Life at Merton: Facilities
All students at Merton enjoy:
- Two libraries for the use of College members only - one of which includes the oldest continuously functioning library for university academics and students in the world!
- Free internet access in all student rooms, as well as computer rooms with free printing and cheap photocopying, available 24 hours a day
- A beautiful Dining Hall with high-quality, low-cost food for students
- The College Bar, with a range of affordable beverages and regular quiz nights
- A TV Room with video and DVD equipment
- Access to a Games Room, complete with a free pool table, table football, darts and games machines
- The Fellows' Garden, an idyllic place to read, work or relax - and with wifi access
- Merton College Sports Ground, including sports pitches, pavilion, grass and hard tennis courts, squash courts and weight-training facilities
- Merton College Boathouse
- The Real Tennis Court in Merton Street which can be used by the College Real Tennis Club
- Five acoustically-designed music practice rooms, each equipped with a piano
- Chapel services
- An approachable welfare team including Welfare Reps from the student body as well as the Chaplain, College Nurse, Junior Deans for Welfare and University support services
- Venues which can be booked without charge by students for club or society events and performances or recitals
Common Rooms
- As an undergraduate you will have access to the Junior Common Room (JCR), where you can relax on the sofas, read the papers or play table tennis
- As a graduate student you can use the historic Middle Common Room (MCR), with its comfortable seating, kitchen, games and selection of newspapers and magazines