In House M.D., what is the name of the fictional New Jersey teaching hospital where House works?

In House M.D., House works at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

Princeton-Plainsboro is the fictional teaching hospital that provides the main setting for the series. Its name combines references to Princeton and Plainsboro, communities in New Jersey, although the hospital itself is invented for the drama.

The institution allows the series to combine several kinds of medical storytelling. House and his team investigate rare or puzzling cases, while other characters handle surgery, emergency care, administration, research, and hospital politics. The teaching-hospital setting also explains why the show includes fellows, residents, attending physicians, and medical students.

Viewers sometimes shorten the name to “Princeton-Plainsboro” or simply “the hospital,” but the full canonical name is Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. It should not be confused with Princeton University’s real medical institutions or with a real hospital in Plainsboro. The exterior shots used for the fictional hospital were filmed at different real locations, including buildings associated with the University of Southern California.