The University Park campus is in the University Park district of Los Angeles, 2 miles southwest of Downtown Los Angeles. The campus's boundaries are Jefferson Boulevard on the north and northeast, Figueroa Street on the southeast, Exposition Boulevard on the south, and Vermont Avenue on the west. It is within walking distance to Los Angeles landmarks such as the Shrine Auditorium, and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

 

USC Campus has varied examples of architecture that form sharp contrasts and versatile settings, from Brutalist dormitories, Engineering and Laboratory buildings that done in a modernist style to central buildings done in a Romanesque revival style. It has a very distinctive red brick campus that works well on camera. Films shot here include: The Social Network, Legally Blonde, Forrest Gump and The Graduate where it was used to depict Berkeley. Shows shot here include Entourage, How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal and For the People.