Master Planning

UIC’s Campus Master Plan is a planning process as dynamic and diverse as the campus it serves and will actualize the university’s Strategic Priorities. It's comprised of a set of planning documents compiled by Planning, Sustainability and Project Management that help to define a planning process at UIC that is continually edited and updated. The plan provides UIC’s senior leadership with concrete recommendations for ensuring UIC’s built environment supports and reinforces the university's Strategic Priorities.

Guided by an Advisory Committee comprising leaders from Administrative Services; Budgeting, and Program Analysis; Campus Auxiliary Services; Planning, Sustainability and Project Management; Academic Computing, and Communications Center; Development; Faculty Senate; Health Affairs; Institutional Research; Public and Government Affairs; Student Affairs and Student Government; the Campus Master Plan promotes comprehensive and proactive facility and campus planning. It ensures that recommendations for transforming the campus are both data-driven and inspirational.

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Approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees in November 2018, the UIC Master Plan Update: 2018 Implementation Plan is a bold vision for changing the physical infrastructure of the UIC campus in a way that will enable the continued trajectory of UIC’s people and programs. The 2018 Implementation Plan is an update to the 2010 UIC Campus Master Plan, providing data-driven and inspirational recommendations for the physical development of UIC’s campus over the next 10 years. The 2010 Plan was a long-term, comprehensive framework that provided recommendations for buildings, grounds, transportation, and identity over a 50-year planning horizon. Building upon the 2010 plan as a foundation, the 2018 Implementation Plan also implements the university’s Strategic Priorities, which were developed in 2016 as a way for UIC to build on its strengths and mission.

Executive Summary

The recommendations of the 2018 Implementation Plan are guided by the four following principles:

  • Drive Excellence: Build appropriate environments to support academic and healthcare programs
  • Enhance Identity: Create a welcoming setting that encourages people to linger
  • Our Campus is Chicago: Connect people and the campus to the city
  • Transform UIC: Leverage campus heritage and change the physical paradigm to appeal to all
UIC Master Plan Update: 2018 Implementation Plan

This plan provides thoughtful and strategic recommendations for the construction of new facilities, facility additions, and open-space improvements that will support UIC’s strategic priorities and drive excellence, enhance UIC’s identity, strengthen the student experience, connect the campus with the City of Chicago and create a meaningful sense of place.

Approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees in November 2018, the UIC Master Plan Update: 2018 Implementation Plan is a bold vision for changing the physical infrastructure of the UIC campus in a way that will enable the continued trajectory of UIC’s people and programs. The 2018 Implementation Plan is an update to the 2010 UIC Campus Master Plan, providing data-driven and inspirational recommendations for the physical development of UIC’s campus over the next ten years. The 2010 Plan was a long-term, comprehensive framework that provided recommendations for buildings, grounds, transportation, and identity over a 50-year planning horizon. Building upon the 2010 Plan as a foundation, the 2018 Implementation Plan also implements the university’s Strategic Priorities, which were developed in 2016 as a way for UIC to build on its strengths and mission.

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