University Dormitories Increase Tech Level

[AshTym 31]

Unlike the Grade School and High School, the University (and Community College) will have several classes each day, allowing it to teach more students than it can hold at once. The two things that are directly affected by the number of students taught per day are the level of the building and the amount of industrial skill produced. The more students that are able to get to the university, the more it will level up, allowing for additional wings to be placed; which in turn increases the student capacity allowing for even more students. Each student that has been taught that day also contributes to the high tech industrial skill that provides educated workers, allowing more high tech buildings to be supported.

 

 

 

 

The more students, the quicker you increase your high tech industrial skill, so it makes perfect sense to place dormitories at the University. Dorms provide students to the university without the need to build up more residential. They also allow many students to get to class without adding to traffic near the beginning of classes. While dorm students won't increase the knowledge of your residential buildings, they will go shopping at nearby commercial buildings. Also, since you control where the dorms are placed, you can control more where students can go first, ensuring certain wings get students if there bonus is more important to your city.

[5uper_Mania 6]

Nice observation.

 

...whats your source o.0

[AshTym 31]

Nice observation.

 

...whats your source o.0

 

 

http://www.simcity.com/en_AU/blog/article/simcity-university-tips-blog

[Bibor_Kiraly 21]

Just keep in mind that dormitories can mess up your pop education levels if you have enough students without them.

If you have 1100 student population it would be better to add 100 more students to fill the cap, because the dormitory's 500 students will have the priority (will arrive sooner) to the uni, thus reducing the number of your sims that receive education by 400. This is obviously a rare situation, so in most circumstances it's best to add one dormitory per extra Uni wing.

[jas19illini 2]

I think the OP was a little too vague. I think I finally figured out the tech vs computer/TV/processor plant production capacity. I think it's,the School of Science at the university that really makes the difference and keeps ur plants from dropping to a production of only 4800 crates per day vs the max capacity of 9600 crates per day.