The University District, adjacent to the downtown, is home to the following institutions:

• Camden County College – one of three main campuses; the college first came to the city in 1969 and constructed a campus building in Camden in 1991.
• Rowan University at Camden, satellite campus – the Camden campus began with a program for teacher preparation in 1969 and expanded with standard college courses the following year and a full-time day program in 1980.
• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (opened 2012)
• Rutgers University–Camden – the Camden campus, one of three main sites in the university system, began as South Jersey Law School and the College of South Jersey in the 1920s and was merged into Rutgers in 1950.
  • Camden College of Arts & Sciences
  • School of Business – Camden
  • Rutgers School of Law-Camden
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
  • Affiliated with Cooper University Hospital
• Coriell Institute for Medical Research
  • Affiliated with Cooper University Hospital
  • Affiliated with Rowan University
  • Affiliated with University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey