Macquarie University City Campus

Macquarie City Campus offers individualized attention through smaller class sizes, with lectures capped at 50 students and tutorials at 25. Teachers would be able to offer one-to-one assistance and are more likely to meet the individual needs of their students. Teaching is student centered and often more communicative than is possible in large classes. Students also have more opportunity to speak.

Conveniently located above Wynyard train station, Macquarie City Campus is minutes from the Australian Stock Exchange, Martin Place and many international business headquarters. It provides an exciting, modern and professional environment in which to study. You could have opportunities to meet business people in your classroom and study in a real business environment.

Studying and living in the city center also means that it’s much easier and more feasible to find part-timer job, which could support some of your living expenses and serve as invaluable work experience for you. As an international student, you can work up to 20-hours a week, and unlimited hours during university vacation periods.

We have a large number of exciting internship placements in accounting, finance, journalism, marketing, media, and many more which are closely related to your bachelor’s degree.

Macquarie City Campus offers internships for students wishing to gain unpaid workplace experience within a business environment. Internships provide on-the-job training, practical work experience and increase your potential to obtain future work in your field of study. Internships are 20-hours a week for 12–16 weeks however, in some instances duration and hours can be negotiated with the host company.

Internships enable you to:

• experience Australian workplace culture
• transfer your knowledge from the classroom to workplace
• develop your technical skills
• improve your English and workplace communication skills
• increase your potential to obtain future work through your established business contacts
• obtain a workplace reference at the end of your internship.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain unpaid work experience and relate much of the theory learnt in the classroom to a practical workplace environment.

Macquarie City Campus provides flexibility with three intakes a year for undergraduate programs. Core units are offered every semester together with a select range of elective units.

With three intakes a year, there is the potential to fast track a bachelor degree to complete in two years rather than the standard three. You have the opportunity to complete your bachelor’s degree in 2 years – which means one year saving in living expenses and start working (making money) one year earlier!

The Macquarie University Foundation Program (MQFP) is suitable for students who have not completed the equivalent of Australian Year 12. Students study preparatory subjects in a small, supportive environment at Macquarie City Campus and have access to Macquarie City Campus and Macquarie University facilities. Once qualified, depending on the undergraduate program you wish to study, you can continue your bachelor degree at the North Ryde or city campus.

Macquarie City Campus offers a 36-week or 52-week Macquarie University Foundation Program course, depending on a student’s high school results. When you study the foundation program, you can choose from over 50 Macquarie University undergraduate courses from the four faculties:

• Arts
• Business and Economics
• Science
• Human Sciences

Once you successfully complete your MQFP, you could have 2 options:

• Articulate into year one of the bachelor degree at Macquarie, or
• Study a SIBT diploma program, which enables you to continue your studies. If successful, you will receive credit of one year and enter into the second year of a Macquarie bachelor degree.

SIBT Diploma courses provide an alternative pathway into Macquarie University undergraduate degrees. They are equivalent to Macquarie University’s first year bachelor degree. SIBT Diploma are offered at Macquarie University’s North Ryde and City campuses. You would advance directly into second year Macquarie University studies upon successful completion and meeting requirements.

Read more about: SIBT in association with Macquarie University

Our curriculum will enhance your learning experience and allow you to study subjects of interest both inside and outside your academic department. Macquarie City Campus offers the following undergraduate programs:

• 001357G Bachelor of Arts major in Cultural Studies;
• 001357G Bachelor of Arts major in Media, Cultural and Communication.
• 067851C Bachelor of Commerce – Professional Accounting
• 027343K Bachelor of Business Administration

Graduates who have completed a Bachelor of Commerce – Professional Accounting have completed an accredited course with CPA Australia and Institute of Accountants and Chartered Accountants (ICAA). Students are eligible to enrol into CPA and CA programs.

A full range of undergraduate programs are offered by Macquarie University North Ryde Campus.

Macquarie University postgraduate degrees are known for their mix of theoretical and practical disciplines. This level of understanding provides students with the expertise needed to work in an Australian and international setting. These programs are offered by Macquarie City Campus:

• 068956G Master of Accounting (Professional)
• 022767D Master of Accounting (CPA Extension)
• 071336K Master of International Business
• 044928K Master of Information Technology

The famous Master of Applied Finance programs is offered by Macquarie University North Ryde Campus.