The University of Chicago

Campus Zoom Backgrounds

Please download these free UChicago backgrounds to display during Zoom meetings. Click on an image or the button below to download and save to your desktop. Find instructions on how to add these custom images as Zoom backgrounds here.

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Aerial Backgrounds

Aerial view of Hyde Park campus mid day with Chicago skyline in the background
Aerial view of Hyde Park campus in evening light
People walking down main quad pathway in daylight flanked by bushes and trees
Aerial view of Hyde Park campus overlooking the Midway in day
Aerial view of main quad in golden sunlight
Aerial view of Lake Michigan’s blue water and blue sky with clouds
Aerial view of gothic architecture in golden sunlight
Aerial view of Hyde Park campus in golden light with maroon bars on top and bottom
Aerial view of campus skyline at dusk
Aerial view of Hyde Park campus and trees in golden sunlight
Blurred black and white aerial view of Hyde Park campus

Architectural Backgrounds

View through an archway of people walking through the quad
Looking up at a modern glass and metal ceiling
Top of a Gothic style tower against a blue sky with clouds
Stone spire of a building against a blue sky with pink flowers on a tree branch in front
Students walking through a stone archway off a pathway towards the camera
Wood beam ceiling with intricate pattern and detail
Blurred and desaturated view of the interior of a modern glas and metal atrium
Profile of a stone winged gargoyle on a rooftop against a cloudy sky
Person walking through an archway towards a pathway and grassy area
Students sitting at tables studying in a bright and modern library with arched glass and metal architecture
Abstract bronze sculpture in an outdoor plaza in the evening
White stone gothic building flanked by trees with yellow leaves with sun flare
Blurred and desaturated view of students seated at tables studying in a modern library
Looking up towards a tall white Gothic chapel with a row of yellow daffodils in the foreground

Botany Pond Backgrounds

Students walking on a sunny day with a pond and stone bridge in the foreground
Green lily pads floating on pond water with yellow flowers
Looking upwards at the green leaves and branches of a ginko tree with the sun shining down
Three male ducks floating on the water with reflections of trees on the water
Student reading on a stone bench in a garden with pink blooms on a bush in the foreground
Students sitting and standing overlooking the pond on a sunny day
Stone bridge over Botany pond with green lilly pads floating in the water
Blurred and desaturated view of students seated at tables studying in a modern library
Green lily pads floating on pond water with a yellow flower in bloom
White blooms on a bush beside the pond
Collage of ducks, other birds, and flowers by the pond
Four orange koi fish beneath the water surface with a few green lily pads
Pond in the evening with view of campus buildings and street lights on
Person crossing the stone bridge over Botany Pond surrounded by green trees
Collage of ducks and ducklings floating in the pond
Mother duck and five duckling swimming in green water

Campus in Bloom Backgrounds

People walking across the quad on a sunny day with pink blooms in the foreground
Pink and purple flowers with greenery with convocation celebrations in the background
People walking down the main quad with pink and purple tulips in the foreground
Green ivy leaves
People relaxing in the grass on the quad on a warm day
Ivy leaves with a maroon overlay
Yellow daffodils with purple flowers blurred in the background
Planters with blooming flowers and green trees along a stone walkway

Chicago Skyline Backgrounds

Downtown skyscrapers with NBC tower in foreground
View of city skyline across the lake with blue grey clouds

Graphic Backgrounds

White University Seal on a maroon background with the school motto at the top in a black bar: Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched
Maroon phoenix against a grey background with a smaller grey phoenix pattern
White semi-transparent Phoenix on a maroon background
Light grey phoenixes tiled on a white background

Interior Backgrounds

Aerial view of food donation assembly brown paper bags lined up on tables in a gym
An empty wood conference table with windows overlooking campus in the evening
Students talking and studying at small tables in a brick hallway
Blurred and desaturated view of am empty conference table with windows overlooking campus
View from within a lecture hall with students seated and a professor lecturing in front of a projected presentation
Collage of images from a student cafe on campus

Miscellaneous Backgrounds

Looking through an opening in a bookshelf at a blurred person walking in the background
Squirrel perched in a bare tree against a blue sky