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UC Undergraduate
Studies Catalog 2019-2023 Section III Facilities,
Resources and Activities for Students, Researchers and the General Public |
The University
of Cambodia has various facilities and resources in order to encourage our
students and others to further develop their soft skills, including those
related to the need for life-long learning.
1. The Handa Library and E-Library
This has some of the best resources in Cambodia for
access to traditional print media and electronic material. Thus over 100,000
books, periodicals, magazines and newspapers are shelved; whilst twenty
dedicated computers provide students and others with access to databases and
other electronic resources.
Apart from UC students, faculty and staff, these
resources can be accessed by the general public. Both are open every day apart
from public holidays: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. at the weekend. To access electronic media, users must first
get an account with a password to log in; thereafter, they can use a computer
for up to two hours each day, subject to availability.
In addition, free WiFi is
available here as elsewhere on campus.
In coordination with the various Schools and Colleges, the UC Bookstore sells the
textbooks and other study materials required by students for each course, together
with writing and other accessories. In addition, the Bookstore also sells for a
nominal price various forms such as those required to be submitted when a
student needs to take leave of absence. It is open every day apart from public
holidays: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
weekend.
3. Dedicated
Laboratory Facilities
Various computer-based facilities are available to
provide students with hands-on experience in developing practical skills as a
necessary supplement to the theory taught during lectures, either during the
relevant degree-courses or during short courses open to the general public.
i.
Computer Laboratories The Networking Laboratory allows students to use
simulations in order to get practical experience in interconnecting various
devices such as computers, servers, and printers using different types of
physical communication links and the associated routing issues which arise with
the different layers involved in setting up and administering Local and Wide
Area Networks (LANs and WANs). This laboratory also allows students to put into
practice classroom theory regarding other aspects of computer programming,
including writing Hyper-Text Mark-up Language for web-pages, together with the
use of Cascade Style Sheets, JavaScript, etc. The Networking Laboratory
is equipped with 51 computers with Windows software running under NetSupport School to monitor class activities.
Another, the Computer Repair Laboratory, offers
students the opportunity to study the assembly characteristics of various
brands of computer, using operational machines. A third laboratory with servers
is being developed to allow students to learn the features of Zero Client
architecture.
ii. IT Center This has 68 computers with Windows running
under NetSupport and installed with a variety of
different software including Cisco Package Tracer v.11, Network Visualizer 4.0,
DOSBox, Turbo C++, SQL Server 2008, WampServer, JCreator 4.0, Visual
Basic, Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visio 2007, Microsoft Project 2007, Corel
Draw x5, Adobe CS 3, Adobe Collection, Sony Vegas 8.0, MS Office 2010 and Khmer
Unicode together with the accounting software QuickBooks Premier.
iii. Multimedia Language
Laboratory Apart from various electronic dictionaries, this
facility has software such as Tell Me More English, the Rosetta Stone V2
application to allow students to develop their vocabulary together with
listening and speaking skills in various languages with the aid of audio
monitors, whether on their own or under supervision.
These
provide resources which can be used for the benefit of the general student
population or for particular groups.
i.
SEATV and SEARadio These are housed in a building next to UC’s main building.
Their operational facilities for the preparing and airing of programs allow
them to also provide practical exposure to students in the College of Media and
Communications and other degree programs to use state-of-the-art technologies.
ii. Conference Venues The Conference Center, with a seating
capacity of 200, serves as a venue for the hosting of large events organized by
the students themselves; and for those such as guest lectures organized for
students and others as well as for outsiders who wish to run similar events.
There is also a Conference Room for more
intimate meetings, with a seating capacity of at least 50; like the Conference
Centre, it is provided with the necessary audiovisual
equipment.
iii. Faculty Lounges Each College and
School has a lounge on its respective floor for their full- and part-time
faculty to interact, as well as providing internet and other facilities to help
them prepare their teaching materials.