Wiley Hall, which is on a hill at the center of the campus, serves as the principal administration building. Some classrooms and faculty offices also are located in Wiley. McGlothlin-Street Hall houses programs in natural sciences, social sciences, international and area studies, and the Neff Center for Teacher Education. Miller-Fulton Hall is home for departments including mass communications, mathematics, physics, history, and economics. Byars Hall is the focal point for the visual and performing arts. The Frederick Thrasher Kelly Library contains more than 390,000 items ranging from books and periodicals to compact discs, audio and video tapes, and computer software.

The King Health and Physical Education Center houses a regulation playing court which can be adapted for basketball and volleyball, a junior Olympic swimming pool, racquetball courts, a weight training and fitness center, instructional areas, and offices for faculty and coaches. Near the King Center are the DeVault Baseball Field and the Fullerton Field complex, which includes a 5,500-seat stadium. The Martin-Brock Student Activities Center contains a snack bar, lounges for student use, and offices for the student media. Van Dyke Center incorporates a cafeteria, private dining areas and meeting rooms, and offices for the food service and campus government. Art works from the permanent collection of T. R. Phelps’ photographs are exhibited in Van Dyke Center. Memorial Chapel occupies a central position on campus and is used for all types of religious events as well as weekly worship services of the Emory United Methodist Church. The Emory Train Depot serves as an art space with galleries. The 1912 Gallery hosts rotating exhibits, and the T. R. Phelps Room exhibits prints made from the college’s glass plate negatives of Washington County photographer T.R. Phelps (1872-1952). Residence halls, which are spread across the entire campus, range in size and style from small home-like Douglas House, with space for six students, to Wiley Jackson Hall, which has the capacity for 190 students.