Directions for Vendors & Visitors

The following are directions for vendors & visitors to the Center for Educational Research at Stanford (CERAS) and directions to the loading dock. For more information about other Graduate School of Education buildings, please visit the Maps & Directions page.

Directions to GSE Buildings

If you are driving from SFO airport or San Jose airport:

Driving from Highway 101

  1. Exit Embarcadero West
  2. Embarcadero becomes Galvez St (after you cross El Camino)
  3. Turn left on Campus Drive Loop
  4. Turn right on Wilbur Way
  5. Turn left in to the parking structure #6 (UNDERGROUND)
  6. Travel down to visitor parking (right lane)
  7. Pay at pay machine station

Driving from Highway 280

  1. Exit Page Mill Road East towards Palo Alto
  2. Turn left on Junipero Serra
  3. Turn right on Campus Drive East
  4. Turn left on Bowdoin Street (approx. 4th stop sign)
  5. Turn left on Wilbur Way
  6. Turn right into parking structure #6 (UNDERGROUND)
  7. Travel down to visitor parking (right lane)
  8. Pay at machine station

Walking directions to the CERAS building

  1. Enter elevator on north side of parking structure (next to pay machine station) and go to street level
  2. Turn right out of the elevator
  3. Right at the street (Arguello Mall)
  4. Go to stop sign (Bowdoin) and turn left
  5. Walk down to the end of the street (Galvez Mall)
  6. Cross street and look for building with glass front and red accents (Center for Educational Research at Stanford
  7. Enter building and go to the 1st floor
  8. CERAS 207

If you are driving from SFO airport or San Jose airport:

Driving from Highway 101

  1. Exit Embarcadero West
  2. Embarcadero becomes Galvez St (after you cross El Camino)
  3. Turn left on Campus Drive Loop
  4. Turn right on Wilbur Way
  5. Turn left in to the parking structure #6 (UNDERGROUND)
  6. Travel down to visitor parking (right lane)
  7. Pay at pay machine station

Driving from Highway 280

  1. Exit Page Mill Road East towards Palo Alto
  2. Turn left on Junipero Serra
  3. Turn right on Campus Drive East
  4. Turn left on Bowdoin Street (approx. 4th stop sign)
  5. Turn left on Wilbur Way
  6. Turn right into parking structure #6 (UNDERGROUND)
  7. Travel down to visitor parking (right lane)
  8. Pay at machine station

Walking directions to the Galvez Modular

  1. Enter elevator on the north side of parking structure (next to pay machine station) and go to street level
  2. Turn right out of the elevator
  3. Right at the street (Arguello Mall)
  4. Go to stop sign (Bowdoin Ln) and turn left
  5. Walk down to the end of the street (Bowdoin Ln)
  6. Turn right on Galvez Mall and continue walking down
  7. Continue on Galvez Mall (through ballards) to Escondido Mall
  8. Turn left on Escondido Mall
  9. Turn right at round-a-bout (Galvez Modular is building on the right)
  10. At the fork, continue on the right path closest to the Modular. 
  11. Walk to the end of the building - enter the last door of the building.

If you are driving from SFO airport or San Jose airport:

Driving from Highway 101

  1. Exit Embarcadero West
  2. Embarcadero becomes Galvez St (after you cross El Camino)
  3. Turn left on Campus Drive Loop
  4. Right on Arguello Mall
  5. Left on Bowdoin Street
  6. Glass building with glass front and red accents -near Law School
  7. Pull up to white mechanical arm at the end of the road
  8. Call your onsite contact for gate access via mechanical arm

Driving from Highway 280

  1. Exit Page Mill Road East towards Palo Alto
  2. Turn left on Junipero Serra
  3. Turn right on Campus Drive East
  4. Left on Arguello Mall
  5. Left on Bowdoin Street
  6. Glass building with glass front and red accents -near Law School
  7. Pull up to white mechanical arm at the end of the road
  8. Call your onsite contact for gate access via mechanical arm

If you are driving from SFO airport or San Jose airport:

Driving from Highway 101

  1. Exit Embarcadero West
  2. Embarcadero becomes Galvez St (after you cross El Camino)
  3. Turn left on Campus Drive Loop
  4. Turn right on Wilbur Way
  5. Turn left in to the parking structure #6 (UNDERGROUND)
  6. Travel down to visitor parking (right lane)
  7. Pay at pay machine station

Driving from Highway 280

  1. Exit Page Mill Road East towards Palo Alto
  2. Turn left on Junipero Serra
  3. Turn right on Campus Drive East
  4. Turn left on Bowdoin Street (approx. 4th stop sign)
  5. Turn left on Wilbur Way
  6. Turn right into parking structure #6 (UNDERGROUND)
  7. Travel down to visitor parking (right lane)
  8. Pay at machine station

Walking directions to the CERAS building

  1. Enter elevator on north side of parking structure (next to pay machine station) and go to street level
  2. Turn right out of the elevator
  3. Right at the street (Arguello Mall)
  4. Go to stop sign (Bowdoin) and turn left
  5. Walk down to the end of the street (Galvez Mall)
  6. Cross street and look for building with glass front and red accents (Center for Educational Research at Stanford
  7. Enter building and go to the 1st floor
  8. CERAS 120

Loading Dock

If you are driving from SFO airport or San Jose airport:

Driving from Highway 101

  1. Exit Embarcadero West
  2. Embarcadero becomes Galvez St (after you cross El Camino)
  3. Turn left on Campus Drive Loop
  4. Right on Arguello Mall
  5. Left on Bowdoin Street
  6. Glass building with glass front and red accents -near Law School
  7. Park in loading dock on the left hand side
  8. Walk around building (near gate) and enter in building on the left

Driving from Highway 280

  1. Exit Page Mill Road East towards Palo Alto
  2. Turn left on Junipero Serra
  3. Turn right on Campus Drive East
  4. Left on Arguello Mall
  5. Left on Bowdoin Street
  6. Glass building with glass front and red accents -near Law School
  7. Park in loading dock on the left hand side
  8. Walk around building (near gate) and enter in building on the left