In House M.D., what is the name of the fictional teaching hospital where House diagnoses patients?

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

The hospital is a fictional institution in New Jersey and serves as the main setting for the series. House works in its Department of Diagnostic Medicine, a specialty created for the show’s unusual medical mysteries.

Although Princeton-Plainsboro is fictional, the series uses real medical language, procedures, and locations to make the hospital feel authentic. The exterior shots of the hospital were filmed at Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center, while many interior scenes were produced on studio sets.

Viewers sometimes confuse Princeton-Plainsboro with Princeton University or with a real New Jersey hospital. The name combines the real town of Princeton with Plainsboro, a nearby municipality, but no hospital with this exact fictional role exists in the series’ real-world setting.