In House M.D., what fictional hospital is the main workplace for Gregory House and his team?

In House M.D., Gregory House and his team work at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

The fictional institution is the primary setting for the series. It contains House’s Diagnostic Medicine department, where physicians investigate cases that have resisted conventional diagnosis. The hospital also provides the administrative, surgical, neurological, oncological, and emergency departments needed for the show’s interconnected medical stories.

Princeton-Plainsboro’s teaching-hospital status is important because it explains the presence of residents, fellows, specialists, research activity, and academic debate. It also places House’s team within a larger institution whose rules and resources are managed by administrators such as Lisa Cuddy.

The hospital should not be confused with a real facility bearing the same fictional staff and structure. Its name evokes Princeton and Plainsboro in New Jersey, but the series’ hospital is invented for television. The exterior and campus imagery were filmed in California locations, despite the story’s New Jersey setting.