The Ceramics College occupies a number of buildings on the Alfred University campus, including Charles Harder Hall, the McGee Pavilion, Binns-Merrill Hall, the Hall of Glass Science and Engineering, McMahon Engineering Building, Scholes Library and the Joyce and Walton Family Center for Health and Wellness.
Harder Hall contains many of the studios and labs for the School of Art & Design and art history lecture and seminar spaces. The building's central courtyard surrounds an impressive kiln room, containing both gas- and electric-fired kilns; the ceramic studios and glaze labs are in close proximity. Gallery space is available for faculty and student shows, as well as for a wide range of special exhibitions.
The statutory portion of the Inamori School of Engineering is housed mainly in the three-story John F. McMahon Engineering Building, which provides approximately 56,000 square feet of space for laboratories, classrooms and offices. Students are able to gain invaluable hands-on experience with high-tech and traditional processing and characterization equipment, starting in the first year with engineering communications and processing courses. The programs in renewable energy and mechanical engineering are housed in the Engineering Lab Building, which includes engineering laboratories as well as office space.
Binns-Merrill Hall houses activities and faculty from art and engineering, including laboratories for processing and testing ceramic and glass products, X-ray and microscopy, research and development, as well as lecture and seminar rooms. Drawing, neon, hot glass and sculpture studios, and administrative offices are also located in Binns-Merrill. The Hall of Glass Science & Engineering houses laboratories and faculty offices supporting the glass engineering program.
The Scholes Library is a significant resource in the areas of engineering and art; its print and non-print resources. The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred is housed in temporary quarters on campus as plans proceed for a new building, now in the design stage.