University space planning
Deliver a world class campus experience
Build better places to learn, teach and work by understanding campus and classroom utilization.
The future of campus planning
Transform campus planning
Higher education institutions face growing pressure to meet today’s needs while adapting to evolving student and staff attendance patterns. Amid tight budgets, leaders are reimagining the role of the campus while striking the right balance of blended learning.
As a result, campus space planners face tough questions like:
- How much space do we really need?
- How can we create a magnetic campus experience?
- How can we repurpose spaces to meet net zero goals?
Improve campus experience
Data-driven experience and space management
Often there’s a discrepancy between what timetablers have scheduled and what actually happens. HubStar provides the data you need to move beyond unreliable manual audits and make confident decisions to improve student and staff experience.
- Aggregate data from classrooms and learning spaces to get a true picture of occupancy
- Align space utilization data with timetabling to match on-campus learning with the right classrooms and durations
- Make data-driven design decisions to build accessible, innovative and sustainable spaces
Make data driven design decisions
Make informed university campus planning decisions
Understand how your campus space is being used to drive meaningful change. Make your institution a better place to learn, teach and work.
Make the right space assignments
Assign classes to the right-sized spaces. No more overbooking, scheduling conflicts and excessive idle hours
Repurpose spaces with confidence
Design spaces that students, staff and faculty will love by using space utilization trends to inform repurposing and retrofitting decisions
Improve student and staff experience
Get a true picture of campus-wide behaviors and preferences to create spaces that provide the best outcomes for students and staff
Reduce costs & carbon emissions
Reduce underutilization and energy use to cut carbon emissions and meet net zero targets
Case study
Driving change at a leading university
Learn how one of the UK’s largest universities, Sheffield Hallam, uses HubStar to take the guesswork out of space management and timetabling decisions, by changing the way they collect, analyze and operationalize data.
Aggregate your data
Get a complete picture of space utilization
HubStar works with the tech you’re already using, aggregating data from existing sources like WiFi, timetabling platforms, occupancy sensors, badge swipes and more.
Get a holistic picture of campus occupancy at any level of detail required to inform high impact campus planning decisions.
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"HubStar allows us to see how space is being used and predict the space we’ll need going forward. The data show us how many students are on campus, where and when they are attending over time. This means we can track on-campus behaviours and class attendance."
Donna Porter
Senior Space Manager, Sheffield Hallam
Frequently asked questions
Campus planning FAQs
Still have questions? Browse our FAQs below and contact us if yours isn’t covered.
What is campus planning, and why is it important?
Campus planning is the design and organization of the physical layout and facilities of a college or university campus. It ensures that academic, work, and recreational spaces are built to meet the needs of students, staff, and faculty. Effective campus planning supports long-term growth, optimal space utilization, retrofitting, sustainability, and the overall student , staff and faculty experience.
What are biggest campus planning challenges for today's institutions?
Changing student enrollment levels, budget cuts and lack of funding can make it a challenge to predict exactly how much space is needed. Blended learning has changed the role of the campus experience and student expectations, making it more difficult to ensure campus spaces are always fit for purpose.
What are the key elements of successful campus planning?
Optimized space utilization, infrastructure development, sustainability initiatives, transportation systems, and campus safety are all key here, as are the integration of technology, accessibility, and future growth considerations to create a cohesive and efficient campus environment.
How does HubStar's campus planning work?
HubStar combines granular, real-time space utilization measurement and analysis with timetabling to monitor the performance of campus spaces and ensure lessons are matched with the most efficient spaces that both maximize student experience and reduce waste from idle hours and underutilization.
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