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Get Involved This Semester

Get involved, get connected, get ACTIVE

All study and no play? The Active Campus Program is here to make your campus experience more fun, relaxing, and engaging with its year-long calendar of activities.

With free play sessions, pop-up activities, free quick hits, and classes, there's something for everyone to get involved, get connected, get ACTIVE!

Discover What's On


Try out a new sport and meet others in our weekly Free Play sessions during lunchtime.


Explore a range of MU Sport-exclusive classes and workshops, such as yoga and self-defence.


Come and Try a new sport, hosted by our sports clubs. Open for beginners/all levels.


Pop up events like Rec Room are a way to socialize and have fun on campus.


All students get free access to the pool, gym, and group fitness at selected times.


Free walk-up hire of tennis, badminton, and squash courts between 9:00am and 11:00am Monday to Friday.

Free Play

Try out a new sport and meet others in our weekly Free Play sessions.


NOTE: Please check our Activity Calendar below to see what sessions are running each week as there may be certain instances when sessions are cancelled due to events and operations.

Classes and Workshops

Explore a range of MU Sport-exclusive classes and workshops.


  • Join us for a Bike Awareness Session at the Ernie Cropley Sports Pavilion! The workshop is specially designed to help international students enhance their biking skills and knowledge for riding a bike in Melbourne.
  • Register here
  • The second of our two-part bike workshop series for international students, this interactive session will help you pick some simple tricks for bike maintenance and repair. Join us at the Ernie Cropley Sports Pavilion!
  • Register here

Clubs Come & Try

Get involved with our sporting clubs through Come and Try sessions and pick up a new sport.

Pop-up Activities

Pop-in for a pop-up activity like Rec Room to socialise and break the monotony!

Market Hall Activation

market hall pop-up


We are turning the Market Hall into a playground! Drop by for a casual round of table tennis or to play a fun game of Jenga or Connect 4. If you just want to sit back and relax, we will have some live sport on a big screen to keep you entertained.

Free Access to Facilities

All students get free access to the pool, gym, and group fitness classes at selected times.

Free Swim for Students

Grab your goggles and jump into the pool for a quick swim!

Available from Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 11.00am*

Walk-up hire only (sorry, no bookings) and available to University of Melbourne students.

*During non-teaching periods, the Free Swim program will operate from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. The pool will also be closed during the holiday period from 23 December 2024 to 12pm on 2 January 2025.

Free Gym Sessions

For all current FREE gym session, please visit the LSF Activity Schedule here
Free Group Fitness classes

A number of classes each week are FREE for students to try, view our timetable and look for FREE under Class

View the Group Fitness timetable here

Quick Hits

Free Quick Hits for Students

Between 9:00am and 11:00am Monday to Friday, Tennis, Badminton and Squash hire is FREE for University of Melbourne students.

These 30 minutes bookings can only be made at Nona Lee Sports Centre reception on the day with no prebookings. Unfortunately, there is no equipment hire available, participants need to bring all their own racquets and balls.

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Water Safety Program
Social Sport
Court Hire