life, that acronym refers to University of California, San Diego.

Appearances

Canonical

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3
"Anne" Absent	"Dead Man's Party" Absent	"Faith, Hope & Trick" Absent	"Beauty and the Beasts" Absent	"Homecoming" Absent	"Band Candy" Absent	"Revelations" Absent	"Lovers Walk" Absent	"The Wish" Absent	"Amends" Absent	"Gingerbread" Absent
"Helpless" Absent	"The Zeppo" Absent	"Bad Girls" Absent	"Consequences" Absent	"Doppelgängland" Absent	"Enemies" Absent	"Earshot" Absent	"Choices" Mention	"The Prom" Absent	"Graduation Day, Part One" Absent	"Graduation Day, Part Two" Mention

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4
"The Freshman" Appears	"Living Conditions" Appears	"The Harsh Light of Day" Appears	"Fear, Itself" Appears	"Beer Bad" Appears	"Wild at Heart" Appears	"The Initiative" Appears	"Pangs" Appears	"Something Blue" Appears	"Hush" Appears	"Doomed" Appears
"A New Man" Appears	"The I in Team" Appears	"Goodbye Iowa" Appears	"This Year's Girl" Appears	"Who Are You?" Appears	"Superstar" Appears	"Where the Wild Things Are" Appears	"New Moon Rising" Appears	"The Yoko Factor" Appears	"Primeval" Appears	"Restless" Vision

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5
"Buffy vs. Dracula" Absent	"Real Me" Appears	"The Replacement" Appears	"Out of My Mind" Appears	"No Place Like Home" Absent	"Family" Appears	"Fool for Love" Absent	"Shadow" Absent	"Listening to Fear" Appears	"Into the Woods" Absent	"Triangle" Appears
"Checkpoint" Appears	"Blood Ties" Absent	"Crush" Appears	"I Was Made to Love You" Appears	"The Body" Appears	"Forever" Appears	"Intervention" Appears	"Tough Love" Appears	"Spiral" Absent	"The Weight of the World" Absent	"The Gift" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6
"Bargaining, Part One" Absent	"Bargaining, Part Two" Absent	"After Life" Absent	"Flooded" Absent	"Life Serial" Appears	"All the Way" Absent	"Once More, with Feeling" Absent	"Tabula Rasa" Absent	"Smashed" Mention	"Wrecked" Appears	"Gone" Absent
"Doublemeat Palace" Absent	"Dead Things" Absent	"Older and Far Away" Absent	"As You Were" Mention	"Hell's Bells" Absent	"Normal Again" Appears	"Entropy" Appears	"Seeing Red" Absent	"Villains" Appears	"Two to Go" Absent	"Grave" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7
"Lessons" Mention	"Beneath You" Absent	"Same Time, Same Place" Absent	"Help" Mention	"Selfless" Appears	"Him" Absent	"Conversations with Dead People" Appears	"Sleeper" Absent	"Never Leave Me" Absent	"Bring on the Night" Absent	"Showtime" Absent
"Potential" Absent	"The Killer in Me" Appears	"First Date" Absent	"Get It Done" Absent	"Storyteller" Absent	"Lies My Parents Told Me" Absent	"Dirty Girls" Absent	"Empty Places" Absent	"Touched" Absent	"End of Days" Absent	"Chosen" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8
The Long Way Home, Part 1 Absent	The Long Way Home, Part 2 Absent	The Long Way Home, Part 3 Absent	The Long Way Home, Part 4 Absent	The Chain Absent	No Future for You, Part 1 Absent	No Future for You, Part 2 Absent	No Future for You, Part 3 Absent	No Future for You, Part 4 Absent	Anywhere but Here Absent
A Beautiful Sunset Absent	Wolves at the Gate, Part 1 Mention	Wolves at the Gate, Part 2 Absent	Wolves at the Gate, Part 3 Absent	Wolves at the Gate, Part 4 Absent	Time of Your Life, Part 1 Absent	Time of Your Life, Part 2 Absent	Time of Your Life, Part 3 Absent	Time of Your Life, Part 4 Absent	After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back! Absent
Harmonic Divergence Absent	Swell Absent	Predators and Prey Absent	Safe Absent	Living Doll Absent	Retreat, Part 1 Absent	Retreat, Part 2 Flashback	Retreat, Part 3 Absent	Retreat, Part 4 Absent	Retreat, Part 5 Absent
Turbulence Absent	Twilight, Part 1 Absent	Twilight, Part 2 Absent	Twilight, Part 3 Absent	Twilight, Part 4 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 1 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 2 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 3 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 4 Absent	Last Gleaming, Part 5 Absent
"HARM" Absent	"Harmony Bites" Absent	"Vampy Cat Play Friend" Absent	"Always Darkest" Absent	"Harmony Comes to the Nation" Absent		Willow: Goddesses and Monsters Absent		Riley: Commitment Through Distance, Virtue Through Sin Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9
"Magical Mystery Tour, Featuring the Beetles" Absent	Freefall, Part 1 Absent	Freefall, Part 2 Mention	Freefall, Part 3 Absent	Freefall, Part 4 Absent	Slayer, Interrupted Absent	On Your Own, Part 1 Absent	On Your Own, Part 2 Absent	Apart (of Me), Part 1 Absent	Apart (of Me), Part 2 Absent	Apart (of Me), Part 3 Absent
"In Space No One Can Hear You Slay" Absent	Guarded, Part 1 Absent	Guarded, Part 2 Absent	Guarded, Part 3 Absent	Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 1 Absent	Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 2 Absent	Wonderland, Part 1 Absent	Wonderland, Part 2 Absent	Wonderland, Part 3 Absent	Wonderland, Part 4 Absent	Wonderland, Part 5 Absent
Welcome to the Team, Part 1 Absent	Welcome to the Team, Part 2 Absent	Welcome to the Team, Part 3 Absent	Welcome to the Team, Part 4 Absent	The Watcher Absent	The Core, Part 1 Absent	The Core, Part 2 Absent	The Core, Part 3 Absent	The Core, Part 4 Absent	The Core, Part 5 Absent	Love vs. Life Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10
New Rules, Part 1 Absent	New Rules, Part 2 Mention	New Rules, Part 3 Absent	New Rules, Part 4 Mention	New Rules, Part 5 Absent	I Wish, Part 1 Absent	I Wish, Part 2 Absent	Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Absent	Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Absent	Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Absent
Love Dares You, Part 1 Absent	Love Dares You, Part 2 Absent	Love Dares You, Part 3 Absent	Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Absent	Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Absent	Old Demons, Part 1 Absent	Old Demons, Part 2 Absent	Old Demons, Part 3 Absent	Freaky Giles Day Absent	Triggers Absent
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent	Own It, Part 1 Absent	Own It, Part 2 Absent	Own It, Part 3 Absent	Own It, Part 4 Absent	Own It, Part 5 Absent
"Where Are They Now?" Absent

Angel

Angel: Season 2
"Judgment" Absent	"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" Absent	"First Impressions" Absent	"Untouched" Absent	"Dear Boy" Absent	"Guise Will Be Guise" Absent	"Darla" Absent	"The Shroud of Rahmon" Absent	"The Trial" Absent	"Reunion" Absent	"Redefinition" Absent
"Blood Money" Absent	"Happy Anniversary" Absent	"The Thin Dead Line" Absent	"Reprise" Absent	"Epiphany" Absent	"Disharmony" Appears	"Dead End" Absent	"Belonging" Absent	"Over the Rainbow" Absent	"Through the Looking Glass" Absent	"There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" Absent

Other

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic "Killing Time" "Take Back the Night" The Blood of Carthage, Part One The Blood of Carthage, Part Two The Blood of Carthage, Part Three The Blood of Carthage, Part Five Giles: Beyond the Pale (Only mentioned) Cemetery of Lost Love Jonathan: Codename: Comrades (Only mentioned) Past Lives, Part Two Willow & Tara: WannaBlessedBe Lost and Found (Only mentioned) Invasion (Only mentioned) Hive Mentality Night of a Thousand Vampires Ugly Little Monsters, Part One Haunted, Part Two Ugly Little Monsters, Part Two Haunted, Part Three Ugly Little Monsters, Part Three Withdrawal Note from the Underground, Part Two (Only mentioned) A Stake to the Heart, Part One (Only mentioned) Video games Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color) Wrath of the Darkhul King Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels "All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee" Chosen (Only mentioned) In Every Generation (Only mentioned) "The Waiting" (Only mentioned) Angel comics Illyria: Haunted, Part One (Only mentioned) Angel #4 (Only mentioned)