The master plan for Centennial Campus serves as a guide in building a community that fosters interaction among its residents, employees and students. Planners envisioned a campus where a researcher might leave her office, walk to the town center for dinner and return to her home overlooking Lake Raleigh. Or a student would attend classes in the College of Textiles, meet his friends at the campus-dining hall and go to the fitness center for a quick workout. The master plan is the foundation for which the campus will grow and expand over the next 100 years. The plan includes:

• A complementary mixture of university faculty, students and academic research centers
• Clusters of buildings in multidisciplinary R&D neighborhoods strengthened by the University’s cutting-edge research in:
  • Advanced Materials
  • Biosciences/Biotechnology
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Education
• A future transit corridor linking Centennial Campus to NC State’s main campus
• Easy pedestrian access to community courtyards, restaurants and shops
• Residential neighborhoods within walking distance of the R&D neighborhoods
• An advanced technology infrastructure for network communications
• A proposed executive conference center with hotel for meetings, training and entertaining
• Recreational amenities, including an 18-hole championship golf course and miles of jogging and biking trails.
• A proposed town center, consisting of shops, restaurants and leisure areas.