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, Communications, Multimedia, Regional and Urban Planning or Tourism. The campus is also home to the Monash Tourism Research Unit.

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.^[1]

1 Facilities
2 Transport
3 Faculties at the Berwick campus
4 Monash Union of Berwick Students
- 4.1 Current Clubs and Societies
5 Notes and references
6 External links

[edit] Facilities

Book shop
Cafeteria
Library
Residence
- Berwick Halls
- North Halls
Student lounge
Sporting facilities
- Tennis court
- Basketball court
- Cricket nets
- Soccer pitch

[edit] Transport

The campus is situated next to the Clyde Road exit ramp on the Princes Freeway. It takes approximately 40 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.^[2]

The Berwick train station is a four 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.[^[3]

[edit] Faculties at the Berwick campus

Arts
Business & Economics
Information Technology (formerly School of Multimedia Systems)

[edit] 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 oversights the organisation of clubs and societies within the campus.

MUBS holds annual student social events such as an End of Year Ball, held every September and the Yarra River Boat Cruise at the end of Semester One.

The current President is Chris Stenhouse.