Facilities

Terps Esports Center

Sponsorship and Development Opportunties: Contact Casey Bell

In the future, our campus will support the following esport activities in a specialized facility:

Premier and Academy Team Intercollegiate competition
SGA gaming club practice and competition
Late night newbie to expert social gaming activities
Academic pathways to careers in esport

We may offer the following in-center resources:

Team Broadcasting & Merchandising
Competition and Practice stations
Console gameplay
Live Streaming
Day Camps
Game Data and Network Analytics

You are also welcome to Donate Today to support our program.

The Philip Merrill College Of Journalism in conjunction with University Recreation and Wellness broadcasts most of our premier team matches from Studio C in Knight Hall.

There are 5 esport gaming stations plus 4 production stations. This live streaming production facility is not open to the public, club gamers or the general campus community.

The School of Journalism offers video game theory, Unreal Engine and esport broadcasting courses.

Broadcast Studio Specifications

Gaiming Monitors

5 Dell 25" Gaming Monitor - G2524H with Adjustable Arms
4 MSI 27" QHD 27" Gaming Monitor

Gaming Stations

Alienware Aurora R13
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 12700KF / 12-Core, 25MB Cache, 3.6GHz to 5GHz w/Turbo Boost Max 3.0
NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 3080 10GB GDDR6X
32GB Dual Channel DDR5 at 4400MHz
512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
Dark Side of the Moon 750W PSU, Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel

Premier Team Training Center

Successful competitive teams are a crucial part of a The BIG Esports Conference. UMD esports championship play will generate excitement and strengthen our school spirit.

We have a 7 seat competitive esport training center exclusively for our premier and academy teams only. The Division of Information Technology (DIT) has provided low-latency networking. This training center is not open to the public, club gamers or the general student body.

Our Premier and Academy Team elite gaming station specifications:

Alienware Aurora R13

12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 12700KF / 12-Core, 25MB Cache, 3.6GHz to 5GHz w/Turbo Boost Max 3.0
NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 3080 10GB GDDR6X
32GB Dual Channel DDR5 at 4400MHz
512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
Dark Side of the Moon 750W PSU, Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel

Gaming Monitor