Monash University, Melbourne

Monash University libraries are spread over all campuses, in three continents. They together hold over 3.2 million items. There are 6 more libraries at Monash University– Matheson Library, Caulfield Library, Hargrave Andrew Library, Indonesia Library, Law Library, Peninsula Library, and Pharmacy Library. At each facility, students can use a computer, borrow books with a Monash University ID card, print, photocopy, scan, and book discussion rooms project groups, as well as attend workshops and classes.

Monash University has over 50 club sports. Every year, more than 600 Monash students compete at the Australian University Games, which is the largest of any Australian University. There are sports facilities for  football, hockey, cricket, rugby, soccer, and baseball, tennis, badminton, and squash courts, along with gyms and a swimming pool. There are opportunities for social sports as well. Sports facilities of Monash University are often used by many professional sporting teams in Australia. The Australia national association football team used the Clayton campus to train for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The Doug Ellis Swimming Pool is Monash’s aquatic sport facility that is open to the public as well as the university community. It has two 25 metre pools  with a total of 12 lanes and a sauna, spa and steam room. One of the pools has a variable depth floor that can be adjusted from 0 to 2.1 metres. It is made for beach entry activities, water polo or SCUBA diving. Training and coaching sessions such as Infant Aquatics, Swim learning, Swim fit classes are provided at this pool facility in Monash University.

Students have all modes of transport to reach Monash University Campuses at Clayton, Caufield, Parkville, and Peninsula. Public transport, trams, inter-campus bus shuttle services, car shares, bicycling are some of the options to travel around Monash University Campuses. Melbourne metropolitan buses connect the Clayton campus to all important locations in Melbourne including Huntingdale railway station that’s 10 min away. There are bike shops to buy, parking facilities, lockers, showers and bike repair tools for bicycles. Inter-campus shuttle services are free of charge on M-ID cards.

Monash University has Parking facilities for students, staff, special permits, people with limited mobility, and visitors, as well as event parking. All the traffic rules of Victoria are applicable at all University parking facilities. There are free parking facilities for motorbikes, bicycles. Students can use paid parking on a “Pay as you use” basis by using the CellOPark campus app. Vehicles parked in Blue permit and Red permit zones are chargeable. Students have to register on the CellOPark app, and enter time when parking. Based on time, charges will be levied. There are also Electric charging stations on the campus. Car sharing, carpooling is encouraged to reduce the use of parking spaces.

There are 28 dining and eating outlets in Clayton campus, Monash University. They include cafes, restaurants and coffee shops. Some of the cafeterias include Nesso Cafe, Grafalis Cafe, The Halls Cafe, Church of Secular Coffee, Cinque Lire Cafe, along with full service facilities. Nesso Cafe is a boutique cafe for quality coffee and snacks. Grafalis Cafe at Monash University offers deli-style toasted sandwiches, wraps, salads, rice-paper rolls and pastries, along with coffees. There’s a Subway at Clayton campus. Caulfield campus has 6 cafeterias, Parkville campus has 2, and Peninsula campus has 2 facilities.