In House M.D., what fictional New Jersey hospital employs Dr. House and his diagnostic team?

Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital is the fictional New Jersey hospital where Dr. House works in House M.D.

The hospital provides the series with its central setting: an academic medical center where House and his fellows investigate unusual cases that other doctors have failed to solve. Its teaching-hospital status explains why trainees, specialists, research, and departmental politics are woven into many stories.

Princeton-Plainsboro is fictional, but the show’s production used real locations and sets to create its medical environment. The name combines the Princeton and Plainsboro areas of New Jersey, reflecting the fictional institution’s location. The hospital’s administrative and diagnostic spaces recur throughout the series.

Viewers sometimes remember the setting simply as “Princeton-Plainsboro,” but the full name used by the show is Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. It is not the same as Princeton University or a real hospital with that exact role in the story.