Whether you're planning to study in 2014, or just want a peek inside one of Australia's premier universities, Open Day is the perfect place to start your journey. From 10am to 4pm on Saturday 14 September, campus will be buzzing with over 13,000 visitors.
You’ve never seen Macquarie University like this: experience Open Day while steering on a Segway, atop a camel or in the comfort of a trackless train. Whichever way you choose, you’ll experience Macquarie like you’ve never imagined.
Open Day offers the local community a unique opportunity to visit the expanding facilities on campus, including the new Australian Hearing Hub, the stunning library, multi-million dollar media facilities and some of the Asia-Pacific’s best science and engineering labs.
Highlights for 2013 include the return of the engineering department’s Segway test track; slime making for kids from the Chemistry team; Vegesafe – a new soil testing initiative for keen community gardeners; new facility tours through the Australian Hearing Hub and the always-popular camel rides around Macquarie’s iconic lake.
A new set of mini-lectures also gives insight into Macquarie’s experts and degrees, with topics such as:
A key component of Macquarie’s unique learning environment is PACE, an initiative which helps our students develop valuable career skills through practical experience in the workplace or community. Our PACE experiences are fully integrated into our curriculum, with Macquarie the only Australian university to offer such a program. Talk to our PACE team at Open Day to find out more.
Before Open Day, it’s a good idea to plan out your day. Log on to the interactive online planner and connect to see which of your friends are attending lectures, find out more about our teaching staff and meet people who share interests and aspirations. Your online planner will give you reminders on the day of where you need to be, and where you can meet up with friends at the same lectures and events.
On the day, Square One in the Central Courtyard is the place to start. You can:
If you can’t make it on the day, check out our presentations online after the event: www.openday.mq.edu.au
You’ve never seen Macquarie University like this: experience Open Day while steering on a Segway, atop a camel or in the comfort of a trackless train. Whichever way you choose, you’ll experience Macquarie like you’ve never imagined.
Open Day offers the local community a unique opportunity to visit the expanding facilities on campus, including the new Australian Hearing Hub, the stunning library, multi-million dollar media facilities and some of the Asia-Pacific’s best science and engineering labs.
Highlights for 2013 include the return of the engineering department’s Segway test track; slime making for kids from the Chemistry team; Vegesafe – a new soil testing initiative for keen community gardeners; new facility tours through the Australian Hearing Hub and the always-popular camel rides around Macquarie’s iconic lake.
A new set of mini-lectures also gives insight into Macquarie’s experts and degrees, with topics such as:
- Media for the 21st century
- Passport for an international career
- Big data or big hype: the evolution of data as a science
- Augumented reality in education
- Earthquakes, tsunamis, global warming and carbon tax
- The secret behind successful organisations: Human resources and psychology
A key component of Macquarie’s unique learning environment is PACE, an initiative which helps our students develop valuable career skills through practical experience in the workplace or community. Our PACE experiences are fully integrated into our curriculum, with Macquarie the only Australian university to offer such a program. Talk to our PACE team at Open Day to find out more.
Before Open Day, it’s a good idea to plan out your day. Log on to the interactive online planner and connect to see which of your friends are attending lectures, find out more about our teaching staff and meet people who share interests and aspirations. Your online planner will give you reminders on the day of where you need to be, and where you can meet up with friends at the same lectures and events.
On the day, Square One in the Central Courtyard is the place to start. You can:
- ask Macquarie student advisers about their uni experience
- decide what lectures to attend
- find the right people to talk to throughout the day
- get maps, programs and brochures
If you can’t make it on the day, check out our presentations online after the event: www.openday.mq.edu.au
