Education discounts and career opportunities
View the range of education discounts, career benefits and opportunities available to Macquarie alumni.
Postgraduate study scholarships
Macquarie graduates may be eligible for a 10% sponsorship of fees when deciding to continue their postgraduate study with Macquarie University.
Learn more about the Postgraduate Loyalty Scheme.
Course discounts
MQBS offer a range of short courses on Finance, Innovation, Leadership and more, and Macquarie University alumni receive a special 20% discount on enrolment in open program courses.
For more information, visit the Short Courses website.
Contact microcredentials@mq.edu.au to find out how you can use this exclusive alumni discount.
Career services
Careers and employment services
Macquarie's Career and Employment Service is offered to all current students during their studies and up to 12 months after they graduate.
Recent graduates can register as alumni in Employability Connect to access Macquarie's career services, including:
- employment opportunities — casual, international, volunteer, work experience
- career events — career planning, interviews, resume writing
- career information — presentations from past employers, sample resumes and fact sheets.
Career Advantage MQ is a professional career development service that is designed for MQ Alumni 12 months or more after graduation to help you achieve your career goals. Uncover your key career motivators, strengths, and blind spots to prepare for your next career challenge with a special alumni price of $240 (standard price is $900).
This service is delivered by MQ Master of Organisational Psychology Provisional Psychologists under the supervision of Endorsed Organisational Psychologists.
The Backpack to Briefcase (B2B) series focuses on providing our new alumni with professional development, networking and career-building opportunities. These include events in person, volunteer opportunities, and exclusive access to professional development content and online communities via social media.
We have several different themes including:
- Beer with the Boss — one of our most popular alumni networking events, and is about the opportunity for young alumni to connect with senior industry leaders outside the work environment. The concept is simple: relax, grab a drink (or two) and speed network with a ‘boss’ in a group.
- The Challenge — in teams, work together to come up with a solution to the scenario and give a short, three-minute pitch in front of a panel of accomplished (but friendly) experts. The Challenge is about so much more than winning. It is about getting out of your comfort zone, bouncing ideas off people you’ve never met, hearing fresh perspectives by thinking outside the box and practicing your problem solving and communication skills.
- Pop-up networking drinks — a casual networking event with the only agenda being to meet people.
- Professional workshops.
Join our Young Alumni network on LinkedIn to find out more.
If you're in a position to recruit new talent, consider connecting with our career and employment services team to build your professional network and engage with our enthusiastic students.
Opportunities can include:
- advertising a job on CareerHub to more than 40,000 students and recent graduates
- hiring an intern or sharing paid/unpaid internship opportunities
- exhibiting at our careers fairs or on-campus workshops
- partnering with us to provide cooperative education programs.
To learn more, visit our hiring students webpage.