Facilities at the Sunway campus

Monash University's Sunway campus is a purpose-built RM200 million (A$65 million) facility that opened in 2007
There are currently almost 4000 students and 400 staff at the campus
The buildings are disability-friendly and the centrepiece is the three-storey oval-shaped Library and Learning Commons equipped with IT facilities and designed to encourage student interaction
The landscaping of the campus ensures students learn in a ‘green’ environment

General facilities

The Library and Learning Commons brings together library and IT facilities in a student-friendly interactive and well-supported environment
The collection has 51,428 items consisting of books, serials, music and sound recordings
There are more than 80 computers, including 28 in the training room and five express terminals for quick search and locating items in the catalogue
Group study areas and a postgraduate and academic space are provided
Students can access the Monash online databases and collection - 243,838 e-books, 33,991 e-serials and 798 electronic databases as well as online lectures, reading lists and past exams

Teaching facilities

The campus has two auditoriums capable of accommodating 350 people each, a 150-capacity plenary theatre , three medium sized lecture theatres for 150 students each, six smaller theatres for 120 students.

Computer facilities

In addition to the PCs in the learning commons, there are 12 computer labs for general use
Students have access to wireless connectivity on campus

Arts students have at their disposal specialised working areas like a state-of-the-art radio and TV studio, multimedia lab, journalism lab and communication lab

Students of business programs have a wide range of campus facilities for their studies, including specialised resource areas like the Islamic Banking and Finance resource centre, and online resources

School of Engineering students have access to 24 sophisticated labs
Research and study undertaken includes Robotics, Mechatronics, Chemical Engineering, Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Networks and Signals, Electronics and Communications
Students also have access to an electron microscope room

School of Information Technology students benefit from access to additional dedicated IT laboratories
There is also a networking lab and a specialised multimedia teaching lab

Medical students have access to state-of-the-art histopathology and anatomy labs as well as well-equipped learning suites
The Medical School also incorporates new technologies in medical education, such as digital learning equipment and plastinated specimens (Plastination is a technology where the body, or its parts, are infiltrated and coated with a plastic-like substance that retains their appearance and structure, making them very useful and durable aids for medical studies)
Medical research clusters include specific research labs for Cancer Research, Toxicology, Infectious Diseases, Diabetes and Endocrinology, and Epidemiology
The Brain Research Institute at Monash Sunway campus (BRIMS) is one of the region's leading neuroscience institutes and the University's centre for neuroscience research
The Clinical School is in the grounds of the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru and offers a clinical skills lab, specimen lab, pathology resource room, library, student common area, an open learning centre and a 70-seat lecture theatre.

The campus has 40 science labs for teaching and research
Labs include Applied Immunology and Pathology, Animal Tissue Culture, Plant Tissue Culture, Genetics, Herbarium, Microbiology, Human Physiology, Biochemistry and more
More than 70 other rooms provide support to the labs, offering space for specialised instruments, an animal house, photomicroscopy, Drosophila fly rooms, rooms for tissue culture, cold rooms, etc