Monash University, Berwick campus

Coordinates: 38°02′24″S 145°20′24″E / 38.040°S 145.340°E / -38.040; 145.340 Monash University, Berwick Campus is a campus of Monash University located in Berwick, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It offers degrees in Business and Commerce, Nursing and Education.

The main entrance at Monash Berwick Campus

It is situated in the City of Casey, one of Australia's fastest growing areas with approximately 2000 students attending the Campus. The campus opened in 1996. It is small in comparison to other campuses, covering an area of only 55 hectares. A student accommodation building was completed in 2006 to stabilise the demand generated by both local and the vast number of international students. Faculties have come and gone over the years and now the Faculty of Education holds the majority of students on campus.

The campus celebrated its 10th anniversary on 29 April 2006.[1]

On 7 March 2016 Monash announced that it would be closing the Berwick campus by 2018. On 15 July 2016 it was announced that Federation University Australia would take responsibility for the Berwick Campus from 2017 pending government approvals.[2]

Facilities

The campus is also home to various organisations as well as an onsite medical centre (Berwick Healthcare), as well as the Nossal High School, which occupy various other parts of the site.

Transport

The campus is situated next to the Clyde Road exit ramp on the Princes Freeway. It takes approximately 45 minutes to travel to the campus from the Melbourne CBD. Permit parking is offered to students and staff as well as coin-operated daily ticket parking for infrequent drivers.[3]

The Berwick train station is a seven-minute walk to the campus. Situated on the Pakenham line, trains run approximately every 30 minutes to and from the Melbourne CBD.

Students and staff can also use the free intercampus shuttle which runs from the Clayton campus to the Berwick campus approximately every two hours.[[4]

Faculties at the Berwick campus

Monash Union of Berwick Students

The Monash Union of Berwick Students, or commonly abbreviated as MUBS, is the official student union for students attending the Berwick campus.

MUBS facilitate a lot of events throughout the year, including free weekly breakfast and lunches, educational courses, exam buster seminars, advocating student rights and coordinating social events held on campus.

The current team serving on the MUBS board can be viewed here

Clubs and societies

The Cubs and Societies Officer of the Student Union oversees the organisation and activities of clubs and societies within the campus. Currently, MUBS is working on growing clubs and societies on campus.

More information on clubs can be viewed here

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 10th anniversary of Berwick Campus
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Berwick Campus Parking
  4. ↑ How to get to Berwick Campus

External links

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