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FACILITIES MASTER PLAN

2017 - 2030 UPDATE

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A First Class 
Campus 
For a 
World Class 
University:
A University 
in the City

Approved by the UMD Board of Regents, February 9, 2018


Table of Contents

I. Statement of Mission 2
II. Program Initiatives 3
	A. Education 4 
		1. Undergraduate Education 4
		2. Graduate Education 4
	B. Research and Scholarship 5
	C. Strategic Partnerships with 
	the University of Maryland, Baltimore (MPower) 5
	D.Arts and Humanities 6
	E. Athletics 6 
	F.Greater College Park 7
III. Institution Description 8
	A. Location 8
	B. Fall 2016 and Fall 2026 Inventory 10
	C. Space Planning Guidelines 11
	D. Condition of Existing Facilities 12
	E. Physical Analysis 12 
	F. University of Maryland’s Changing Face and Heritage 14
IV. Institution Demographics 16
V. Planning Foundation and Framework 18
	A. Strategic Priorities 18
	B. An Holistic Approach 19
	C. Greater College Park 20
	D. Physical Planning Principles 22
VI. Plan Update 24
	A. Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability 26
	B. Landscape Design and Land Use 27
	C. Vehicular and Pedestrian Circulation Systems 28
	D. Campus Districts and Campus Growth 30
	E. Campus Map 31
VII. Changes to Previous Plan 32
	A. Changes to Institution Description 33
Appendix A: Project List 34
Appendix B: Campus Map 44



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I. Statement of Mission

The mission of the University of Maryland, College 
Park is to provide excellent teaching, research, and 
service. The university educates students and advances 
knowledge in areas of importance to the state, the 
nation, and the world. The university is committed to 
being a preeminent national center for research and 
for graduate education, and the institution of choice for 
Maryland’s undergraduates of exceptional ability and 
promise.

The University of Maryland (UMD) is a public research 
university, the flagship campus of the University 
System of Maryland (USM), and the original 1862 land-
grant institution in the state. It is one of 62 members 
of the Association of American Universities, comprised 
of the leading research universities in the United 
States and Canada. The university creates and applies 
knowledge, nourishing a climate of intellectual growth 
and providing outstanding instruction in a broad 
range of academic disciplines and interdisciplinary 
fields. As a land-grant institution, it shares its research, 
educational, cultural, and technological strengths 

with Marylanders and other constituencies. Its 
collaborations with state, federal, private and non-profit 
partners promote economic development and improve 
quality of life. UMD offers faculty and students a vibrant 
ecosystem that nurtures and encourages innovation 
and entrepreneurship in a variety of ways. As a public 
flagship campus, it is committed to providing high 
quality educational opportunities that are affordable by 
all students regardless of family income.

The excellence of the university’s faculty, staff, and 
students is vital to these activities. The university 
counts the diversity of its community as among 
its greatest strengths and integral to its mission of 
excellence, and it is committed to inclusiveness in both 
educational and work environments. Providing equal 
educational opportunity, hiring and retaining a diverse 
faculty and staff of exceptional achievement, recruiting 
and graduating talented students from traditionally 
underrepresented groups, and providing a supportive 
climate for their health, well-being, and professional 
growth are institutional priorities.


II. Program Initiatives

In 2008, the University of Maryland developed a 
comprehensive and bold 10-year strategic plan, 
“Transforming Maryland: Higher Expectations.” In the 
years since, UMD has achieved a number of its goals, 
experiencing a remarkable rise in accomplishment 
and reputation. New opportunities now promise even 
greater attainments. “Equal to the Best: 2016 Strategic 
Plan Update for the University of Maryland” capitalizes 
on this momentum and builds on the 10-year plan 
(2008-2018) that was adopted by the University Senate 
in May 2008.

Many elements of that plan remain relevant. The 
mission of the university as stated in the strategic plan 
has not changed. More than ever, as the flagship of 

the University System of Maryland, UMD directly and 
indirectly contributes to the health of the entire fleet–a 
role that is fully embraced by this campus.

The core values of the university, as stated in the 2008 
plan, still underlie all university activities: excellence 
institution-wide and in the work of all its members; 
diversity and inclusiveness of students, faculty and 
staff; a commitment to civility and collegiality in 
order to make this a broad, welcoming and diverse 
community; the highest ethical standards in all 
university actions; and a commitment to openness and 
accountability through shared governance.

The action principles identified in 2008 still apply:

Build an inclusive community
Embrace the power of technology 
Act with entrepreneurial spirit 
Partner with others locally and globally
Foster transformational change 
Enhance contributions to society 
Elevate our rank among world-class 
universities 


Attract the best faculty, staff and students 
Become an international center of 
excellence 
Create a vibrant surrounding community 
Sustain and strengthen the state’s 
competitive capacity 
Serve Maryland as its flagship institution 
with worldwide reach



The strengths and opportunities identified in 2008–the 
university’s location, flagship status, high quality and 
breadth of academic programs, diversity, increasing 
excellence and a culture of innovation, collaboration 
and partnership–are even more relevant today than 
nine years ago. UMD’s 2012 strategic partnership with 
the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the 
2013 affiliation with the Big Ten Academic Alliance 
(BTAA), have created greatly expanded opportunities 
for collaborations in education, research, innovation 
and administration. Membership in the BTAA allows 
us to share best practices, engage in joint initiatives, 
and collaborate to achieve efficiencies in a wide range 
of activities such as recruitment and professional 
development.

In designating UMD as Maryland’s flagship institution, 
the state charged that it be “equal to the best.” By 
any measure, the university is now one of the nation’s 
top research universities. We will continue on our 
path to be considered “equal to the best” among all 
universities in the world.

The university will pursue the following goals:

A. Education

1. Undergraduate Education

The University of Maryland provides a world-
class education that emphasizes academic 
excellence, student engagement and 
innovative teaching. Across 12 colleges, it 
provides more than 90 undergraduate majors 
and numerous minors and certificate offerings, 
as well as living and learning communities 
that cover a great variety of disciplines. 
High-quality academic programs lead UMD 
graduates to successful careers and productive 
lives. Enhancing these programs will, in the 
words of the 2008 plan, make UMD a “magnet 
for the most promising students of the next 
generation.”

The university will continue to elevate the 
quality and accessibility of undergraduate 
education with programs that are 
comprehensive and challenging, and that 
serve students well as a foundation for the 

workplace, advanced study, and a productive, 
fulfilling life. It will also continue efforts 
to attract larger numbers of academically-
talented students and to enroll, retain, and 
graduate more students from traditionally 
underrepresented groups. Its goal is to become 
the school of choice for the highest achieving 
students graduating from Maryland high 
schools.

2. 

Graduate Education

A defining aspect of the university as the state’s 
flagship is the strength and breadth of doctoral 
programs and the important role they play in 
the dual mission of education and scholarship.

The University of Maryland will continue 
to provide the highest quality graduate and 
professional education at all levels. We will 
enroll and educate students who excel in 
academic achievement and exhibit the promise 
of outstanding creativity and innovation, and 
whose diversity will contribute to the vigor, 
scope, and intellectual excitement of our 
programs.

Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center
Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center


B. Research and Scholarship

Research and scholarship are core university missions. 
Extending UMD’s preeminence in these pursuits 
requires, above all, attracting and retaining the best, 
most productive faculty. Accomplishments are 
measured by faculty recognition, research funding, 
collaborations and partnerships. The impact of the 
research is evaluated by how it pushes the boundaries 
of knowledge, experience and technology, and by 
how it informs academic and public conversations on 
societal issues and cultural heritage. Evaluations are 
made with respect to peer institutions.

The university strives to be recognized as a world 
center for the creation and dissemination of knowledge 
across all disciplines, and for its application for the 
good of humanity, by addressing major societal 
issues and expanding the frontiers of knowledge that 
will allow us to take our place among the very finest 
research universities in the nation and the world.

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A. James Clark Hall

C. Strategic Partnerships with the 
University of Maryland, Baltimore 
(MPower)

The strategic partnership of UMD with the University 
of Maryland, Baltimore, MPowering the State, was 
not envisioned in 2008. It represents one of the most 
transformational changes of recent years. It has greatly 
expanded UMD’s horizons and opportunities. The 
collaborative possibilities span the breadth of programs 
on both campuses.

The university will engage fully in outreach and 
collaborative partnerships, extending its scholarly 
reach beyond the campus by promoting economic 
development and by improving quality of life in the 
College Park community and in the state. The university 
will expand the international reach of its programs, 
creating collaborations world-wide that enhance 
learning and research opportunities for students and 
that expand the visibility of the university as a globally 
engaged institution. Nurturing relationships with the 
university family of alumni and friends will create 
opportunities for students, will provide benefits to 
alumni from access to campus expertise, and will foster 
increased giving in support of the university’s mission.


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Cole Field House

D. Arts and Humanities

The arts and humanities are core components of a 
quality education, essential to a great university’s 
identity and excellence. The humanities provide the 
critical tools and analyses that document what it 
means to be human; the arts provide channels through 
which we deliver the stories and ideas that express 
our humanity. UMD has long had a distinctive and 
productive relationship between these two areas of 
scholarship through their placement within a single 
college. This proximity has allowed for collaboration 
and synergies that have brought distinction to the 
university. Increasingly, the arts and humanities are 
being asked to enhance and provide insight into the 
natural and social sciences. It is at such intersections 
that paradigms are changed, new knowledge is 
created, and new opportunities realized. 

Strategic investment will continue in the arts and 
humanities and will enhance UMD’s national profile 
and will attract top faculty, students and interested 
donors.

E. Athletics

Though formally outside the academic enterprise, 
athletics play a significant role in the life of the university, 
collaborating with faculty and encouraging student 
growth. This collaboration has greatly expanded in ways 
not envisioned in 2008 as a result of UMD’s entrance into 
the Big Ten Conference and its academic affiliate, the Big 
Ten Academic Alliance. This change has thrust UMD into 
productive academic collaborations with key flagship peers 
and significantly increased our national visibility. We have 
already seen an increase in recruitment of students, with a 
record 30,000 applications for freshman admission.

The Big Ten leads all other athletic conferences in the 
number of alumni (5.7 million) and students (nearly 

580,000). The Big Ten Network (BTN) 
reaches more than 60 million homes 
across the United States and Canada. 
In addition to athletic events, the BTN 
LiveBig network airs segments about 
its members’ students, faculty, staff and 
alumni who are making an impact with 
their research, education and community 
service. This highlights UMD as a world-
class academic institution.

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F. Greater College Park

A core mission of Maryland’s flagship institution is to support economic 
development in the state. UMD’s research and innovation plays a major role in 
fulfilling this mission, made possible by faculty excellence and a uniquely supportive 
location.

The university will continue to participate in the cooperative work between the state, 
Prince George’s County, the city and private developers to reshape the surrounding 
area–called Greater College Park–to develop a major hub for innovation and 
creativity and to revitalize the city.

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III. Institution Description

A. Location 

The University of Maryland is located in the City 
of College Park within Prince George’s County. 
The campus is 28 miles southwest of the center of 
Baltimore, 29 miles west of Annapolis, and 8 miles 
north of Washington, D.C. The region’s concentration 
of cultural, scientific, research, political, economic and 
agricultural activities offers many advantages to the 
institution’s academic and research programs. 

Interstate 495/95, located approximately two miles 
north of the main entrance to campus, provides direct 
regional access to the College Park community and the 
institution via Baltimore Avenue/U.S. Route 1, a highly 
developed commercial corridor and a heavily traveled 
vehicular link between Baltimore and Washington. 
Main campus is bordered by University Boulevard/

MD Route 193, Campus Drive, Mowatt Lane, Knox 
Road, and Baltimore Avenue. The expanding main 
campus, the new Discovery District, also includes a 
parcel of land east of Baltimore Avenue, historically 
developed as student housing and service functions. 
The Discovery District, from Baltimore Avenue to 
Kenilworth Avenue, is the new locus for research and 
start-up companies, housing and hospitality space 
and food, arts, entertainment and collaboration space. 
The University Golf Course is located to the west of 
University Boulevard. 

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B. Fall 2016 Inventory

The University of Maryland’s main campus consists of approximately 14.1 million gross square feet (GSF) with 
254 buildings on 1,340 acres. With the inclusion of off-campus facilities, including leased facilities, the building 
inventory totals approximately 15.3 million GSF in 442 buildings on 5,210 acres. As shown in Table 1, 51 percent 
of the main campus’ total inventory is state-supported and 42 percent is auxiliary.

Table of the Fall 2016 Building Overview
14 million+

 Gross Square Feet of Space

250+

Main Campus Buildings

7.7 million

 Net Assignable Square Feet (NASF)


C. Space Planning Guidelines

The use of state-mandated Space Planning Guidelines is intended to assist the university and state in identifying 
the overall adequacy of types and amounts of space. The Space Guidelines Application Program (SGAP) report 
compares existing and proposed inventories to existing and proposed space allowances based on the Guidelines. 
The report is based on campus-wide data and deals only with quantity, not quality, of space. The magnitude of 
the existing and projected space deficits is significant. The base year (fall 2016) inventory reflects a total space 
deficit of approximately 1.8 million net assignable square feet (NASF). All of the major room use categories show 
deficits. 

Table representing the Fall 2016 and Fall 2026 inventory analysis
361,000+

Classrooms (NASF)

1.2 million

 Laboratories (NASF

414,000+

 Study Spaces (NASF)


D. Condition of Existing Facilities

The advanced age and deteriorating condition of UMD 
facilities are major concerns. Insufficient funding for 
maintenance and facilities renewal has resulted in 
enormous deferred maintenance needs and an aging, 
increasingly obsolete physical plant. In addition, the 
lack of functionally appropriate or suitable space poses 
a direct threat to the timely fulfilment of the university’mission. The increased technological requirements 
of instruction and advances in research technologies 
contribute to a critical growing need for renewal of 
existing facilities. In some notable cases, UMD has 
lost eminent faculty to other institutions due to sub-par 
facilities conditions. 

Institutions should spend at least two percent of the 
replacement value of facilities annually for facilities 
renewal. In UMD’s case, this would be $90.1M for 
state-supported facilities (fall 2016 data). Due to 
historic underfunding of facilities renewal, there is a 
huge deferred maintenance backlog. In 2015, UMD 
completed a facilities audit and updated its estimated 
deferred maintenance backlog to be $907M. This 
included $738M for its state-supported buildings 
and $169M for exterior infrastructure such as roads, 
sidewalks, exterior lighting and underground utilities. 
One-sixth of the space in UMD's major state-supported 
buildings was deemed in poor condition, one-half in 
fair condition, and one-third in good condition. One-
third of UMD's state-supported space has not had 
major renovation in more than 40 years (fall 2016 data). 

E. Physical Analysis 

The 2011-2030 Facilities Master Plan (FMP, or “Plan”) 
and this 2017 update capture the vision and the 
strategic plan priorities, and they incorporate the 
physical planning principles that are intended to guide 
facilities development and campus placemaking at the 
University of Maryland.

 Environmental preservation and landscape 
enhancement form one of the underlying grids, 
or major infrastructures of the Plan. The Plan has 
addressed increased regulatory requirements related 
to surface and underground stormwater networks both 
on campus and at interfaces with the surrounding 
community. It shows greenway and open space 
networks linking pedestrian corridors within and 
between districts. In 2008 the campus was designated 
as an Arboretum & Botanical Garden (ABG), further 
revealing and advancing the value of campus natural 
resources as an instrument of pedagogy, research and 
community engagement. 

Progress has been made to establish a more 
comprehensive and interconnected multimodal 
transportation network. This second major 
infrastructure of the Plan includes recommendations 
designed to enhance pedestrian movement and to 
accommodate more efficient vehicular movement 
to relieve congestion. The Plan identifies possible 
sites for new facilities that work within the context 
of the environmental and transportation systems. 
Collaborative planning and implementation has met 
increased demand for the use of bicycles and has 
resulted in establishing on campus bicycle routes with 
connections to local and regional bikeway networks. 
The Purple Line light rail will bring a welcome 
additional alternate mode of transport connecting the 
university to the broader region. 

The campus comprises eight districts on the main 
campus, plus outlying university-owned properties. 
The size of each district is defined by an approximately 
five to seven minute walking radius. Depending on 
the period of its development, each district has unique 
physical and cultural characteristics evidenced in its 
natural features, open spaces, buildings, and their 
uses–the heritage of campus development. The plans 
for each district have been envisioned to embrace the 
most positive characteristics of the campus and to 
extend them forward into the future, utilizing physical 
planning principles and goals applied holistically to the 
rich and varied campus land uses and infrastructural 
matrix. 


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Students in John S. and James L. Knight Hall
John S. and James L. Knight Hall 


F. University of Maryland’s 
Changing Face and Heritage 


Students on the McKeldin Mall
To understand the goals of this Plan, it is useful to have 
a brief overview of how the campus changed and how 
some of the key features that have shaped our campus 
emerged. The University of Maryland campus has a 
rich history of landscape planning and architectural 
development. The face of campus has been shaped 
over its 161-year history by changing demographics 
and enrollment pressures, the demands of new 
academic programs and the explosion of research, a 
growing emphasis on athletics, and differing visions 
put forth in a series of master plans. 

The campus has undergone many changes since the 
University was chartered in 1856:

• Educationally: a recipient of the Morrill 
Land Grant College Act of 1862, followed 
by establishment of a post-Civil War 
Agricultural Experiment Station and 
the formation of the extension service; 
transformation from an agricultural school 
into a major research university.
• Socially: development from an all-male 
military system into a coeducational 
institution; the modifications from 
barracks to dormitories to a predominantly 
commuter community to today’s expansion 
of on-campus and nearby residential 
housing units.
• Culturally: Antebellum agrarian interests; 
infusion of students via the GI Bill of 
Rights’ guarantees of higher educational 
opportunities to veterans; commitment 
to developing a diverse faculty, staff, and 
student body following the Civil Rights 
movements. 


The original campus was 428 acres of rolling farm 
land provided by Charles Benedict Calvert. The 
dominant building pattern over the years was to 
place buildings on ridges and leave the valleys 
open. A series of master planning efforts through 
the 1920’s contributed still recognizable patterns of 
development. A central academic core surrounded by 
men’s, women’s, and faculty residential quadrangles, 
by Calvert and Washington Quads, and by a women’s 
dormitory group, was arranged in a horseshoe format 
surmounting the ridge of the valley that was to become 
McKeldin Mall. In the 1930’s farming, agricultural 


Students on the McKeldin Mall
programs, and the Agricultural Experimental 
Station were relocated from the region surrounding 
Rossborough Inn to recently purchased farmland north 
of Campus Drive. McKeldin Mall, a large quadrangle 
surrounded by buildings, was established at that time 
and remains an iconic university space. 

Over the years, the campus expanded and changed but 
the emphasis on ridges with buildings and academic 
buildings around open spaces remains a dominant 
feature. The 1,340 acre campus now has a mix of 
districts that cross six major landscape typologies 
common among university campuses throughout the 
United States: 

• natural (Paint Branch and Campus Creek); 
• agrarian (Campus Farm); 
• classical (McKeldin Mall and Hornbake 
Plaza); 
• picturesque (Chapel Lawn and University 
Golf Course); 
• contemporary (Clarice Smith Performing 
Arts Center and Riggs Alumni Center); and
• urban (Northeast District). 


The campus retains major iconic open spaces such as 
McKeldin Mall, the open space/recreational fields along 
Campus Drive, the Memorial Chapel Lawn, the lawn in 
the Fraternity Row horseshoe and Mayer Mall.

The Facilities Master Plan of 2001-2020 brought 
significant changes to campus planning. While 
previous plans focused on building placements, the 
focus of the 2001 Plan shifted to sustainability and the 
protection of the environment. The Plan gave more 
attention to environmental stewardship, cultivating 
land, and nurturing the trees and streams that are part 
of the university community and extend locally and 
regionally.

Following the 2008 designation of the campus as an 
Arboretum & Botanical Garden, the 2011-2030 FMP was 
a landscape master plan to guide important campus 
placemaking for the 21st century.


IV. Institution Demographics

Both the diversity of the student population and the quality of students has risen over time. The campus counts 
the diversity of its students among its special strengths. As of fall 2016, 43.4 percent of undergraduate students 
identified as racial/ethnic minorities. The comparable statistic for graduate students was 20.5 percent. Moreover, 
approximately 33 percent of our graduate students are international. In addition, UMD operates with the highest 
admission standards in the University System of Maryland. The University of Maryland attracts to campus highly 
qualified students from all counties of Maryland, the other 49 states, and approximately 120 countries around the 
world. The enrollment data in the projected years are predicated upon full funding of the “USM Strategic Plan 
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013” and beyond. Moreover, the data represent, over the relevant time period, the campus’ 
contribution to meeting a state goal of having 55 percent of Marylanders earn a college degree by 2025. The data 
correspond to the university’s 10-year enrollment projections that are filed annually with the USM office.

See following tables for historical, existing, and projected data.

Summary of total full time and part time graduates and undergraduates from the years 2011 to 2015 and a projected headcount for 2026 based on 2016 information.

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Table 4: Total Full Time Equivalent Enrollment (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Table 5: Faculty Headcount
(Full time and part time)
Table 6: Staff Headcount (Full time and part time)

V. Planning Foundation and Framework

This section presents the foundation upon which the 
Plan is based and concludes with the Physical Planning 
Principles. These Principles continue from the 2001-
2020 FMP and guide the goals and recommendations of 
the Plan. 

A. Strategic Priorities

Four strategic priorities cut across the global issues 
that remain the heart of the Plan’s holistic approach 
of informing and affirming goals and recommended 
actions. These priorities are the pillars on which the 
2011-2030 FMP and this five-year FMP update are built. 

Excellence: UMD has reaffirmed in all official university 
documents its commitment to excellence. In accord 
with this mandate, this Plan aspires to excellence in its 
vision of a campus serviceable for the next decades, 
confident and outspoken in its identity, and treasured 
by alumni and friends. The Plan presents a blueprint for 
future development that is visionary and realistic. The 
university is required to present a master plan that will 
guide the future orderly development of the campus. 
Its goal is to imagine a campus that excels in beauty 
and functionality and creates the optimum environment 
in which the academic enterprise and the university 
family can flourish. Long-term development patterns, 
land use, redevelopment and renovation strategies will 
be designed to utilize and balance available land and 
financial resources effectively. Projected development 
patterns will be a model of smart growth.

Connectivity: Members of the university are part of a 
community within a natural and cultural context, and 
connections to the community are a significant part 
of the Plan. Design and landscape patterns connect 
districts one to another and connect the campus to 
the Mid-Atlantic ecology. Planning for all facilities and 
physical systems is designed to increase the sense of 
community among those on and off campus. The Plan 
recognizes that the campus’ boundaries are porous and 
that interaction and connectivity to the City of College 
Park and the region around us is an important goal. 
The Plan positions the campus as an important and 
attractive destination for residents of Maryland and the 
region. 

Stewardship: The campus is heir to an architectural 
and cultural heritage that we intend to preserve and 

treasure. Many of our structures and open spaces 
recognized as excellent examples of American 
campus planning traditions, date from the 1850’s. 
They give the university a distinct character that is 
worth preserving. Protecting and building upon our 
heritage means adding landscape and structures 
that are in harmony with its setting, that blend with 
past successes, and that set new standards for 
aesthetic appeal and effectiveness while promoting 
the advancement through innovation in all programs. 
Beyond addressing regulatory mandates, the university 
also plays a significant role in protecting the land and 
environmental features that are of major importance 
to the regional ecology. Our treatment of urban tree 
canopies, cultivation of Arboretum & Botanical Garden 
collections, and concern in the placement of structures, 
roads, and trails are all examples of our commitment to 
being good stewards of the environment. 

Sustainability: The university will continue its national 
leadership in sustainability. Sustainability initiatives 
and recommendations are spread throughout the 
Plan. As sustainability continues to be defined and 
measured, the university will serve as a laboratory 
and model for best practices. Leadership in Energy 
and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for 
buildings, efficient management of wastewater and 
stormwater runoff, and reduction of carbon emissions 
are among our goals. Sustainability measures are 
a key component of landscape planning, underlie 
transportation initiatives, and influence the placement 
and design of buildings as part of commitment to 
integrated planning, design and construction practices.


B. A Holistic Approach

The 2011-2030 Facilities Master Plan takes a holistic 
approach, looking at the main campus as a relatively 
finite space that supports concurrently four major 
layers of land use.

 The first layer considers the space in terms of 
the campus landscape, a tangible resource, 
which is the University of Maryland Arboretum 
& Botanical Garden. From this perspective, the 
Plan takes into account the ecological context of 
the setting, regional streams, waterways, urban 
forest canopy connections, etc. It considers 
the types of conservation, stewardship, 
tree collections, placement of gardens, and 
sustainability measures that will protect, 
preserve, and enhance this invaluable natural 
resource measured against State of Maryland 
goals for increasing the overall tree canopy and 
ensuring environmental stewardship. 
The second layer considers the campus as 
the base for a transportation network that 
provides increased connectivity to the campus 
internal system of roads, paths, and trails that 


permit pedestrian and vehicular circulation. 
Multimodal transportation issues focus on 
the route matrices comprising pedestrian 
links and pathways, private and commercial 
vehicle roadways and other transit routes (i.e., 
Metro, Shuttle-UM, Purple Line). From this 
perspective, the Plan looks at ways to more 
effectively link campus systems to surrounding 
transportation and circulation systems.


The third layer considers use of the land and 
includes plans for recreational spaces and 
intercollegiate athletics fields. Concerns at 
this level are the creative use of limited spaces 
that can accommodate formal or informal 
recreational and sports activities that require 
significant land resources. 
The fourth layer looks at the land in terms of 
its use for building renewal and new building 
development that house research laboratories, 
classrooms, residence halls, event centers 
(performing arts, athletic, alumni center), and 
administrative offices and buildings. Concerns 
at this level are the projected placement of 
buildings over a two-decade term for effective 
land use.



C. Greater College Park

A new section in the 2016 update to the university’s 
Strategic Plan, Greater College Park, addresses the 
university’s commitment to its mission to support 
economic development in the state. The Greater 
College Park initiative is transforming the Baltimore 
Avenue corridor and surrounding area into a major 
development area for the region.

In cooperation with local, county and state officials, 
UMD has made significant advances in the 
revitalization of the College Park community with 
respect to public safety, public education and public 
transportation. Private investment is transforming 
housing, shopping and dining options. The university 
is creating a new innovation ecosystem to support 
startups and mature businesses interested in partnering 
with faculty and students. The futures of UMD and its 
surrounding community are deeply intertwined. Around 
the state, new initiatives have expanded UMD’s role 
in economic development, pursuant to its land-grant 
mission.

The University of Maryland continues working with 
partners to create the modern land-grant university. 
Research and industry, public and private enterprise, 
are working in close collaboration to form an academic 
and economic engine for our region and our nation.

Over $1 billion in private investment in Greater College 
Park includes innovation and improvements to local 
schools, transportation enhancements including the 
coming Purple Line, increased attention to public 
safety, focus on sustainability, and an unprecedented 
boom in development projects on and off campus.

The University of Maryland Discovery District is the 
heart of this new regional ecosystem of innovation 
and entrepreneurship, with dynamic new academic 
spaces, new amenities, and public-private partnerships. 
Encompassing over 150 acres that stretch from 
Baltimore Avenue to the research-rich community at the 
College Park Metro and along River Road, the Discovery 
District will be the epicenter of academic, research and 
economic achievement. The Discovery District sits at 
the intersection of the Green and Purple Lines, making 
it a key gateway to the state’s flagship university.


Map of Discovery District

D. Physical Planning Principles 

Strategies, recommended actions to meet the goals, 
and proposed development projects are guided by 
twelve planning principles that were established in the 
2001-2020 Facilities Master Plan and were embraced 
and updated in the 2011-2030 Plan.

• Support the Institutional Mission


The land and other physical resources of the 
University of Maryland campus will be used to 
support the university’s mission and programmatic 
needs and help achieve its strategic plan and 
academic aspirations.

• Enhance Campus Security


Planning and design of all areas of campus will 
make personal safety and the security of public and 
personal property a priority. 


• Practice Environmental Stewardship in 
Landscape Design and Maintenance


The campus plan will protect and enhance existing 
natural environments (woodlands, wetlands, and 
floodplains) and create connections with adjacent 
habitats. New development will be guided by 
principles of smart growth and environmental 
stewardship.

• Enhance Environmental Performance of 
Buildings and Utilities on Campus


Long-term environmental and economic 
sustainability will continue to be primary goals 
in the planning for new facilities, renovation of 
existing buildings, and the location of supporting 
utilities and infrastructure. LEED silver certification 
will remain the campus’ minimum standard for new 
construction and major renovation. Facility siting 
and development will maximize solar orientation 
and natural lighting, maximize energy efficiency, 
and incorporate smart energy technologies, 
thereby minimizing natural resource depletion and 
environmental degradation.

• Encourage the Use of Transportation other than 
Personal Vehicles 


Plans for development will reduce the number of 
automobiles on campus and encourage alternative 
modes of transportation–shuttle busses, bicycles, 
new light rail or Metro line–in order to minimize 
vehicular congestion and support the Climate 
Action Plan and campus sustainability priorities. 

• Increase the Access and Appeal of the Campus 
for Pedestrians 


Campus planning will encourage pedestrians to 
move easily and safely across the campus through 
appropriate design in and between campus areas 
and through careful management of vehicular flow. 

• Strengthen Community Connections 


Planning and design patterns will strengthen 
connections to the surrounding neighborhood 
communities and ensure that the campus is an 
important and attractive destination for residents of 
the region and all Marylanders.

• Create an Attractive, Coherent Design for the 
Campus 


Circulation patterns, a landscape framework, an 
open space network, and prescribed building 
placements will connect the spaces, corridors, 
and districts within a unified campus setting. 
The coherent campus design will recognize 
and reinforce natural environmental patterns, 
campus planning traditions and neighborhood 
organizational patterns, and will increase 
operational effectiveness. 


Memorial Chapel in the evening
Memorial Chapel

• Achieve Appropriate Development Patterns


Strategies for long-term development, land use, 
redevelopment and renovation will balance 
available land and financial resources effectively 
and will respect the desire to create a coherent 
and sustainable campus. Projected development 
patterns will emphasize appropriate building 
densities and configurations (e.g., compact or 
spread out) that accommodate goals such as 
walkability, connectivity, community, and campus 
carbon neutrality.

• Emphasize the Importance of Open Spaces 


Campus design will affirm the essential importance 
of open spaces–natural areas, lawns, malls, plazas, 
patios, places to sit, etc.–to the image, organization, 
and quality of the campus environment.

• Improve the Quality and Attractiveness of the 
Campus Landscape


Landscape plans will enhance the campus’ 
Arboretum & Botanical Garden to bring aesthetic 
pleasure to the campus community and enhance 
the university’s teaching and research missions.

• Embrace Campus Traditions and Heritage 


New development on the campus will use 
nationwide campus planning best practices. Plans 
will respect historic and existing development 
patterns, affirm intrinsic cultural and social 
traditions, and reinforce important district-specific 
land use and physical characteristics.


Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation
Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation
Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation

VI. Plan Update

This FMP update is consistent with the goals and objectives of best practices in smart growth, protecting our 
environment, and enhancing our communities. UMD follows the capital budget guidelines for PlanMaryland in 
its annual capital budget submission and each year has determined that all requests are consistent with the goals 
and objectives for PlanMaryland.

The entire main campus of UMD falls within a PlanMaryland Targeted Growth and Revitalization Area, and 
therefore all projects proposed on the main campus are within a Priority Funding Area. Out of the nine 
capital budget requests in UMD’s FY 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Program, only two are in a preservation/
conservation area. These two projects, A. James Clark Hall and Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and 
Innovation, are in a Natural Resource Area because a portion of the site is within the 100–year floodplain. UMD 
coordinated with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) during design and is conforming to all MDE 
regulations for construction. 


Tables 7 and 8 summarize the implementation plan for the remaining 2017-2030 planning timeframe. Reference 
Appendix A for the full project list.

Table 7 is the Fall 2017 to 2020 Project Summary
Table 8 is the Fall 2021 to 2030 Project Summary

The recommendations of the 2011-2030 Plan are 
set forth under three primary areas: Environmental 
Stewardship and Sustainability; Landscape Design and 
Land Use; and Vehicular and Pedestrian Circulation 
Systems. 

A. Environmental Stewardship and 
Sustainability 

For the past decade the University of Maryland has 
been recognized for its leadership in environmental 
stewardship and sustainability. Not content to 
merely follow regulations and recommendations, 
the university intends to be a model in innovation, 
consistency, and completeness of sustainability and 
stewardship measures. Projects and activities will 
be used to educate students, faculty, and staff and 
to encourage a paradigm shift in the behavior and 
attitudes of members of the university family. They 
will advance the university’s position at the forefront of 
institutions taking a proactive stance for efficient and 
judicious use of natural resources. Identified goals are 
as follows:

• Transition to a campus of buildings and 
facilities that support the strategic goal of 
carbon neutrality. 
• Reduce total and per capita energy demand on 
campus.
• Reduce total and per capita water consumption 
on campus. 
• Incorporate Life Cycle Assessment into 
decision-making for all construction projects. 
• Design with educational opportunities in 
mind to maximize use of campus as a living 
laboratory of sustainability best practices and to 
become a model sustainable community. 
• To realize and reveal the ecosystem service 
potential of an increasingly urbanized 
landscape, and conserve and interpret the 
campus forest as a key component of the 
Climate Action Plan.
• Increase the ability of the campus natural 
hydrologic cycle to deal appropriately with 
stormwater runoff.
• Plan and manage utility systems to avoid 
conflict with landscape and environmental 
improvements.


Accomplishments 

in the 2011-2017 Period:

• The university was named among 
the top thirty green power users 
for the second year in a row.
• Free-standing bioretention 
facilities have been designed 
and implemented via grants with 
academic partners and external 
environmental liaisons.
• Ecosystem service potential has 
been incrementally advanced 
and revealed through installation 
of rain gardens, managed 
vegetated bioretention features 
and integrated pollinator support 
features.
• Interpretation of various 
stormwater treatment facilities 
through signage, website narrative 
and social media, and public 
engagement has resulted in 
heightened awareness.
• Updated documents to quantify 
the benefits of the campus forests 
with current efforts focused 
on the importance of campus 
forest assets to climate change 
resiliency.
• New projects are designed 
with Environmental Site Design 
features like green roofs and rain 
gardens, designed to mimic the 
natural hydrologic cycle.
• Campus Creek, the main stream 
through the campus core, is being 
restored to function as a more 
natural waterway.
• Faculty and staff seek grants and 
work with students to design and 
construct stormwater treatment 
facilities to treat stormwater runoff 
and restore the hydrologic cycle.
• Creation of a comprehensive 
utility inventory in the university’s 
Geographic Information System 
will be used to plan and avoid 
conflict with future landscape and 
environmental improvements.



B. Landscape Design and Land Use

The aim of this plan is to organize landscape and open 
space, together with campus architecture, in ways that 
promote community and social interaction, facilitate 
outdoor learning, and provide spaces for recreation. 
Landscape design will be used to expand awareness 
of the natural contours, typologies, and ecological 
systems that surround us and our role in environmental 
stewardship. The existing and proposed gardens, 
urban forest canopy, natural forest stands, protected 
streams, and pedestrian walkways will increase the 
aesthetic appeal of the campus and preserve the space 
as an oasis in a complex urban environment. Finally, 
the strategies in this section are designed to conserve, 
preserve, develop and restore land in the best interests 
of the environment, the university community and the 
citizens of the region. The goals are: 

• Identify, prioritize, fund and implement key 
environmental, open space and landscape 
projects as a critical part of the campus 
infrastructure.
• Recognize and carefully assess the intrinsic 
natural value, the cultural value, the 
pedagogical value, and the commercial 
economic value of university land.
• Reveal campus heritage significance and 
develop strategies to preserve and enhance 
valued existing campus landscapes and plan 
and develop new open spaces and botanical 
gardens.
• Develop a landscape plan that uses the ABG to 
promote ecological awareness and celebrate 
and communicate a sense of place unique to 
the campus.
• Establish the ABG landscape as inclusive and 
accessible space that celebrates the university 
heritage, enhances personal security, and 
brings aesthetic pleasure to all campus citizens 
and visitors. 


Accomplishments 

in the 2011-2017 Period:

• Forest conservation and 
enhancement are primary goals 
of the campus Arboretum & 
Botanical Garden.
• UMD has received the 
Tree Campus USA® recognition 
for nine consecutive years.
• Standards of tree preservation and 
canopy compensation for losses 
have advanced on all fronts.
• Joint reforestation projects with 
Metropolitan Washington Council 
of Governments Anacostia 
Watershed Restoration Partnership 
(WCOG-AWRP), among others, 
have resulted in approximately 
one acre of additional forest cover. 
• An introduction to the campus as 
an arboretum is included in new 
faculty orientation as an academic 
resource.
• Washington Quad was renovated, 
with major enhancements in 2011.
• The Landscape Master Plan for 
renewal and enhancements to 
McKeldin Mall was completed 
in 2015. The western portion (at 
McKeldin Library’s front yard) 
was completed in 2016; phased 
replacement of deteriorating 
water and storm drain lines within 
McKeldin Mall continues in 2017.
• A square and sculpture 
dedicated to Frederick Douglass 
was designed and installed at 
Hornbake Plaza in 2016.
• The yard east of H.J. Patterson 
Hall has been transformed into 
a plaza as part of the Edward 
St. John Learning and Teaching 
Center, which opened in spring, 
2017.



C. Vehicular and Pedestrian Circulation Systems

The University of Maryland is an urban campus with students, faculty and staff who live both on campus and 
throughout a large metropolitan area. As a result, the university requires a multi-modal system of vehicle and 
personal circulation systems for those who need to access the campus and to move across it. Safe, pleasant, 
and efficient ways to move around the campus are a priority. Equally important is the integration of campus 
systems with the transportation systems that serve the neighborhood and surrounding communities. This Plan 
calls for universally accessible walkways, campus roads, campus and transportation systems that create a positive 
experience for pedestrians, bicyclists, and those using scooters, motorcycles or other motorized vehicles. The 
goals below acknowledge the importance of all modes of transportation and suggest ways to improve their 
connectivity

• Support a campus-wide network of effective 
transportation.
• Provide a coherent network of road and traffic 
patterns using a whole-system approach.
• Promote communication strategies that 
support a smooth system of transportation and 
movement across campus.
• Collaborate with regional entities to enhance 
movement to and from campus.
• Support a more pedestrian-friendly campus that 
encourages and supports efficient, pleasant, 
and safe walking experiences.
• Ensure that campus walkways are appealing 
and comfortable places.
• Reduce barriers for pedestrians and ensure that 
sidewalk design and crosswalks are accessible 
to all.


• Partner with adjacent jurisdictions to ensure 
paths, sidewalks, and roads in the surrounding 
communities facilitate walking to campus.
• Support the growth of a bicycle culture that 
entices more commuters to ride bicycles to 
campus.
• As part of a multi-modal transit friendly 
campus, support a high quality Shuttle-UM 
system that provides service to and across 
campus.
• Install infrastructure which supports and 
enhances the use of transit.
• Provide programs and practices to encourage 
the use of transit, carpools, and other 
alternatives to single occupancy vehicles.
• Reduce personal vehicle congestion on campus. 



Accomplishments 

in the 2011-2017 Period:

• Covered bicycle parking areas 
were installed as part of the 
reconstruction of the loading dock 
and delivery zone for Denton Area 
Dining Hall in 2011.
• In 2014, shared-lane markings 
or sharrows and accompanying 
“share the road” signage were 
installed in 66 locations, clarifying 
an intra-campus bicycle network 
that is planned to be enhanced 
and extended in 2018.
• In cooperation with the City 
of College Park, the university 
selected Zagster as the provider 
and operator of mBike, a bicycle-
sharing system, with seven on-
campus and seven city rental 
stations in 2016. Two additional 
City of College Park stations, and 
two in University Park, were added 
in 2017.
• Seven permeable paver pads 
supporting multiple bicycle racks 
were installed at campus locations 
evidencing the most need of 
additional bicycle parking during 
2017, in addition to the provision of 
50 new racks between 2011-2017.
• Replacement of curbs along 
accessible pedestrian routes 
continues in the on-going effort 
to create access for mobility-
challenged individuals.



D. Campus Districts and Campus 
Growth

Every district has its own culture and character, 
evidenced in each district’s natural features, open 
spaces, building types, and their uses. 

To enhance connectivity across campus, this Plan 
update continues to recommend creating:

• a more coherent and consistent signage system 
with appropriate hierarchy for pedestrians, 
bicycles, and vehicles. Signage and wayfinding 
cues will be extended beyond the physical 
campus on surrounding roads; 
• more consistent streetscapes, including 
sidewalks, street trees, bioswales and rainwater 
infiltration and on-road bicycle lanes; and
• improved major campus gateways, particularly 
at University Boulevard, Campus Drive, and 
Mowatt Lane. 


It is recommended that campus growth continue 
according to the established Plan framework. When 
new programs demand growth, facilities will be located 
generally with:

• academic structures in the central area primarily 
in the Northeast and South Districts, via in-fill; 
• residential and support services such as dining 
and recreation primarily in the Northwest and 
South; 
• intercollegiate Athletics and University 
Recreation and Wellness facilities in the North, 
Northwest and West Districts; and 
• large parking garages at the perimeters. 


Improvement projects in each campus district are 
described and depicted on charts and maps. Significant 
projects for landscape (open spaces, botanical gardens 
and natural systems), transportation and infrastructure 
system network enhancements are identified and stand 
alone in the charts and maps.

New capital building projects are recommended to 
be holistically inclusive where practical, and include 
associated:

• landscape enhancements such as open 
spaces, front yards, service areas, street trees, 
foundation, understory, local gardens and area 
plantings; 
• ecological enhancements such as applicable 
technologies addressing stormwater 
management, water capture systems, 
associated plantings, etc.;
• linear circulation and transportation modes 
such as enhancements to adjacent streets, 
bicycle and pedestrian networks, including 
considerations for the disabled, lighting, and 
site furnishings; and
• utilities renewal and enhancements in 
conjunction with new development and 
facilities renewal.


With the financial challenges of building structured 
parking and the continuing reduction in available 
parking spaces, transportation demand management 
strategies have been implemented to reduce the 
number of personal vehicles needing to park on 
campus. Parking spaces total 17,399 and are projected 
to reduce by 920 by 2019. Structured parking garages 
with some parking combined with new facilities are 
proposed as the solution for future parking demand.


Accomplishments 

in the 2011-2017 Period:



• Completion of 55 new 
construction, renovation, 
landscape, transportation, and 
demolition projects, as indicated 
in Table 9. Capital building 
construction projects include: 
Oakland Hall and Prince Frederick 
Hall residences, University House, 
Wye Oak Building, Edward St. 
John Learning and Teaching 
Center, A. James Clark Hall, and 
The Hotel at the University of 
Maryland.
• Design and construction of three 
new major buildings (Brendan 
Iribe Center for Computer Science 
and Innovation, New Cole 
Fieldhouse, and New School of 
Public Policy Building), four major 
renovations, and two landscape 
and transportation projects are in 
process during 2017.
• Greater College Park projects 
currently in progress include the 
College Park Academy (launched 
in 2013), and support of the Purple 
Line. 
• Strategic plans by the 
Departments of Resident Life and 
Residential Facilities, updated in 
2017, propose a new dining hall 
and residential complex at a site 
at the juncture of the West, the 
Northwest, and the Northeast 
Districts.


E. Campus Map

A map representing the proposed plan is attached in 
Appendix B.Frederick Douglass Square
Frederick Douglass Square


VII. Changes to Previous Plan 

Six calendar years (2011-2017) of the 2011-2030 FMP have elapsed. We have completed 55 of the 132 projects 
proposed in that plan. A summary of the current 10-year planning period follows, along with a 20-year summary.

Summary planning periods (3 tables)
1. Summary Planning Period (2011 to 2020)
2. Summary Planning Period (2021 to 2030)
3. Summary Combined Planning Periods (2011 to 2030)

A. Changes to Institution Description

• The University of Maryland’s total number of buildings decreased from 460 buildings to 442 as a result 
of demolitions associated with the Discovery District development and a reduction in the number of 
leased facilities. 
• The university has sited projects that reflect adjustments to the 2011-2030 Facilities Master Plan. 
Changes in the siting, building/project numerical designations include the following: revised location 
of six projects (New School of Public Policy Building, New Cole Fieldhouse/Indoor Practice Facility, 
Administrative Office Building, a new SCUB, Engineering Annex, Brain and Behavior Building); sites 
for the Discovery District; and siting of four projects not proposed in the FMP (Iribe Center, Annapolis 
Hall Expansion, and the New Chemistry, Wing 1 Building and The Hotel at the University of Maryland/
Garage). 
• Since 2011, UMD purchased 13 acres and sold 19 acres for a net loss of six acres (current total acreage 
is 1,340). 


Physical Sciences Complex
Physical Sciences Complex


 Appendix A | Project List

Completed New ConstructionJuly 2011 - June 2017

Building #ProjectDistrictGSFDate Completed039Van Munching Hall Addition/RenovationS15,2822011419Oakland HallNW233,4362011164University HouseW15,1332012424Shuttle Bus FacilityN10,9472012426Heavy Equipment BuildingN7,1362012415Physical Sciences Complex -Phase 1NE172,9862013428Wye Oak BuildingN13,5202013425Prince Frederick HallS186,8492014226Edward St. John Learning and Teaching CenterCC180,7442017429A. James Clark HallNE184,7152017E1Discovery District Mixed-use Development: 
Hotel and GarageE775,4502017

Total1,796,199

Completed Renov 
July 2011 - June 2017

Building #ProjectDistrictGSFDate Completed059Chincoteague HallCC22,6472012089Engineering Laboratory BuildingNE5,8002012099Bel Air HallNW20,0902012115A.V. Williams BuildingNE114,1182012171House 171E10,4452012176House 176E11,8332012810Severn Building - Phase 1 And 1AOP53,6772012007Pocomoke BuildingE30,3462013091Chemistry BuildingNE40,5002013098Centreville HallNW139,8882013254Elkton HallNW 115,5682013077Main Administration BuildingCC41,2992014810Severn Building - Phase 3OP38,9002015141Tawes HallW31,5502015383Paint Branch BuildingOP38,2802016810Severn BuildingOP22,0802016810Severn Building - Phase 2OP49,2302016073H.J. Patterson HallCC56,6002017074Holzapfel HallCC27,4002017

Total870,251


Completed Landscape and Transpor 
July 2011 - June 2017

Project_IDProjectProject TypeDistrictDate 
CompletedW_L1Maryland Stadium Field Replacement (artificial turf)AuxiliaryW2012CC_T3Sharrows & SignageTransportationCC2013E_L3Centennial Garden (Fraternity Row)LandscapeE2014CC_T4Zagster BikeshareTransportationCC2016CC_L3McKeldin Mall (partial)LandscapeCC2016

Completed 
July 2011 - June 2017

Building #ProjectDistrictBuilding 
GSFDate 
Completed050Grounds Office BuildingN3,2442012066West Education AnnexS2,5722012002Harrison LaboratoryE56,2462014012Plant Operations & Maintenance ShopE11,8322014013Shuttle Bus FacilityE5,8622014055Plant Operations & Maintenance StorageE6802014075Shriver LaboratoryCC22,3152014100Plant Operations & Maintenance Shop E1,8292014101Plant Operations & Maintenance Shop E1,8402014112Shuttle Bus TrailerE6032014208Temporary Building E6662014212Plant Operations & Maintenance ShopE1,8742014215Building Services OperationsE3,3422014216Heavy Equipment BuildingE3,2672014217Solid Waste StorageE6822014343Campus Mail FacilityE4,2252014385Pest Control TrailerE6102014410Shuttle Bus TrailerE5462014018Police Substation (7505 Yale Avenue)E3,8532015200Storage FacilityW2692016

Total126,357


Planned New ConstructionJuly 2017 - December 2020

SiteBuildingDistrictGSFCC5School of Public Policy Building and Site DevelopmentCC69,700GC1Indoor Driving RangeGC1,000NE8Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and InnovationNE210,730NW6Replace Ellicott Dining HallNW57,750NW7New Residence Halls (900 beds)NW303,500W3New Cole FieldhouseW420,460

Total1,063,140

Planned New ConstructionJanuary 2021 - December 2030

SiteBuildingDistrictGSFCC2Benjamin Building/Center for Young ChildrenCC95,700CC3Administrative Office BuildingCC57,100E2Discovery District Mixed-use Development: Discovery District - Phase 2E279,400E3Day Care FacilityE13,500E4Discovery District Mixed-use Development: Leonardtown-Physical Distribution 
Center: Phase 3E2,080,800GC2Golf Course MaintenanceGC10,400GC3B&LM Grounds Maintenance ReplacementGC20,000N2Paint Branch Parking Garage - Phase 1 N300,000N2aPaint Branch Parking Garage - Phase 2N300,000N2b Paint Branch Parking Garage - Phase 3N300,000N4Electric SubstationN5,400N5Environmental Service Facility ExpansionN10,100N6Xfinity Center Office ExpansionN7,020N7Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex ExpansionN5,800N8Xfinity Center Addition (Basketball Practice Facility)N22,500N9Xfinity Center Addition (Gymnastics Practice Facility) N15,000N10Robert E. Taylor Stadium ExpansionN2,640N11New Energy Plant N60,000NE1Campus Farm Master Plan - New Buildings and RenovationsNE41,800NE2Brain and Behavior Research Building Phase 1NE113,775NE3Brain and Behavior Research Building Phase 2NE102,000NE5Physical Sciences Complex Phase 2NE106,300NE7Nutrition & Food SciencesNE94,000NE9Physical Sciences Complex - Phase 3NE102,400NE10Division of IT BuildingNE100,000NE11A. James Clark Hall - Phase 2NE54,500NE12Aerospace EngineeringNE106,800NE13Chemistry - Wing 1 ReplacementNE105,500


Planned New ConstructionJanuary 2021 - December 2030

SiteBuildingDistrictGSFNE15SCUB ExpansionNE8,540NE16Engineering AnnexNE182,000NW1School of Public Health - Addition/Conversion - Phase 2NW27,299NW3NW4Undergraduate Housing 1 (515 Beds)
Undergraduate Housing 2 (515 Beds)
NWNW169,950169,950NW5Replacement Housing (650 Beds) + Residential Facilities Office RelocationNW240,300OP1Chesapeake Bay Mesocosm (near Avrum Gudelsky Building)OP8,000S1Architecture Building AdditionsS122,250S2AcademicS79,800S3Public Protection and Security Research Building, SCUB Expansion and Site 
DevelopmentS134,000S5S7Visual Arts and Cultures BuildingSouth Campus Recreation BuildingSS112,30070,000S8Worcester Hall Replacement (450 beds), SCUB Expansion and Site Development S135,000S9Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Building S120,000S10Expand & Renovate Annapolis HallS32,900W2W4Ludwig Soccer Stadium Upgrades (12,000 to 18,000 seats)
Shipley Field UpgradesWW105,70016,900W5Gossett Football Team House AdditionW7,500W6Campus Drive Parking Garage (2,200 spaces)W660,000

Total6,914,824

Total both periods7,977,964


Planned RenovationsJuly 2017- December 2020

Building #BuildingDistrictGSF001Energy PlantE39,655006Building 006E15,405011Building 011 E9,016064Dorchester HallCC35,436091Chemistry BuildingNE53,500096Cambridge HallNW55,792115A.V. Williams BuildingNE101,770147Hornbake LibraryNE7,500256Ellicott HallNW123,247

Planned RenovationsJanuary 2021- December 2030

Building #BuildingDistrictGSF009Memorial ChapelCC25,776017Cecil HallS20,096034Jimenez HallCC63,200039Van Munching HallS34,900040Morrill HallCC16,277042Tydings HallCC101,945043Taliaferro HallCC47,870046Marie Mount HallCC114,757047Woods HallCC24,055048Francis Scott Key HallCC24,804052C. M. Mitchell Jr. BuildingCC19,840071Lee BuildingCC20,662073H.J. Patterson HallCC62372076Symons HallCC54,753077Main Administration BuildingCC41,299078Reckord ArmoryCC35,541079Turner HallCC25,666080Rossborough InnCC8,963081Wind Tunnel BuildingNE31,567082John S. Toll Physics BuildingNE163,093084William E. Kirwan Hall NE25,981108Horse BarnNE4,188109Sheep BarnNE6,152110Cattle BarnNE6,105115A.V. Williams BuildingNE134,274


Planned RenovationsJanuary 2021- December 2030

Building #BuildingDistrictGSF121Chestertown HallNW29,090122Cumberland HallNW124,486142Animal Sciences/Agriculture Engineering BuildingNE62,462143Benjamin BuildingCC112,505144Biology-Psychology BuildingNE250,240145Architecture BuildingS67,163231Microbiology BuildingNE88,285237Geology BuildingNE24,390252Denton HallNW117,468253Easton HallNW117,473257Ellicott Dining HallNW48,280258Hagerstown HallNW124,241259La Plata HallNW137,723296Biomolecular Sciences BuildingNE24,866309Indoor Practice FacilityGC20,963362Maryland Stadium Concessions 1W4,620363Maryland Stadium Concessions 2W2,663364Maryland Stadium Concessions 3W2,705365Maryland Stadium Concessions 4W11,193367Maryland Stadium Concessions 5W9,159379Gossett Football Team HouseW63,914

Total2,558,025

Total for both periods2,999,346


Planned Landscape and Transpor 
July 2017 - December 2020

SiteProjectProject TypeCC_L1Rossborough Inn Gardens ImprovementsLandscapeCC_L2McKeldin Library Hardscape and LandscapeLandscapeCC_L3McKeldin Mall Improvements (phased)LandscapeCC_L4South Chapel Lawn EnhancementsLandscapeCC_L5Chapel Fields ImprovementsLandscapeCC_L6South Gate Landscape ImprovementsLandscapeCC_T1Campus Drive at Anne Arundel: Create Pedestrian/Bike PathsTransportationCC_T2Purple Line and Streetscape / Landscape ImprovementsTransportationE_L1Route 1 Pedestrian Median Improvements (to be implemented byMaryland State Highway Administration)
LandscapeE_L2Fraternity Row - multi-field layout, artificial turf (4 fields, 270’ x 660’ 
overall)
Sports FieldE_L3Centennial Garden (Fraternity Row) PartialLandscapeE_T1Purple Line and Streetscape/Landscape ImprovementsTransportationNW_L3Campus Creek Trail and Ecosystem EnhancementsLandscapeNW_L6Relocation of Tennis Courts from New Cole FieldhouseSports FieldW_T1Lot 1 Road/Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety ImprovementsTransportationW_T2Campus Drive West Gateway EnhancementsLandscape & TransportationW_T4Purple Line and Streetscape/Landscape ImprovementsTransportation

Planned Landscape and Transpor 
January 2021 - December 2030

SiteProjectProject TypeCC_L7Garden of Reflection and Remembrance - Phase 2LandscapeCC_L8Morrill Hall Quad ImprovementsLandscapeCC_L9Anne Arundel GreenLandscapeCC_L10Lot Y Conversion and Landscape ImprovementsLandscapeCC_L12Tawes Plaza ImprovementsLandscapeE_L4East Campus - Phase 2 ParkLandscapeGC_L1Holman Short Game ExpansionSports FieldGC_L2Golf Course Ponds and Storm Water Management ImprovementsLandscapeGC_L3Perimeter Landscape Improvements University Boulevard and Adelphi 
RoadLandscapeN_L1Paint Branch Drive Gateway EnhancementsLandscape & TransportationN_L2Recreation Fields on Paint Branch Parking Garage RoofSports FieldN_L3Terrapin Trail Retention Pond ImprovementsLandscapeN_L4Paint Branch Drive Wooded Wetlands ImprovementsLandscapeN_L5Wooded Hillock Conservation Garden and Perimeter Landscape 
Improvements University BoulevardLandscapeN_L6Relocate Kehoe Track and Throwing AreaSports Field


Planned Landscape and Transpor 
January 2021 - December 2030

SiteProjectProject TypeN_L7ICA/RecWell Field (Infield of Track)Sports FieldN_T1Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements at Xfinity CenterTransportationNE_L1Hornbake Plaza ImprovementsLandscapeNE_L2Bioretention Garden Improvements (Technology Drive)LandscapeNE_L3Northgate Park (West) Landscape ImprovementsLandscapeNE_L4Animal Sciences Building Courtyard ImprovementsLandscapeNE_L5Kim Engineering Building Plaza ImprovementsLandscapeNE_L6William E. Kirwan Hall Courtyard ImprovementsLandscapeNE_L7Outdoor Volleyball Courts (4 sand or artificial turf, 50’x80’ each, 
including buffer space)
Sports FieldNE_L8Farm Master Plan Fields/PasturesLandscapeNE_T1Regents Drive ImprovementsTransportationNE_T2Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements at Stadium Drive EastTransportationNE_T3Paint Branch Drive ImprovementsTransportationNE_T4Bicycle Connection and Pedestrian Bridge at A.V. Williams Building, 
NorthTransportationNW_L1School of Public Health Building GardenLandscapeNW_L2Hagerstown Woods ImprovementsLandscapeNW_L4Multi-Sport Recreation Field (220’ x 150’, artificial turf)Sports FieldNW_L5Volleyball and/or Basketball CourtsSports FieldOP_L1Greenmead Drive Entry EnhancementsLandscapeOP_L2Campus Tree NurseryLandscapeOP_L3Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center Retention Pond ImprovementsLandscapeOP_L4Wetland Marsh Nature Walk and Perimeter Landscape Improvements 
University BoulevardLandscapeOP_T1Bicycle Trail ImprovementsTransportationS_L1Lehigh Road Gateway and Pedestrian EnhancementsLandscape & TransportationS_T1East-West Pedestrian Boulevard ImprovementsTransportationW_L2Garden Walk at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and Perimeter 
Landscape Improvements University BoulevardLandscapeW_L3Garden of Peace and Friendship - Phase 2LandscapeW_L4Botanical Garden and Landscape Improvements - Phase 1LandscapeW_L5Arboretum Outreach Center Landscape ImprovementsLandscapeW_L6Field Turf Extension and Site ImprovementsSports FieldW_L7Botanical Garden - Phase 2LandscapeW_T3Stadium Drive and Golf Course Gateway EnhancementsLandscape & TransportationW_T5Stadium and Farm Drives EnhancementsTransportation


Planned DemolitionsJuly 2017 - December 2020

Building #BuildingDistrictGSF020Motorcycle Storage BuildingE416210Plant Operations & Maintenance StorageE499239Leonardtown ApartmentE12,582240241Leonardtown ApartmentLeonardtown ApartmentEE10,1526,291332Anacostia BuildingN1,787430Metzerott House (4103)OP1,965431Metzerott House (4109)OP1,869803Adelphi Road Office Annex (8701 Adelphi Rd)OP4,818811Knox Road Building (4218 Knox Road)S3,332

Total43,711

Planned DemolitionsJanuary 2021 - December 2030

Building #BuildingDistrictGSF003Service BuildingE84,029006Plant Operations & Maintenance BuildingE20,165011Building 011E9,081045Instructional Television BuildingNE3,082051Worcester HallS33,541054Preinkert Field HouseS28,237065Carroll HallS26,470067Satellite Central Utilities Building (SCUB 2)S13,664069Wicomico HallS27,684070Caroline HallS26,959085Institute For Physical Sciences & TechnologyNE28,534087Central Animal Research FacilityNE7,163091Chemistry Building - Wing 1NE115,350093Engineering AnnexNE10,888102Agriculture ShedNE2,322103Animal Science Service BuildingNE1,397116Temporary Building (South Of 201)E1,440119Poultry BarnNE1,026124Grounds Material And Equipment BuildingN7,372158Varsity Sports Team HouseW22,857201Leonardtown Office BuildingE10,018204Temporary Building (West Of 201)E869207Temporary Building (West Of 201)E733212Plant Operations & Maintenance Shop 3GC2,114


Planned DemolitionsJanuary 2021 - December 2030

Building #BuildingDistrictGSF227Jull HallNE17,574238Leonardtown ApartmentE10,152242Leonardtown ApartmentE10,152243Leonardtown ApartmentE5,076244Leonardtown ApartmentE13,452245Leonardtown ApartmentE13,452246Leonardtown ApartmentE13,452247Leonardtown ApartmentE13,452248Leonardtown ApartmentE13,452249Leonardtown ApartmentE13,452250Leonardtown Community CenterE3,660327Grounds Herbicide/ Pesticide Storage BuildingN235328Grounds Operations And Maintenance BuildingN3,157344Environmental Service FacilityN7,752369Maryland Stadium Maintenance BuildingW3,319381Center For Young ChildrenNW10,645383Paint Branch BuildingOP39,067813Artemesia BuildingOP47224814Cypress BuildingOP8994

Total732,714

Total for both periods776,425


Appendix B | Campus Map

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2017 - 2030FACILITIES MASTER PLAN UPDATE

Black represents existing facilities
Existing 

Reddish brown area represents the planning period from July 2017 to December 2020 on the map.
Planning Period 
July 2017 - December 2020 

Light brown rectangle represents planning period from January 2021 to December 2030.
Planning PeriodJanuary 2021 - December 2030

Creamish brown rectangle represents long range "building edge setback" area
Long Range “building edge setback”

Reddish brown circle represents a building renovation area from July 2017 to December 2020.
Building RenovationJuly 2017 - December 2020

Light brown circle area represents building renovation areas from January 2021 to December 2030.
Building RenovationJanuary 2021 - December 2030

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Discovery District Map
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Facilities Master Plan



For a detailed look at the Facilities Master Plan 2011 - 2030 go to 

2017 - 2030 Update



www.facilities.umd.edu/masterplan