Abstract
Internet of Things (IoT) is a potential field of the future. It improves modern human life in many sectors. It helps establish smart cities, smart environment, security, intelligence, industrial control, automation, agriculture, health, education, and especially in the higher education sector. This technology is used to improve the comforts of people. It signifies a grand opening in the education field. It can collect the data, improve the learning knowledge, and support providing a better learning process environment. Its usage in the different areas is growing fast, especially in smart cities and higher education institutions. Therefore, it is very productive to use this technology in a better way. This article explains a brief introduction to the IoT and how they benefit from this higher education technology. In this paper, the concepts of smart campus, smart classrooms, and intelligent labs are discussed. The authors explain how it is beneficial for the students, teachers, and universities for higher education processes and faster learning. A comparison of conventional and IoT supported institutions are also explained in the paper. Moreover, it is explained that how it is better than traditional classes are studies. Different challenges are involved in implementing it in the universities, which are also highlighted in this paper. A framework for implementing these services is in progress, which is a part of our future work.