The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences is located in Ashburn, Virginia among a cluster of campuses on Route 7, which has become the academic corridor of Loudoun County. George Washington University’s Virginia campus is one block west on Route 7. Strayer University’s Loudoun Campus is adjacent to GSISS. Northern Virginia Community College’s Loudoun Campus is one mile west on Route 7. Marymount University’s Loudoun Campus is two miles east just off Route 7. Old Dominion University’s Northern Virginia campus is four miles east just off Route 7. Shenandoah University’s Northern Virginia campus is 7 miles west just off Route 7.

The campus is twenty five miles northwest of Washington, District of Columbia and just eight miles from Dulles airport. It is immediately north of Dulles airport just one block west of the intersection of Route 28 and Route 7. The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences' address is:

45150 Russell Branch Parkway, Suite 303
Ashburn, VA 20147

From Maryland: Take Route I-495 south to Route 267 (Dulles Toll Road) west. Take exit 9 to Route 28 north and stay in your left lane on 28. Route 28 dead ends at route 7, take the left exit (headed west). Stay in your left lane and turn left at the first traffic light on Route 7 onto Richfield Road (1060), then immediately turn left onto Russell Branch Parkway and you will see a three-story red brick building on your left. The School is in Suite 303 of this building.

From Washington, DC: Take Route I-495 or Route 66 to Route 267 (Dulles Toll Road) west. Take exit 9 to Route 28 north and stay in your left lane on 28. Route 28 dead ends at route 7, take the left exit (headed west). Stay in your left lane and turn left at the first traffic light on Route 7 onto Richfield Road (1060), then immediately turn left onto Russell Branch Parkway and you will see a three-story red brick building on your left. The School is in Suite 303 of this building.

From the Tyson's Corner area: Take Route 7 west and turn left onto Richfield Road (1060) at the first traffic light after Route 28. Immediately go left onto Russell Branch Parkway and you will see a three-story red brick building on your left. The School is in Suite 303 of this building.

From Leesburg and Western Loudoun County: Take Route 7 east and turn right onto Richfield Road (1060) at the first traffic light after the intersection that says turn left for George Washington University. Once on Richfield Road, immediately turn left onto Russell Branch Parkway and you will see a three-story red brick building on your left. The School is in Suite 303 of this building.
A map of Loudoun County can be viewed at: http://www.visitloudoun.org/images/MapLoudounCounty.pdf. For Loudoun County situated within the East Coast: please visit: http://www.visitloudoun.org/images/MapEastCoast.pdf.

The Dulles Corridor: The Dulles corridor is a rapidly developing high-technology corridor stretching from Leesburg and vicinity in the west to the Washington, District of Columbia beltway in the east. Many high-technology and defense-related industries are located here, as well as many national associations.

Cultural/Historical Sites: This area of the country, more than any other, epitomizes the history of this country. Yorktown, on the north side of the Norfolk, is the battle site where the British surrendered to the Americans, thus ending the revolutionary war. Mount Vernon, the plantation owned by this country’s founding President, George Washington, can be toured just south of Washington, District of Columbia. Civil war battle sites in the area include Balls Bluff in Leesburg, Virginia; Manassas in Manassas, Virginia; Antietam in Maryland; and Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Tours of the Senate, the Congress, and the White House are available in Washington, DC.

Cultural sites in the area include the Smithsonian Naturalist Center, the Air and Space Museum in Washington, District of Columbia, the Dulles airport, the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Steven F., Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, District of Columbia, the Baltimore Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, the Norfolk Aquarium in Norfolk, Virginia, and Lurray Caverns, in Lurray, Virginia. Sites within Loudoun County can be located at www.VisitLoudoun.org.

Additional information about the area can be viewed at:
· Northern Virginia: http://visitnorthernvirginia.com/index_html_flash
· Loudoun County may be explored from: http://www.visitloudoun.org/index.cfm
· Loudoun County links: http://www.loudoun.gov/main/links.htm

Links to Public Transit: Please go to www.co.loudoun.va.us for transportation in Loudoun County. For transportation in Fairfax County, please go www.fairfaxconnector.com.