Open Houses

Come ready to experience Emerson, not just hear about it!

Welcome To Emerson

Start the day together and get a feel for what makes Emerson, Emerson.

In Practice

Step into academic experiences that show you how Emerson students learn by doing.

Find Your People

Meet faculty, current students, Admission staff, and members of the Emerson community. Ask questions and get to know the people who make this place what it is.

Follow Your Curiosity

Choose what you want to experience next, from campus and specialty tours to Admission sessions and more.

Throughout the day, even more will be happening around campus. Come ready to explore!

What’s Calling You?

You don’t need to have your whole future figured out. Start with what interests you now.

Choose your Open House. Follow your curiosity. See where it takes you.

The Stage is Calling

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Calling all writers, performers, comedians, artists, and creators. If you’re happiest onstage, backstage, behind a script, at a rehearsal, building a character, designing a world, or making an audience feel something—this is your day.

Experience what it means to study the arts at Emerson. Explore the spaces where students rehearse, perform, write, design, and produce. Meet the faculty and students bringing new work to life in the heart of Boston’s Theatre District.

Act. Perform. Write. Design. Produce.

The Screen is Calling

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Calling all directors, storytellers, film buffs, photographers, gamers, and creators.

If you’re always thinking about the next shot, story, character, game, world, edit, or big idea—or you’re simply obsessed with what happens behind the screen—this is your day.

Step inside Emerson’s School of Film, Television & Media Arts and experience a community built around making. Explore production spaces and creative facilities. Meet faculty and students. And discover the opportunities to write, direct, shoot, edit, animate, produce, experiment, and bring your ideas to life.

Write. Shoot. Direct. Edit. Animate. Create.

The Conversation is Calling

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Calling all communicators, media mavens, strategists, advocates, and problem-solvers.

If you’re the one asking the next question, following the story, analyzing the message, rallying people around an idea, keeping up with the game, or figuring out how to make yourself heard—this is your day.

Experience communication in practice at Emerson. Meet faculty and students. Explore the spaces where Emersonians report, research, strategize, produce, persuade, and solve problems. And discover how your interests can become work that informs, connects, and makes an impact.

Question. Report. Strategize. Advocate. Connect.

All of the above?

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Calling all storytellers, creators, innovators, dreamers, and leaders.

If you have one passion, five interests, or you’re still figuring out exactly what’s calling you—this is your day.

Experience Emerson across disciplines and discover what happens at a college dedicated to communication and the arts. Explore academic programs, meet faculty and students, tour campus, step inside our creative spaces, and follow whatever catches your attention.

And this weekend, there’s even more Emerson to experience!

Our All Programs Open House takes place during Emerson Alumni Weekend, bringing generations of Emersonians back to campus. That means even more happening throughout the day, and more opportunities to experience the creative community you could join.

Take advantage of special Alumni Weekend programming, connect with Emerson graduates, and hear from people who have taken what they started here into careers and creative lives of their own.

Come curious. Meet the people who came before you. Imagine where you could go next.

Explore. Question. Experience. Find what’s yours.