The wadas are your home away from home. All students and faculty live on campus in one of five wadas. Every wada has approximately 6 student houses, each with two rooms, two bathrooms, and a house courtyard. Typically, four students — two first-years and two-second years — share a room.

There are approximately 4 to 5 faculty houses per wada. The wada faculty residents act as ‘house parents’ to the students living in their wada. Your house parent will periodically visit you and your house-mates in your house to make sure you’re well settled, getting along with your roommates and doing your laundry frequently enough! One of the wada’s faculty residents also acts as a ‘wada parent’ who is responsible for the safety and security of the students in the wada and for promoting an open, positive atmosphere. Finally, students are assigned to advisors who almost always live in the same wada, so they’re close at hand for guidance about all things academic, social, and personal. The role of faculty as house parents, advisors, and wada parents is an excellent way for our students to learn from faculty outside the context of academia.

Our students often organise events, movie nights, or dinner for their wada. You will live in the same wada for both years at MUWCI, building strong bonds with your fellow wada residents during your time here.