A code is used to indicate each building on enrollment reports, the facilities inventory, and scheduling documents. Standard codes have been adopted as follows: This is a partial list showing buildings where classes are normally held.
| AGH | Agronomy Greenhouses | HWP | Hodges Wood Products Lab |
| BI | Biltmore Hall | JOR | Jordan Hall |
| BM | Bureau of Mines | KI | Kilgore Hall |
| BOS | Bostian Hall | LEZ | Leazar Hall |
| BR | Broughton Hall | MN | Mann Hall |
| BS | Brooks Hall | N | Nelson Building |
| BSG | Biological Sciences Greenhouses | NIN | 1911 Building |
| BU | Burlington Nuclear labs | PA | Page Hall |
| CAL | Caldwell Hall | PK | Polk Hall |
| CG | Carmichael Gym | POE | Poe Hall |
| CEN | Centennial Campus | PPG | Plant Pathology Greenhouses |
| CHI | Clark Hall Infirmary | PS | Park Shops |
| CL | Clark Laboratories | PT | Patterson Hall |
| COL | Reynolds Coliseum | PMC | Price Music Center |
| COX | Cox Hall | RD | Riddick Engineering Lab |
| DAB | Dabney hall | RI | Ricks Hall |
| DAN | Daniels Hall | SC | Scott Hall |
| DHL | D. H. Hill Library | SFS | Schaub Food Science Building |
| DSW | D. S. Weaver Labs | T | Tompkins Hall |
| ECU | Erdahl-Cloyd Wing | TT | Frank Thompson Theatre |
| GA | Gardner Hall | TVS | TV Station-WUNC |
| GHL | Grinnells Animal Health Labs | USC | Talley Student Center |
| HA | Harrelson Hall | WI | Withers Hall |
| HGH | Horticulture Greenhouses | WMS | Williams Hall |
| HLB | Hillsborough Building | WN | Winston |
| HOL | Holladay Hall | WSC | Witherspoon Student Center |
| HRS | Harris Hall | ||