National Center for Education Statistics Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual (FICM) codes include 10 major space use categories of assignable space and 3 major space use categories of nonassignable space.
POSTSECONDARY FICM – SPACE USE CODES
000 Unclassified Facilities – Unclassified facilities include those areas which are inactive or unassigned; in the process of being altered, renovated, or converted; or in an unfinished state.
ASSIGNABLE AREAS
100 Classroom Facilities – An instruction space not tied to a specific subject or discipline by equipment or configuration.
200 Laboratory Facilities – A space characterized by special equipment or a configuration tying it to instruction or research in a particular discipline or closely related group of disciplines.
300 Office Facilities – Office is individual, multi-person, or workstation spaces assigned to academic, administrative, and service functions.
400 Study Facilities – Spaces that may contain equipment or materials which aid the study or learning process and which do not restrict themselves to a particular discipline or group of disciplines. These include library spaces.
500 Special Use Facilities – Spaces, generally limited to a special population, including spaces for military training, athletic activity, media production, clinical activities, demonstration, agricultural field activities, and animal and plant shelters.
600 General Use Facilities – Spaces available to a broader population of faculty, students, staff, or the public. These include assembly, exhibition, dining, merchandizing, recreation, and day care spaces.
700 Support Facilities – Spaces providing centralized support services for a building, unit or entire campus. Examples include maintenance shops, central printing, and general storage.
800 Health Care Facilities – Patient care spaces located in facilities such as student infirmaries, clinics, and medical schools.
900 Residential Facilities – Residential facilities include housing for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to an institution.
NONASSIGNABLE AREAS
WWW Circulation Area – Spaces required for physical access to floors or subdivisions of space with the building, whether directly bounded by partitions or not.
XXX Building Service Area – Spaces used to support a building’s cleaning and public hygiene functions.
YYY Mechanical Area – Spaces of a building designed to house mechanical equipment and utility services, and shaft areas.