The university campuses situated in metropolitan city centres have morphed into complex environments due to congested layout and high-rise buildings. The environmental legibility for wayfinding within these environments is a great matter of concern. These environments have a significant visual absence of dedicated traditional cues for pedestrian navigation, such as distinguishable intersections, dedicated pathways, and information signage. This study presents a systematic review of various factors affecting wayfinding behaviour in complex environments. Five keywords including ‘university campus wayfinding’, ‘cross-cultural wayfinding’, ‘virtual wayfinding’, ‘signage pictograms’ and ‘unfamiliar environment wayfinding’ have been formulated from research questions. The articles have been searched in four most relevant research databases. Out of 4257, twenty-seven articles have been selected. Factors such as environment complexity, wayfinding metrics, environmental familiarity, experimental settings, signage design, and cultural differences are critically discussed. This paper also discusses the technological contributions of virtual and augmented reality in the exploration of wayfinding behaviour.

由于拥挤的布局和高层建筑，位于大都市中心的大学校园已经变成了复杂的环境。在这些环境中寻路的环境易读性是一个非常值得关注的问题。这些环境在视觉上明显缺乏行人导航的专用传统线索，例如可区分的十字路口、专用路径和信息标牌。本研究对影响复杂环境中寻路行为的各种因素进行了系统回顾。五个关键词包括“大学校园寻路”、“跨文化寻路”、“虚拟寻路”、“标志象形图”和“陌生环境寻路”。这些文章已在四个最相关的研究数据库中进行了搜索。在 4257 个中，已选择二十七篇文章。对环境复杂性、寻路指标、环境熟悉度、实验设置、标牌设计和文化差异等因素进行了批判性讨论。本文还讨论了虚拟现实和增强现实在探索寻路行为方面的技术贡献。