Hunter Student Commons
A home for students in the heart of campus
Enhancing the student experience
This building provides a new home for students across campus to gather, bring lunch and socialize, collaborate on group projects or study between classes. It features leading edge classrooms designed to offer students unique learning opportunities they couldn't access elsewhere. Hunter Student Commons, and the people inside of it, supports UCalgary's renewed focus on expanding access to post-secondary education and enhancing student experience for all.
What's in the building?
In the News
Donors’ vision comes to life
Hunter family has long championed entrepreneurial thinking across all faculties
Advancing Social Work programs
New classroom spaces include leading-edge clinical observation rooms
Honouring the past, embracing the future
Hunter Student Commons shows how far UCalgary has evolved in its nearly 60 years
A national leader in green construction
UCalgary aims to become a carbon neutral campus by 2050
New and inclusive student spaces
Access student supports, gender-neutral washrooms and inviting study spaces
Hunter Student Commons facts
A smart building, providing real-time analytics and more
With this new student space, we are realizing our vision of being the entrepreneurial university in Canada. This is a place for students, faculty, and staff to start something.
Dr. Ed McCauley, President and Vice-Chancellor
Realization of a dream
Hunter Student Commons a gift to future generations of UCalgary students.
Read more about the launch and check out some of the photos!