New Student Orientation

You might be wondering what the series of letters and numbers that make up your classroom means. No worries, we have a simple guide to help you de-code the riddle.

Classroom locations (usually) follow a standard formula:

• Building
• Floor
• Room

Some examples:
T B 11 - This means Tory Building, Basement level, classroom 11.
ED 1-128 - This means Education Building, North Section 1st Floor, classroom 128.

Buildings

Main buildings on campus are identified with an acronym. This is a partial list, and a full list can be found through the University of Alberta campus map.

Acronym	Building	What We Call It
AF	Agriculture/Forestry Centre	AgFor
BS	Biological Sciences*	BioSci
BUS	Alberta School of Business	Business
CCIS	Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science	CCIS
CAB	Central Academic Building	Cab
C	Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre*	Chem
CSC	Computing Science Centre	CompSci
ESB	Earth Sciences Building	ESB
ECHA	Edmonton Clinic Health Academy	ECHA
ED	Education Centre North and South*	Ed
ETLC	Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex	ETLC
GSB	General Services Building	GSB
HC	Humanities Centre*	Humanities
MCM	Pavillon McMahon
MEC	Mechanical Engineering	Mec E
NRE	Natural Resources Engineering	NREF
SAB	South Academic Building	Sab
SUB	Students' Union Building	Sub
T	Henry Marshall Tory Building*	Tory
TL	Tory Lecture Theatres*	Tory Lecture
VVC	Van Vliet Complex	Van Vliet

*A few buildings are more complicated than others:

• The Biological Sciences building is divided into 5 wings: CW, G, M, P, Z. Room numbers look like: BS M-149. This means it is in the M wing, on the first floor, room 149. Signage is pretty good in the building, so make sure you floor them.
• The Chemistry building might have rooms that look like C E1-60. This means it is in the east side of the building, first floor, room 60.
• Rooms in Education might look like: ED 1-128. The "-" means that it is in the northern section of the building. There is no indication for the southern part of the building, rooms there will be indicated like: ED 232
• The Humanities Center also has a separate acronym for their lecture theatres. If you see HC L1-L1/L2/L3/L4 this does not indicate the level it is on, but rather that it is a lecture theatre, which are all located on the first floor. Signage in the building will help you navigate.
• Tory can be divided into 3 different sections that each have their own acronym. T (Tory), TL (Tory Lecture), and T BW (Tory Breezeway). While Tory and Tory Breezeway are connected, Tory Lecture Theatres are located in a separate building just to the north of Tory.

Floor

Secondly comes the floor number. B or L means basement, 1 is main level, and a number above 1 means an upper floor. Some building have multiple basements, which are represented with L1, L2, or L3.

Sometimes the floor can get mashed together with the room number. For example:

• MCM 318 is a room in the Pavillon McMahon Building, on the 3rd floor, room number 318.
• ESC 3-27 is a room in the Earth Sciences Building, on the 3rd floor, room number 3-27.
• CCIS L2-440 is a room in the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, on the 2nd basement level, room number 440.

Usually a good rule of thumb is that the first number of a room number is what floor it is on, except if there is a B or L in there.

Room

Thirdly comes the room number, which you should be able to navigate to using the signage in the building.

This should be all you need to find your way come Orientation. Good luck, and don’t be afraid to ask one of our many volunteers for assistance in getting where you need to go!

Phone

780-492-1480

Email
orientation@su.ualberta.ca

New Student Orientation
Suite 2-800
Students' Union Building
University of Alberta
8900 - 114 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2J7