Domestic UG
If you’re accepting your offer as a domestic student in an undergraduate or diploma program, you’re in the right place! Want to accept your offer but start later? You can always defer your offer.
Disability services
If you need help with any part of your enrolment due to disability, complete the registration form and contact Health and Wellbeing. Assistance is available to help complete the on-campus process and for support throughout your studies.
Let's get started!
Step 1
Find your student ID
Received a letter of offer from Macquarie?
Your 8-digit student ID is at the top of your offer letter. You'll need this to enrol.
Applied through UAC?
Find your Student ID here.
Step 2
Get to know the language
You will find the following terms useful to navigate your way through your offer and enrolment process.
Degree | A degree is a qualification awarded by a university. It is awarded for successful work at undergraduate (bachelor degree) or postgraduate (higher degree e.g. Masters) level. |
Handbook | The Handbook sets out the requirements for your degree, as well as the majors and units available for study. You must follow the Handbook of the year you started your degree. This is to ensure you meet all the requirements necessary for you to graduate. |
Faculty | The University is divided into five key subject areas called faculties. Each degree falls under one of the five faculties. To see what faculty in which a degree falls, visit the Handbook.
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Credit | Each unit is worth a specified number of credit points. This indicates the amount of work required in the unit. Each credit point reflects 3 hours of work – so a 3 credit point unit would require 9 hours of work (in class and at home) each week. An undergraduate unit is worth 3 credit points. |
Unit | A unit is a subject studied within a degree. An undergraduate unit is worth 3 credit points. The letters represent the subject area of the unit and can be found in the Handbook. The first number represents the year level and level of understanding required for this unit.
For example, AHIS118 Latin A, is a 100 level unit for Ancient Languages. This requires basic or no previous studies in Latin prior to attempting the unit. Upon the successful completion of this unit, you will have the knowledge to attempt higher level units. For example, AHIS219 Latin B. |
Required unit | A required unit is compulsory to complete your degree. |
Elective | Most degrees include a certain number of elective units which you can select from any faculty, as long as you meet the entry requirements of the unit (the prerequisites). |
Prerequisite | Units or a requirement that must be met for you to enrol in a unit. |
People | Most degrees include a required People unit and a required Planet unit. These units aim to broaden your knowledge and understanding of the world. Required or optional units for your degree can't count as a People unit or a Planet unit. Your People unit(s) and Planet unit(s) must be taken from two different faculties. For example, if you take your People unit from the Faculty of Arts, your Planet unit must be taken from one of the other four faculties. For example,
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PACE | Professional and community engagement is know as PACE. Students must complete at least one PACE unit in their degree. PACE units provide the opportunity to use academic studies in a real life context through practical experience such as an internship, community projects and fieldwork both locally or internationally. |
Session | The academic year is divided into sessions.
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Study mode | You can study your degree full-time or part-time.
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Attendance mode | You can study units on-campus or off-campus. Refer to the Handbook for a description of the attendance modes for units. |
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What to study: Choosing majors and minors
Depending on your degree, you many need to complete a major. If your degree allows it, you can choose to study a double major, or a combination of a major and minor.
- Major
- An area of concentrated study
- Represents your main interest
- Usually 24 credit points (8 units)
- At least 12 credit points at 300 level or above
- Minor
- A smaller area of study
- Optional - represents your secondary interest
- 12 credit points (4 units)
- At least 6 credit points at 200 level or above
How do I choose a major?
Think about the following when choosing your major.
- What career can I have with this major?
- What am I good at? What subjects did I excel in at school?
- What about something completely new?
- Does it interest me?
Remember – you can consult the Handbook to help with this decision.
Step 3
Your domestic undergraduate enrolment checklist
As a handy reference, print this checklist and mark it off as you go.
- Log into eStudent and accept your offer.
- While in eStudent, update and check your personal details.
- Submit a Commonwealth Assistance Form (eCAF) and pay or defer your Student Amenities Fee (SAF).
- Got your tax file number (TFN)? You'll need one to defer the payment of your fees. If you don't have one, you'll need to apply (it can take up to one month).
Enrolment for units and classes will be available in December. Until then:
- Have you completed previous studies that you want recognised? Apply for recognition of prior learning.
- Activate your OneID. Your OneID allows access to iLearn, email and Ask.MQ using the same password. Your OneID is your 8-digit Student ID and password of choice.
- Log into your student email via gmail.com. Use your firstname.lastname@students.mq.edu.au and OneID password.
Step 4
Login to eStudent
This is where you’ll secure your place.
First time logging in? The password is your date of birth (ddmmyyyy).
Click the MY OFFER tab in eStudent and accept your offer.