If timing is a factor, emergencies can also be handled by the Jefferson County Hospital, who have a local doctor on call. Accident insurance for all students is included in the comprehensive tuition charge. All international students are required to have medical insurance and it is strongly recommended that U.S. students also have medical insurance. Housing and Meals Housing Students live on campus in comfortable, fully furnished single rooms or double rooms. Classrooms and dining facilities are within a few minutes walking distance of student housing.
Most dormitories have laundry facilities and the larger ones have lounge and study areas as well.
The University's campus is the setting for a unique university community. The Board of Trustees, since the University's inception, has structured the University as a model to achieve this goal. The key is the University's Research in Consciousness program with its daily group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs. Almost all students, faculty, and staff live on campus. Graduate students, married students, students with dependents, and students over 25 years of age have the option of living in Utopia Park, which offers 200 units of family housing on campus.