25 2025 UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS the-art equipment. The gyms have a team of experienced instructors who ensure that members receive the best fitness results. The Gymnasia contribute to enhancing the quality of lives of the University community. The Gym services are catered to UJ students, staff and alumni of the University. The Gymnasia play an important role in helping staff and students stay active and improve their physical and mental health as well as their overall wellbeing. As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 challenges as well as its associated social isolation, stress, anxiety, and economic impacts, we need physical activity more than ever. UJ Sport has twelve (12) sporting codes for both high performance and competitive teams. UJ students and non-student athletes outside UJ can represent the University as student-athletes and club members. The sports clubs include; Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, e-Sport, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rowing, Rugby Squash, Sport for Students with Disabilities and Chess. https://www.uj.ac.za/sport/ Protection Services Protection Services personnel are on duty 24 hours a day to ensure the safety and welfare of students, staff and visitors to the campuses and to control traffic and parking. They are also responsible for emergency assistance, fire warnings and first aid on campuses. For help, call us on 011 559 2555. Student Centres Equipped with meeting places, restaurants, cafeterias, recreational facilities and even shops for added convenience, our campuses are like independent villages in the city. Some of our student centres house banks, bookshops, medical doctors, hairdressers, gift shops, PostNet and a supermarket. You will also never have to run on an empty stomach as all the campuses have cafeterias or coffee shops. After all, we know that sharing a sandwich with someone special just may be a life-changing experience! Student Accommodation A residence is a community in which one meets a range of diverse students and may forge life-long friendships. In order to experience university life to its fullest, why not reside on campus? The University of Johannesburg offers students a wide selection of comfortable accommodation, which ranges from various types of residences to fully equipped apartments. Staying in a University of Johannesburg residence is an extension of your education, and you can benefit from all facilities and services, which are also sources of social enrichment, such as study centres, campus libraries, cafeterias, restaurants and sports facilities within easy walking distance of the lecture halls, life skills and peer tutoring programmes. Like-minded students from all over the country, who could all become your friends, will surround you. Apart from our academic programme, we offer extramural activities,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjU1NDYx