The Post-Graduate Centre

Arts Graduate Centre at the Human Sciences Building

Unlike in the University of the Philippines where students of the College of Law are secluded from undergraduates with all their classrooms in Malcolm Hall, postgraduate studies at the University of Auckland is different. Postgraduate students share the general library, the Kate Edger Information Commons, and classrooms with undergraduates. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just that it makes it harder for postgraduate students to study. It's hard to find a vacant cubicle. It's hard to concentrate with all the noise and the movement.

But don't you worry. Each faculty (or school) has its own computer lab exclusively for its postgraduate students. A student has to have a key card to enter. No card, no entry. Each lab, aptly called the postgraduate centre, houses just the right number of computers, photocopiers and scanners. A lab has its own toilets and pantry area.

Inside the Arts Graduate Centre

The degree I took was under the Faculty of Arts. Our lab was located at the ground level of the Human Sciences Building. The computers are fast. There are more than enough (except during deadline or finals week). And most important, the lab is a quiet zone. 

So if you find yourself not able to concentrate at the library or Kate Edger Information Commons because of the hustle and bustle, why don't you visit your faculty's postgraduate centre? 

Happy studying!