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It’s what’s inside that counts 4 Imagine your future 4 At a glance 6 Get real-world experience before you graduate 8 Our areas of study 10 8 Shape your future 14 18 Tread your own path 18 Campus life 20 Be a global citizen 22 Bonus points, scholarships and special entry 24 Getting here is easy 26 10 Open Day 2014 27 20 24 26 27 WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 3 4 WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Imagine your future TRANSFORM YOURSELF WITH MACQUARIE Macquarie is more than your traditional university. When you choose Macquarie, you are not only choosing a world-class educational experience, you will also gain access to our first-class facilities, friendly staff and students, and park-like campus. You will learn from the best and apply your knowledge to real-life situations through PACE, our international exchange program and many other opportunities we provide our students. Macquarie does more than offer you an exceptional education with outstanding career prospects; Macquarie offers you the opportunity to transform yourself. Through global engagement, real-world experiences and our unique curriculum, Macquarie will help you realise your aspirations, whatever they might be. So what are you waiting for? WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 5 At a glance MACQUARIE FACTS AND FIGURES 90 per cent 2500 5 QS Stars of our graduates under the age of 25 are students in PACE (Professional and in teaching, employability, research, employed in their first full-time job within Community Engagement) since internationalisation, facilities, innovation, six months of completing their study its inception access and specialist subjects 35 50 Australian Hearing Hub active industry partnerships in the countries and over 150 well-regarded brings together some of the country’s Faculty of Business and Economics alone partner universities for exchange best researchers and service providers to advance research, education and innovation into hearing and language disorders 10,000 150,000 15 degrees awarded annually alumni in more than 140 countries kilometres from the Sydney CBD $1 billion 80 invested in infrastructure and facilities the only Australian university with a undergraduate majors in recent years licence to dig in Egypt’s Nile Valley $$$ Over 38,000 $2 Million Macquarie University Hospital students awarded in scholarships each year Australia’s most technologically advanced private hospital on a university campus 6 WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 7 Get real-world experience before you graduate MACQUARIE’S PACE PROGRAM We’ve all heard that employers want graduates with experience, but how do you get that experience until someone employs you? Macquarie’s 3Ps This is where Macquarie’s unique PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) program comes in: it gives you Macquarie is the only Australian university to offer real-world practical experience while you’re still a student so you can get experiences that are fully integrated into the curriculum. that all-important headstart on your career. Known as the ‘3Ps’, People, Planet and PACE units underpin Through local and international experiences, PACE offers you our degrees and have been developed in response to the invaluable work and life skills that set you apart from other need from employers for well-rounded employees with both graduates; skills that equip you for the real world and make specialised skills and breadth of understanding who will fit you more attractive to employers. Who doesn’t want that? comfortably into the workplace and the broader society. You could be interning at international corporations like Microsoft To ensure that you study a diversity of units, you will or GlaxoSmithKline, working with Indigenous tourism operators complete a People and a Planet unit as part of your degree. in the Northern Territory, building houses for homeless people You will also have the opportunity to undertake a PACE unit. in Peru, working with local councils to develop community People units offer a range of socially focused subjects that engagement strategies or assisting with a land rights claim in the help you explore everything from dance and linguistics jungles of Borneo. This is just a snapshot though; our range of PACE to philosophy, history and environmental economics. options are extensive. Planet units relate to the natural world and include units But PACE is about more than preparing you for work; PACE helps on sustainability, law, bioethics, introductory physics, prepare you for life by showing you how you can apply the skills environmental accounting and astronomy, among others. you learn in the classroom to real-life situations, and by helping you develop maturity, wisdom and a deeper understanding of the world – and your place in it. 8 WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Windows of opportunity HOW THE PACE PROGRAM HELPED RONAN “Macquarie was my first choice when leaving school. “The PACE program is an important part of our recruitment Several of my friends and family had studied at Macquarie strategy. What has impressed me, and why we continue and each of them strongly recommended I do so. to support the program, is because the students come Macquarie has great teachers, facilities and social activities, in so ready to perform corporate tasks. We think about and the travel options make it so easy to get to. hiring PACE program participants as they have a track record that makes them incredibly attractive to us.” The highlight of my time at Macquarie was an internship I undertook at Microsoft, which has led to a full-time Steven Miller position. The internship was facilitated through the PACE Business planning manager program, which is unique to Macquarie. While interning, Microsoft Australia I also undertook two PACE units. Both were really beneficial as the intern program itself was very intense and engaging, and the units helped me reflect on my experience. The practical nature of studying at Macquarie helped me greatly in developing initiative and communication skills, which are essential in succeeding in my graduate role at Microsoft. Through PACE I was able to take what I was learning in my degree and test my skills and knowledge in a real-world context.” Ronan Chander Bachelor of Commerce Audience marketing manager Microsoft Australia WHICH WAY NOW? – IMAGINING YOUR FUTURE AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 9 Our areas of study DISCOVER A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Faculty of Arts Media, creative arts and communications At Macquarie our programs are designed to keep you up-to-date with new and emerging media and industry practices while ensuring you have a strong understanding of traditional mass communication. Home to Australia’s first media department, you will learn from award-winning academics and experts and have access to industry-standard facilities – the best of any university in the country. Our multi-million dollar media hub includes professional screen, radio and dance studios, state-of-the-art digital workstations for all production areas, a specially equipped screening theatre and the latest in digital production and editing tools.