Smart university, a new concept in the Internet of Things

If the Internet has been one of the most important human creations, the Internet of Things (IoT) will change everything, activities and objects from simple to the most complex, and why not, even us humans. Besides areas as business, transportation, energy, medicine, agriculture and others, the Internet of Things wUl also have a major implication in education. A university campus may represent the ideal place for the creation of a smart environment. The aim of the hereby paper is to describe a new concept called Smart University, starting from needs and advantages and ending with a possible architecture based on smart objects.