students working in Hunter Student Commons

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

Doug and Diane Hunter

Donors’ vision comes to life

Hunter family has long championed entrepreneurial thinking across all faculties

Classroom full of students

Advancing Social Work programs

New classroom spaces include leading-edge clinical observation rooms

Students studying in Hunter Student Commons

Honouring the past, embracing the future

Hunter Student Commons shows how far UCalgary has evolved in its nearly 60 years


Hunter Student Commons

A national leader in green construction

UCalgary aims to become a carbon neutral campus by 2050

Students gathered together

New and inclusive student spaces

Access student supports, gender-neutral washrooms and inviting study spaces

Main floor Hunter Student Commons

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!