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The University Child Development Center at UMSL will permanently close on June 10, 2022, and is no longer accepting new applications.

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University Child Development Center (UCDC) is a campus-based child-care center serving the University of Missouri-St. Louis and surrounding communities.

The purposes of the Center are to provide high quality programming for children and their parents; staff development and teacher training; and a site for child study/research.

The Center, located in Room 130 South Campus Classroom Building at the University of Missouri-St. Louis South Campus, 2969 South Drive, provides full and half-day care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years of age (or before a child attends kindergarten).

University Child Development Center (UCDC) is a campus-based child-care center serving the University of Missouri-St. Louis and surrounding communities.

The UCDC is not accepting new waitlist applications at this time due to our limited capacity and the high volume of existing waitlist applications.

Are you an UMSL student parent?

Learn about the Triton Childcare Fund, a grant that offers subsidized childcare to eligible, low income UMSL students.

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UCDC families are a vital part of the UMSL community

UCDC Children have the opportunity to go on classroom walks to explore the beautiful University of Missouri - St. Louis campus. UCDC Families are invited to participate in various UMSL family events. When you enroll your children in the UCDC you are also helping to give UMSL students hands-on experience in their fields of study. Our UCDC families are a vital part of the UMSL community. As a UCDC family, you are invited to participate in UMSL's Tiny Tritons events.

UCDC Stories on UMSL Daily

Featured Story

Karen Taylor becomes first staff member to graduate from the CEEL program

^11/9/2020
Karen Taylor’s time at the University Child Development Center began when she was just an undergraduate student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

“I was a student in the early childhood department, and I started working at the center part-time – my first job on campus,” she said. “I worked for about a year part-time and then a full-time job became available in a classroom as a teacher’s assistant. I took that job and kept going to school, which was great because it helped me pay for my education.”

Taylor has never stopped caring for the children who come through the doors of the UCDC since then.

Eye on UMSL: A ‘very hungry’ celebration

^10/12/2020
Preschool children at the University of Missouri–St. Louis Child Development Center performed a reenactment of the iconic children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” last Thursday as the center celebrated both National Campus Children’s Centers Week and the 50th anniversary of author Eric Carle’s beloved book.

CCAMPIS grant will help expand child care access for UMSL student parents

^10/29/2018
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is deepening its commitment to students who are parents through a new grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Music students perform for UCDC preschoolers

^3/19/2012
After a lesson on music, preschoolers at the University Child Development Center received a spontaneous concert from University of Missouri–St. Louis music students.

UCDC hosts Metro Theater Company for a production full of wonder, learning and laughter

^4/30/2017
Sunlight filtered through the many windows in the Ed Collabitat at the University of Missouri–St. Louis on April 25 and warmed the patchwork quilts laid out in front of Metro Theater Company’s makeshift stage.