Rutgers University faces significant challenges to keep pace with enrollment growth, advancing technologies and regional development.  Beyond the accommodation of needed educational and research facilities, the University is equally cognizant of its role as steward of its cultural heritage, campus environs, and ecological resources.

In 2001, Rutgers initiated its first-ever university-wide master plan in a process that comprehensively assessed the University’s facilities needs and physical growth in support of its academic mission.  Drawing from the input of countless members, organizations and constituencies from every aspect of the university community, the 2003 Rutgers University Master Plan for Camden, Newark and New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses evolved into a document intended to conceptually guide university growth and development through 2012.

The 2003 Master Plan provides Rutgers University with a springboard to deploy its resources as effectively as possible to maintain, enhance and provide even greater teaching, research and service to the people of the State of New Jersey. Although this is just one step in a continual planning process, the result is a clear vision of how the University may grow in size and stature, laying the foundation of excellence for the century to come.

2003 Rutgers University Master Plan