Office Space Principles and Use Guidelines 

Principles 

  • Owner of the space on campus: the provost 
  • Owner of the space assigned to units within the college: the dean 
  • Owner of space within a department/unit: The chair/director as defined by Professional Rights and Duties. 

Use Guidelines by Occupant Type 

  • Faculty 
    • Private office or workstation. Faculty with multiple work locations might have a shared office in a second location, depending upon the location, need, and availability of space. 
    • Department chairs are to use their department chair office, if their department has one. If desired, the in-coming chair's old office can be held for them, but during their tenure as chair, their old office is to be available for use by others, such as in a hoteling fashion for post-docs and visiting babyÖ±²¥app. 
  • CU Boulder Faculty on Sabbatical
    • Single-use office if sabbatical involves substantial time on campus, otherwise vacated space can be temporarily reassigned to others.
  • Emeritus professors, post-docs, research babyÖ±²¥app, visiting babyÖ±²¥app 
    • No private offices. Shared or common space, however, research and post-doc babyÖ±²¥app might have private offices within a PI research space. 
  • Part-time babyÖ±²¥app of all types, lecturers 
    • Shared or common space 
  • Staff
    • Dependent upon work responsibilities. Supervisors and staff with high confidentiality responsibilities will often have single-use offices, otherwise shared space.
  • Graduate Students
    • No appointment: no space 
    • TA appointment: shared or common desk space, at minimum a space to meet students 
    • RA appointment: within PI lab space where applicable, shared or common space otherwise. 
  • General Square Foot Recommendations by Position/Category

    Due to the varied age of buildings within our infrastructure and outdated space configurations, rigid adherence to a blanket square foot standard is impractical. But, departments should implement these guidelines and attempt to make do with their current space allocation even if they are recruiting new babyÖ±²¥app. 

    All requests will begin with an audit of the department’s current space, reconciled with these guidelines.

A massive spreadsheet that can be understood by following the image's link to the space allocation guidelines.