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NTNU - REPORT VISION 2060
be dynamic and flexible in its utilisation of areas
and buildings.
• ICT and digitalisation will fundamentally change the
models for learning and knowledge production.
Students and researchers will become more mobile,
and not tied to fixed workplaces on campus, which
instead should offer diversified meeting points and
arenas for academic and social interaction.
• Interaction between the university and the
surrounding society is increasing, and the barriers
between academia and the business sector are
reduced. A modern campus facilitates contact,
interaction and cooperation.
• The university of the future should lead a sustainable
activity and keep high standards within
health, safety and environment. This also entails a
minimisation of energy consumption, reduction of
harmful emissions and effective, environmentally
friendly transport solutions.
HOWDO WE WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE FUTURE?
Both employees and students have the campus as their
workplace. How will new working methods affect the
way we plan workplaces for employees and students at
the NTNU campus?
NTNU’s organisation, teaching methods and the
technology used is constantly changing. New subject
combinations and programmes are being developed,
and teaching methods are changed. This demands flex-
ibility to be able to adapt to new needs. The university’s
buildings represent a large resource for this strategic
development. NTNU owns and rents 520,000 square
meters and has an annual maintenance, operation
and development budget of NOK 500 million. Conse-
quently, an effective adaptation and use of these values
is important, enabling the university to return as much
teaching and research as possible in exchange for the
investments made by the society. At the same time, the
campus is a place of work and studies for NTNU’s 5,000
employees and 22,000 students. The campus is the set-
ting for a large part of their lives, and is therefore im-
portant for both their quality of life and job satisfaction.
All of this also affects the requirements to the physical
surroundings at the university. NTNU needs workplaces
that stimulates cooperation and contributes to exchange
of knowledge, ideas and competence, while simultane-
ously representing a sensible use of public resources.
In the report, the following issues are discussed:
• A strategic perspective on area and campus
development as strategic means
• Different perspectives on the workplace, and how
these have developed into the present workplaces
• Reflections on what makes the university a
special workplace
• Meeting points and an active infrastructure
• Adaptability and efficient use
CHARACTER AND CAMPUS
NTNU is a university that emphasises the experimental
in the entire scope of its activity, with extensive use of
laboratories, workshops and special areas for educa-
tion, research, innovation and communication. A future
NTNU campus should accommodate a diverse range of
areas for experimental activities. The fulfilment of these
needs to a large extent affects the requirements for
future utilisation.
Laboratories and other areas for experimental activities
are important for the technical and natural scientific
subjects, but are also used by psychologists, linguists
and within practical-aesthetic subjects, among others.
NTNU should aim to create laboratories and experi-
mental areas with high flexibility. This means that they
should fulfil several functions and serve different users.
This would strengthen the utilisation of the areas and
accommodate interdisciplinary cooperation.
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NTNU’s own researchers are also working on the development of zero emission vehicles.