Student Life at NUMed Malaysia
At the beginning you may find life at university a little daunting as you come to terms with the more independent life you will lead away from home. First, this is quite normal and you are not alone –others will feel the same as you! One of the best ways to help you settle into your new life is to make new friendships and join in with the existing student social networks. This section of our website is designed to provide you with some more general and practical information that will help you to settle in.
The Campus
The permanent purpose-built NUMed Malaysia campus is set within the EduCity Iskandar Malaysia development in Nusajaya, Johor. This dedicated international higher education hub is located 1km east of the Gelang Patah Interchange on the main Second-Link Expressway. The Second Crossing Bridge to Singapore is only 8km from the site, and the city of Johor Bahru, 25km to the east, is easily accessed via the newly opened Coastal Highway. Singapore’s Changi International Airport is a 45-minute drive away and we are just 20 minutes from Johor’s Senai Airport.
Opened in 2011 by His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, our 5.5-hectare secure campus is designed to replicate the look and feel of Newcastle, and comprises over 15,000m2 of academic space housing state-of-the-art facilities and innovations in medical learning and teaching technology.
Our facilities include lecture and seminar rooms, a laboratory and clinical skills complex, the learning resource centre, and the student cafeteria and recreation centre.
The centre piece of the campus, and at the heart of your learning, is the Learning Resource Centre. Constructed around the medical library facility, this innovative building is modelled on a number of emerging, ground-breaking facilities at other international world-class higher education institutions. Over three floors, the Centre is largely open plan to provide you with a range of flexible learning spaces, supportive of different kinds of study, and a relaxing environment helpful to learning. These spaces include ‘quiet zones’ for self-directed study, study rooms for group work, and other social learning areas, which you will be able to rearrange to suit your preferred style of study. More formal spaces are also included for practice presentations. There are two large IT clusters, and the entire campus has access to a high-speed wireless network. Our dedicated electronic Learning Support Environment allows you on-line access to the entire curriculum and associated learning resources, whether you are on or off campus, as long as you have an internet connection.
The learning environment we provide here at NUMed Malaysia goes beyond our excellent physical resources, for the framework of your learning is fully supported by the organisation and culture of Newcastle. A wide range of factors contribute to making NUMed Malaysia an ideal place to study, including our institutional goals and the high value we attach to supporting your learning, the close relationships between you and the faculty, the individual attention you receive, and the personal feedback we provide on your progress.
Overall we believe that NUMed Malaysia provides you with an environment which encourages your learning, which is safe and secure, fosters collaboration, values the contribution of individuals, and is based on mutual respect.