Source: My UM
If you feel a mixture of excitement and anxiety about moving to the new campus, don’t worry. We have prepared this ultimate guide to living on the new campus to help you keep the excitement but drop the anxiety. Read on to find out where to eat and have fun, how to get around the campus, and much more.
Exercise…
There are no excuses not to exercise on the new campus. There is a four-storey Sports Complex with a variety of indoor sports facilities, including a training hall, fitness room, dance room, badminton hall, and Olympic-standard indoor swimming pool, just to name a few. Fancy a healthy tan? No problem. There are various outdoor facilities for you to choose from, including the athletic field, soccer pitch, basketball courts, beach court, and archery range. Photography lovers should be excited too, because beauty is everywhere on the new campus—the elegant buildings, the footbridges, sunlight dancing on the lake in the evening, grass dripping with morning dew, flowers blooming in wild abandon—these all make perfect photo material.
Eat…
Food Paradise in the Central Teaching Building, and Pacific Coffee on the ground floor in the north wing of the Wu Yee Sun Library, are where most UM members currently go for lunch. Food Paradise offers more choices at affordable prices, while Pacific Coffee, with a comfortable ambience, is a great place to recharge. the University Mall in the south of the campus, which has become operational on a trial basis, has various dining and shopping facilities to meet your everyday needs. If you have a sweet tooth, you are sure to find something in the bakeries and dessert shops on the ground floor of the University Mall to indulge your palate.
College Life…
Perhaps nothing sets the new campus apart from other university campuses in the region more than the residential college system. Each college organises various kinds of activities on a regular basis, including the monthly high table dinner. Every month, teachers, students, and guests dress up for the high table dinner held in the college canteen, whose setting reminds you of the magical world of Harry Potter.
Transport…
While the new campus is far away from the downtown area, access is quite easy. Those who live on the Macao Peninsula can take bus MT3U or 71 to get to the campus directly or take any bus to Taipa and then transfer to 37U to the new campus. UM staff can also use the university shuttle service.
Don’t want to be packed in the buses with other passengers like sardines? Then it may be a good idea to drive, as there are sufficient parking spaces on campus. Two visitors’ car parks, P3 and P5, have become operational. As for transport inside the campus, you can either walk or take the circular shuttle bus or ride a bike. If you already have a bike, you need to obtain a bike permit application form from the security centre (Room G003, E7, Central Teaching Building) or online, and then collect your bike permit at the security centre upon presentation of your student card or staff card. But remember to park your bike in one of the 12 designated bike parking areas, for easy management and maintenance of a clean and tidy campus. Don’t worry if you don’t have a bike. UM also provides bike rental service. A warm reminder though: biking is not allowed in the underwater tunnel.
