Pratima Tamang: Finding a Second Home at Sunway University

Pratima Tamang

From my first day in Sunway, I have always been impressed with the facilities on campus. It had something for everyone. From sports to extracurricular activities, the Grand piano at the main Sun-U foyer to the well-equipped and comfortable lecture theatres. Sunway really brought everything together for their students. And still they are renovating and refurbishing some parts of the campus every year. So, I am convinced and that is why I have always loved their continuous commitment to enhance student experience on campus.

It was my first time living abroad and away from my family and I am glad I chose Malaysia. It has helped me a lot for my self-growth living on my own. It has also given me so many learning opportunities and best of all, it has led me to friendships that turned in to families here. So, this will always feel like a second home to me.

The lecturers and academics have been a great support and inspiration to me. They were always open to help out and ready to answer all of our questions. Especially in my foundation year, the lecturers try their best to consider of possible cultural differences during lessons which really helped me a lot to understand the cultures of other nationalities.

The course outline and the subjects in my course were fairly diverse and very interesting. We have had assignments ranging from managing online community platform, doing self-assessment on behavioural change to conducting our own research and training. It brought us closer to our possible career options.

Accommodation was comfortable and near the campus – adding extra convenience for our late-night study sessions. It was prepared for us some essential pantry amenities to cook basic daily meals in our units. To make our stay even better, the staffs were friendly and generous with the maintenance assistance as well.

It is very safe in the campus. There’s CCTV installed everywhere and friendly security staff that we could always reach out to. We have a wide selection of restaurants and cafes nearby. Some are even available 24 hours. Sunway City is well known for all of its facilities, some even walking distance. We have malls, a hospital, theme park and readily available transportation for students and residents. I have never really felt the need to wander far off from Sunway City as we have everything here.