Exploring Your Universe 2025

Science festival with hands-on exhibits, experts, and activities for all ages!

Exploring Your Universe (EYU) is UCLA’s premier all-ages science fair and the largest public science outreach event in Los Angeles. Held every year on the first Sunday in November at UCLA’s Court of Sciences, EYU transforms campus into a vibrant hub of discovery, featuring more than 60 interactive science booths, mesmerizing lab tours, planetarium shows, and engaging science talks.

Designed for curious minds of all ages and backgrounds, EYU offers hands-on experiments, immersive exhibits, and unforgettable demonstrations. Previous highlights have included building and launching rockets, exploring UCLA’s world-class Meteorite Gallery, exclusive educational movie screenings, and thought-provoking presentations like “Are We Alone in the Universe?”

Scientific research in America is a public trust — funded by taxpayers, stewarded by institutions, and ultimately owned by the citizens whose investment makes discovery possible. EYU is a wonderful opportunity to see some of that work in action.

Consider donating to support our exploration.

Check out our website: https://exploringyouruniverse.ucla.edu/ for more information.

We are hoping to announce surprises this year! Stay up-to-date with our mailing list.

Keep up with us year-round through the Exploring Your Universe Radio Show!

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Cost: Free!

Join Us Online!

This year, we are proud to present EYU to the World!
EYU to the World brings the magic of UCLA science straight to you—no matter where you are.
We kick off with a special presentation of the Pioneer Award to Fields Medalist Terry Tao, followed by Stand Up for Science and a stellar lineup including science influencer @thatastrogirlie, UCLA astrophysicist Smadar Naoz, renowned chemist Neil Garg, a dynamic talk on gyroscopes by UCLA’s Dean of Physical Sciences Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, and a captivating finale from Ric Kaner.
Join us online for a day that will spark wonder, celebrate discovery, and connect you with scientists who are shaping our world.

Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91453293092?pwd=4vSHpunJyS3bW9E8a5naxMJaCiPS2q.1

HOW TO PARK AT EYU:

You can find parking information at our parking & transportation link.

PAYMENT METHOD:
Prepay parking via Bruin ePermit system - This allows you to register a vehicle at a specific parking structure for a predetermined amount of time prior to the event. Make sure you click on ‘UCLA Campus Event > Exploring Your Universe 2025 - General Parking’.
Pay on the day at pay stations - You can pay for hourly or daily parking at one of the many pay stations located in the parking structures. You must display your ticket on your dash before you leave the parking structure.
Pay on the day via the ParkMobile mobile app - Once you download the app, you must register for an account using your credit card and license plate number or VIN.

PARKING STRUCTURES:
We recommend the following parking structures, in order of convenience:
Parking Structure P9 (Prepaid ePermit / ParkMobile only)
Closest to the Court of Sciences. Take the elevator to the top floor and walk toward CNSI (a few stairs near the Food Court area).
Parking Structure P2 (Prepaid ePermit / Pay Station / ParkMobile)
Best option for accessibility, strollers, or those avoiding stairs. Slightly farther but offers the easiest path to the event area.
Parking Structure P8 (Prepaid ePermit / Pay Station / ParkMobile)
Recommended as a last resort if the other structures are full.

PUBLIC TRANSIT:
We understand parking on campus is not free, and spaces can fill up quickly. We strongly encourage visitors to take public transit if possible!
UCLA is served by multiple bus lines, including Big Blue Bus, Culver CityBus, and Metro, with several stops near the Court of Sciences. Many routes connect directly from Westwood Village, Santa Monica, Culver City, and other nearby neighborhoods.
Plan your trip using your preferred map app or UCLA’s Getting to Campus page.

2025 Pioneer Award Recipient,
Professor Terence Tao

We are proud to honor Professor Terence Tao of the UCLA Mathematics Department with the 2025 Pioneer Award for his contributions to science and the community! The ceremony and short presentation by Professor Tao will take place in Young Hall CS50 at 12pm. Please come a few minutes early to save your seat - you do not want to miss this!

Professor Tao was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975. He has been a professor of mathematics at UCLA since 1999, having completed his PhD under Elias Stein at Princeton in 1996. Tao’s areas of research include harmonic analysis, PDE, combinatorics, and number theory. He has received a number of awards, including the Salem Prize in 2000, the Fields Medal in 2006, the MacArthur Fellowship in 2007, the Crafoord prize in 2012, and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2015. Terence Tao also holds the James and Carol Collins chair in mathematics at UCLA, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Australian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From 2020-2024, he served on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.