Campus facilities and services

• Safe and secure study environment
• Sports facilities
• Shopping
• Transport
• Student Association
• Student Development and support services
• Accommodation

Safe and secure study environment

Monash South Africa is situated on a 100–hectare site 25 kilometres north–west of central Johannesburg, at 144 Peter Rd (near Hendrik Potgieter Road and Beyers Naudé Drive) in Ruimsig.

There is 24–hour security on campus with regular security patrols. Students living on campus have swipe–card entry to their accommodation and the residences are fully managed.

Impressive state–of–the–art teaching facilities include high–tech lecture theatres and tutorial rooms, a library with access to the fully digitised Monash periodical and serials collection, computer labs with cutting–edge PCs, a student association office, a bookshop and a bistro.

Monash prides itself on the ability to provide personalised teaching to its students. The largest lecture theatre seats 350 students in comfort, and small tutorial groups ensure personalised teaching. All lecture theatres and tutorial rooms are equipped with high–quality technology to enable multimedia teaching.

Sports facilities

Sports facilities on campus include two basketball/netball courts and a playing field large enough to accommodate soccer, rugby and hockey and two volleyball courts. Arrangements have been negotiated for Monash students to utilise other sporting facilities such as the tennis courts at a private school next to the campus and golf and tennis facilities at the nearby Roodepoort country club.

The campus is less than a kilometre from the Roodepoort Athletics Stadium and there are also gymnasiums and equestrian, scuba diving, martial arts and sporting clubs in the area.

A permanent sports officer at Monash South Africa focuses on the continued development of sports and sports facilities on the campus.

Monash students currently participate competitively in soccer, basketball, tennis, table tennis, netball, action cricket, rugby, touch rugby, volleyball and chess and indoor soccer.

In the last couple of years Monash sports teams have been on tours to neighbouring countries.

Students are encouraged to establish new clubs and have recently formed a pool club and ballroom dancing and aerobics classes are held in the residence. There is also a fully equipped gymnasium on campus.

Shopping

The upmarket Clearwater Mall, which is about five kilometres from the Monash South Africa campus, houses all the major department stores, boutiques, speciality shops, cinemas and restaurants. Northgate Mall is about 10 kilometres from the campus.

Shopping facilities are also available at the Featherbrook shopping complex within 500 metres of the campus. Cafes, restaurants, banking facilities and a supermarket are available here.

Transport

Most students walk to the nearby shops or share a taxi to one of five major shopping malls and extensive sporting/leisure facilities in the area.

A Monash shuttle bus service is available to take residence students to the Clearwater and Northgate Malls and to specified off–campus accommodation venues.

Student Association

The Monash Student Association provides students with a platform for student representation. The association is also focused on developing social activities on the campus and facilitating the introduction and management of clubs and societies.

Student Development and support services

A range of student development and support services are provided to help ease the transition to university life and to enable and empower students to achieve their best potential. These services focus on both academic and social student orientation and interaction.

Student Development Services offers professional councelling, support and advice to students on emotional, psychological, health, spiritual, educational, family and physical concerns in order to enhance the academic performance and wellbeing of the Monash South Africa community.

Student development also offers a comprehensive campus health service, which includes primary health care and HIV / Aids services.

The Student Development services offered on campus are free of charge to all students.

Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching Services. Student Support (CALT.SS)
This service is available to all Monash students to ensure success in their academic studies. CALT.SS concentrates on the development of academic literacies and study skills through joint faculty tutorials, generic workshops, individual consultations, online tutorials and drop–in sessions.

Accommodation

On–campus accommodation
Contact the Student Services Centre on +27 11 950 4000 or email musaaccommodation@adm.monash.edu

Quality of student life is a priority at Monash South Africa. Our on–campus student accommodation combines modern architectural design with a safe and secure living environment. Available to enrolled students only, Monash accommodation offers easy access to campus facilities.

Our accommodation provides a highquality living experience including:

• self–catering accommodation with private single or shared bedrooms.
• kitchen facilities.
• television and games rooms, small lounges and outdoor braai areas.
• internet access points in each bedroom, providing students with 24–hour online computing, library and specialist Monash services (computers are not supplied).
• laundry facilities.
• 24–hour security and access control.
• on–site parking.

Accommodation fees for 2010 range from R24 822 to R36 120 per year. Fees are payable on a semester basis and are due prior to semester commencement. A security deposit is applicable.

Please note that space is limited and early applications will be given preference.

Off–campus accommodation
A variety of quality off–campus student accommodation to suit different requirements and budgets is available within a 10 kilometre radius of the campus. A Monash shuttle bus provides transport to and from the campus on a specified route.

Off–campus housing advisory service
www.monash.ac.za/prospective/accommodation/offcampus/ or contact Student Residence Office on +27 11 950 4000 or email musaaccommodation@adm.monash.edu
This web–based information and advisory service aims to inform and educate students about their housing options and tenancy rights and responsibilities specifically related to off–campus housing. The resource includes links to the Rental Housing Act and the Consumer Affairs South Africa.

While students are free to arrange their own private accommodation, Monash South Africa has arrangements with carefully–selected private providers to facilitate the procurement of off–campus accommodation.

Monash Accommodation representatives will be available on campus at selected times to facilitate managing the relationship between students and landlords.

For more information on For more information on the various accomodation options visit the website or contact the Student Services Centre on +27 11 950 4000 or e-mail musaaccommodation@adm.monash.edu