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The healthcare campus of Amrita University
is located at Ernakulam in Kerala. The
campus spread over 80 acres is compact and yet not
too confined. It won’t take students long to find
their way around, they will appreciate the convenience
of having teaching rooms, lecture theaters
and clinical skills laboratories so close to their
accommodation. All-important support and leisure
facilities too, such as the library, communication
suites, student clubs, and cafeterias, are all located
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Student life at Amrita is more than just study.
The Amrita Schools are an integral part of a vibrant
University community that offers an array of
intellectual, cultural and recreational opportunities.
A tropical climate enhances a campus lifestyle that is
comparatively informal.
All undergraduate programmes of the health
care campus are 100% residential courses providing
comfortable accommodation to all students.
Accommodation is as per the respective council’s
Indian requirments and each student is provided
with a cot, a table, a chair, and a cupboard. Hot &cold water and Laundry facilities are available in
every hostel for use by the residents. Every student
is provided with a personal code enabling him/her
to maintain a credit account for his or her telephone
calls. However, the possession and use of Mobile
phones are strongly discouraged inside the campus.
Each hostel has a common room with with cable TV
and newspapers where students can meet and keep
abreast with news. There is a full-time warden based
at every hostel and a security guard is on duty 24
hours a day. The food menus extend to Indian,
Chinese and Continental fare. The mess serves only
vegetarian food.
Shops within the campus include a mini-super
mart,that sells confectionaries, fruits, stationery,
toiletries etc. Tailoring facilities, hairdressers,
photocopying and photo studio shops, all are within
walking distances of the campus. The campus has a
Post Office counter with Speed-Post facilities, round
the clock STD/ISD telecom facilities, a Bank with 24
hr ATM facilities, 24-hour taxi services, a 24-hour
pharmacy, an ice-cream parlar, three cafeterias,
bookstall and optical shop. |
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Recreational facilities at AIMS include basketball courts, football fields and an athletic
track. All the hostels have their own gymnasiums and an out door volleyball court.
The library is a focal point of study in any educational institution. Should students feel
the desire to burn the midnight oil, they can do so in the libraries of AIMS that remain open
until 12:00 midnight. The Library currently has a collection of more than 15,000 books,
videotapes and multi-media materials. They also subscribe to, or receive approximately 250
journal titles and all students have access to over 50 electronic journals. They can also
connect to a number of online medical and health sciences databases for appropriate
literature. Adequate access is available to the Internet, in the Library and in hostels.
Life as a student has its own stresses and strains, and sometimes the need may arise to
confide, open up or even seek guidance in someone. At AIMS, a Gurukula system is operational
wherein each student is designated to a mentor/acharya, whom students can turn to
for help. Students are free to discuss their problems, whether they are of an academic or
personal nature.
Students at AIMS are encouraged to join one of the many clubs present. The arts are
well represented by music and drama societies that conduct regular intra-faculty competitions
and inter-collegiate programs. There is a movie club that shows the latest in English,
Hindi and Malayalam movies every Sunday at the air –
conditioned Amriteshwari Hall. Those wanting to
commune with nature can look forward to joining
Green Friends, an intitiative at AIMS to promote the
environment. Students who are interested in voluntary
work within the local and wider community, will be
able to do so in various ways through societies and
programmes coordinated by renunciates from the
Math.
AIMS prides itself on being a welcoming place for
students of all religious faiths and denominations. There
are ample opportunities for spiritual growth through
organised Satsanghs, Yoga,
Meditation, Seminars,
Retreats and Service
Projects.
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