Monash University, Berwick campus
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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
, Communication
s, Multimedia
and Information Technology
.
It is situated in the City of Casey
, one of Australia
's fastest growing areas and approximately 2000 students attend. The institution opened in 1996. It is small in comparison to other campuses, covering an area of only 55 hectares; however, there are plans for the campus to be extended to fill the abundance of land surrounding the current buildings. A student accommodation building was completed in 2006 to stabilise the demand generated by both local and the vast number of international students.
The campus celebrated its 10th anniversary on 29 April 2006.
. It takes approximately 45 minutes to travel to the campus from the Melbourne CBD, and 90 minutes in peak-hour traffic. Permit parking is offered to students and staff as well as coin-operated daily ticket parking for infrequent drivers.
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 2 hours.[
The union offers several educational services and facilities and hosts many social events in the university campus. The union also oversees the organisation of clubs and societies within the campus.
MUBS holds annual student social events such as an Mid Year Ball, held at the end of Semester One and the Yarra River
Boat Cruise held every September.
The current President is Tristan Vogrig with Brent McAllister serving as Vice President.
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
located in Berwick
Berwick, Victoria
Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....
, which is a suburb of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, in the state of Victoria.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
It offers degrees in Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and Commerce
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
, Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
s, Multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
and Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
It is situated in the City of Casey
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214,960. The municipality's population growth rate during both 1996-2001 and 2001-2006 was...
, one of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's fastest growing areas and approximately 2000 students attend. The institution opened in 1996. It is small in comparison to other campuses, covering an area of only 55 hectares; however, there are plans for the campus to be extended to fill the abundance of land surrounding the current buildings. A student accommodation building was completed in 2006 to stabilise the demand generated by both local and the vast number of international students.
The campus celebrated its 10th anniversary on 29 April 2006.
Facilities
- Book shop
- Cafeteria
- Library
- Residence
- Berwick Halls
- North Halls
- Student lounge
- Sporting facilities
- Tennis court
- Basketball court
- Cricket nets
- Soccer pitch
Transport
The campus is situated next to the Clyde Road exit ramp on the Princes FreewayPrinces Freeway
The Princes Freeway is a , 2 section freeway, which links Melbourne to Geelong on the west and Morwell on the east . It continues beyond these extremities as the Princes Highway towards Adelaide to the west and Sydney to the east...
. It takes approximately 45 minutes to travel to the campus from the Melbourne CBD, and 90 minutes in peak-hour traffic. Permit parking is offered to students and staff as well as coin-operated daily ticket parking for infrequent drivers.
The Berwick train station
Berwick railway station, Melbourne
Berwick is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Berwick, on the Pakenham railway line. Berwick is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.-Facilities:...
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
Monash University, Clayton campus
Monash University, Clayton Campus is the main campus of Monash University located in Clayton, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria....
to the Berwick campus approximately every 2 hours.[
Faculties at the Berwick campus
- Arts
- Business & Economics
- Information Technology (formerly School of Multimedia Systems)
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.The union offers several educational services and facilities and hosts many social events in the university campus. The union also oversees the organisation of clubs and societies within the campus.
MUBS holds annual student social events such as an Mid Year Ball, held at the end of Semester One and the Yarra River
Yarra River
The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...
Boat Cruise held every September.
The current President is Tristan Vogrig with Brent McAllister serving as Vice President.
Current Clubs and Societies
- Berwick Christian Union
- Monash Marketing Students Society
- Berwick International Students Association (BISA)
- Foundation Allowing Liquor Under Sound Appreciation (FALUSA)
- MonashTV
- Ultra Outdoors Club
- Berwick Tourism Club