Academic Building One
Virginia Tech's Academic Building One has made its home at 3625 Potomac Ave on 3.5 acres in the 19-acre first phase of a new mixed-use development and innovation district in North Potomac Yard near the Potomac Yard-VT Metrorail Station. This strategic location, just south of Reagan National Airport, positions Virginia Tech and its future partners near the nation’s capital, diverse industries, and leading tech companies, including Amazon’s HQ2.
The first academic building, an 11-story, 300,000 square-foot structure, opened to the public in spring 2025. The building's design is centered on the principles of sustainability, health and wellness, green and social spaces, accessibility, connectivity, flexibility, and integrated technology.
Academic Building One provides instruction, research, office, and support spaces for graduate-level programs in computer science and computer engineering, as well as select other programs - including the Pamplin College of Business.
Experiential learning environments within this building are designed to enhance the Virginia Tech experience including flexible multi-purpose areas, research and testing labs, and maker spaces.
The building also houses Virginia Tech Gaduate School's administrative offices, student services for all Virginia Tech students in the D.C. area, a University Library, the Veteran Transition and Military Families Center, the Sanghani AI Center, and offices for K-12 and workforce training community initiatives.
Future plans call for Virginia Tech to build two additional buildings, each about 150,000 square feet, as the campus grows.
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Parking
Academic Building One parking includes short-term parking, with payment using ParkMobile (Zone #85129) in the surface lots and on the streets, a ticketed parking garage, and EV charging.
Employees and students are also eligible to purchase parking permits.
Parking operations at Academic Building One are active 24/7. A valid parking permit or payment is required at all times for both the parking garage and surface lots. Overnight parking is not allowed.
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Address
Academic Building One
3625 Potomac Ave. Alexandria, VA 22305
Academic Building One: By the Numbers
- More than 500 graduate students currently take courses at Academic Building One.
- 3.5-acre campus
- 11 stories, 300,000-square-feet
- 3,000-square-foot first floor large classroom/auditorium – the Boeing Auditorium – holds 200 people (classroom style) or 300 people (auditorium style)
- 169 parking spaces and eight electric charging staIons in the underground parking lot
- 5 minutes from the Potomac Yard—VT metro staIon, which opened in May 2023
- 14 classrooms, ranging from 25 to 90 seats
- 32 “huddle rooms” for student/faculty collaboration
- 1,340-square-foot cyber physical lab
- 465-square foot, two-story drone tesIng cage
- The second floor houses a dedicated K-12 Initiatives Center, the Boeing Center for Veteran Transition and Military Families, and the Hokie One Stop.
- The fourth floor houses Pamplin College of Business programs, including the Online Master of InformaIon Technology, evening and online MBA programs, ExecuIve Ph.D. program, and Master of Science in business administration programs in hospitality and tourism management and global business analytics.
- A fifth floor suite houses the Northern Virginia home of the Sanghani Center for ArIficial Intelligence and Data Analytics.
- 4,500-square-foot roof deck on the eighth floor provides views of the Washington, D.C., skyline for groups of up to 300 people.