Welcome to the EngSci Common Room! This is a place only open to EngSci students. It offers study spaces, foosball tables, video games, vending machines, and more. Located in Bahen Centre, the Common Room is open 24/7 during the school year and to access it, all you need is your T-Card.
The “room” is actually two rooms connected by internal doors: a study space in the front (BA 2128), and a lounge at the back (BA 2124). It holds a lot of people; we once found more than 90 chairs in the room! You can see flyers, notices, and memes plastered all around the room. There are also cabinets filled with old textbooks, handbooks, and solution manuals.
Study Spaces
The Common Room has ample space for studying, mostly concentrated in the front room. Most of the space is designed for collaborative studying with chalkboards and whiteboards available to use. There are also rooms for quiet study, or if you want to work with a group. The Common Room can get quite noisy when it gets busy during the day, especially during lunch!
EngSci Club Office
The Common Room is also home to the EngSci Club office. If you have any questions about university, EngSci, academic support, they can direct you to resources and answers. The EngSci Club office also offers lockers that students can rent throughout the year. This can be helpful for commuter students who want to store some of their belongings on campus.
Community
In the back room (lounge), there is a large table next to a blackboard, where you’ll see EngScis hold group review sessions, draw memes, and work on problem sets, among other things, often while they’re having lunch. In addition, this is also a space where you can play foosball or video games, stream movies on the TV, and/or microwave your lunch. This is where you can relax and hang out with friends.
Etiquette
The Common Rooms are spaces for EngSci students only. When studying or socializing with non-EngSci students, you are encouraged to use other U of T spaces. To find study spaces around campus, you can also use the Sync Search app here.
Please do not admit students you don’t know to the rooms. This is to protect everyone’s safety.
EngSci students are responsible for keeping the EngSci Common Rooms clean and tidy! Eat only in the designated areas and clean up any mess you make. There are recycling and waste bins in each room—use them! Do not do anything that would leave stains or permanent marks on common room facilities, including the furniture.
Respect others who share the space. When partaking in loud activities in the back room (e.g. watching movies, playing foosball), close the doors so others can study in the front. Talking is of course allowed, and collaboration is encouraged, but limit your volume to avoid disturbing others. The common room also shares a wall with the EngSci office and boisterous shouting disturbs work there.
Regarding security, thefts have happened in these rooms. Never leave your belongings unattended. Do not let anyone you don’t know into the common room, and do not prop the door open. U of T buildings are open to the public much of the week. Never leave valuables unattended because laptops have been stolen. This applies to U of T spaces in general.
Please note that the rooms are equipped with video cameras for everyone’s safety and security. Your activities may be recorded.
Most importantly, use your Common Room common sense!