UNL’s 2013 master plan, Plan Big, provides a framework for growth to ensure the highest quality campus learning and research environments are created to help the university achieve its goals and mission. As Nebraska’s only land-grant, comprehensive, research university, UNL’s mission is to teach, to conduct research, and to serve the broader Nebraska community.
With the university’s June 2010 entrance to the Big Ten, the UNL community has broadened in scope. Consistent with an internationally-significant Big Ten institution, Plan Big aspires to provide the physical framework for UNL to grow and strengthen its place among national peers in academics, research and athletics. Plan Big encourages flexibility and entrepreneurship, and positions the university to anticipate and adapt to change while always building toward a long-term vision of campus and community.
With the university’s June 2010 entrance to the Big Ten, the UNL community has broadened in scope. Consistent with an internationally-significant Big Ten institution, Plan Big aspires to provide the physical framework for UNL to grow and strengthen its place among national peers in academics, research and athletics. Plan Big encourages flexibility and entrepreneurship, and positions the university to anticipate and adapt to change while always building toward a long-term vision of campus and community.
Plan Big
Plan Big: UNL Campus and Landscape Master Plans
Plan Big: UNL Campus Maps
- Plan Big: UNL City Campus Map (1 page, 12MB)
- Plan Big: UNL East Campus Map (1 page, 12MB)
Prior to the current 2013 Campus and Landscape Master Plan, there were two previous Campus Master Plans, one produced in 2006, and the other in 1998. Originally, the 2006 Master Plan was designed to guide the campus from 2006 to 2015. However, because of the tremendous growth of the campus, UNL's move to the Big Ten Conference, and new visions for UNL's campus and landscape identity, a new plan was needed. Therefore, in June 2012, UNL launched Plan Big: UNL Campus and Landscape Master Plan, which will guide the University's growth over the next fifteen years and beyond. The new plans were approved by the NU Board of Regents on September 20, 2013.
The previous Campus Master Plans (1998 and 2006), as well as the current Campus and Landscape Master Plan (2013), are available below as PDFs.
The previous Campus Master Plans (1998 and 2006), as well as the current Campus and Landscape Master Plan (2013), are available below as PDFs.
