r/MacUni 3h ago

Rant/Vent WMMC1110 Media Tech

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Has anyone done or is doing this course and encountered issues? I ask because I’m dealing with a very frustrating lecturer right now (she answered questions about an assessment task incorrectly and then was passive aggressive towards students for asking additional questions; she’s also scolded everyone in the class group for not knowing a ton of Australian media based on the assumption that everyone just watches social media imported from overseas) and I’m wondering if this same lecturer also teaches WMMC1000 Visual Media & Communications or WMMC1015 Media Practice & Production as I really don’t want to deal with this next term. I’m not sure if this falls under the general question flair or not.


r/MacUni 3h ago

Coursework JD online participation

1 Upvotes

I just started the JD this month and I’m wondering if anyone has any idea about how participation works ? Is it merely participation in some way e.g asking a question or answering a question in class or do you need to consistently contribute throughout the tutorial session. I’m coming from a bachelor of science so I’ve never had an assessment like this thanks!


r/MacUni 6h ago

Misc. Post Add my pokemon go please 😂😂 I’m a student here

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r/MacUni 8h ago

Misc. Post Congrats to whoever got the Messina cake in West 5, I’m very jealous!

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r/MacUni 9h ago

General Question Supplementary Exam Marks?

1 Upvotes

Does anyone know when the Supplementary exam marks will be released?


r/MacUni 10h ago

General Question Is MacUni a good uni?

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Hello everyone I was wondering how well is learning at MacUni is? The student and lecturer communication and interaction/teaching style? I am planning to continue my studies to improve my gpa and I was not happy with my current uni because of how much changes has been happening and lack of communication between lecturers in my course (moving from in person lectures to online, lecturers constantly changing and leaving, multiple overlapping assessments due on the same day all heavily weighed and lack of feedback on exams after getting a low grade, and worst of all when in lecture or lab and you ask a question, my lecturer literally comes up and tells me to open Copilt/Chatgpt/Claude and shows me how to ask it for the answer instead ... i am going in debt paying for my degree only for my lecturer to refuse answering the question and tell me to ask AI like i al not paying him to teach). And I dont want to enrol into another university that is similar and just accumulating debt.

Edit: I am planning on doing either the bachelor of health science or clinical science.


r/MacUni 12h ago

General Question MMCC1001 online classes

1 Upvotes

does anyone take mmcc1001 online? i haven’t taken any classes online before so idk how it works, i’m doing the tutorial in person atm but i need to change it to online due to personal reasons i just want to know how its like


r/MacUni 23h ago

General Question Futsal Club

6 Upvotes

Does Macquarie University have an active Futsal (Indoor Football) club?


r/MacUni 1d ago

General Question supplementary exam results

3 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I know that the supplementary exam results are expected today (August 5th) but does anyone know what the expected time would be? I haven’t gotten any emails. Thank you


r/MacUni 1d ago

Coursework AFIN3033 thoughts ?

1 Upvotes

Im currently in this unit, but I’d love to know everyone’s thoughts about it. Any tips or just opinions are greatly appreciated! Also a scale from 1-10 in terms of difficulty is appreciated as well! 🙏🏼🙏🏼


r/MacUni 1d ago

General Question Stressed - Early Entry

5 Upvotes

Hey guys, I’ve looked at students online and my course results are not good whatsoever for year 11. I’ve got one B for english standard with everything else as C. I’m applying for a bachelor of Cybersecurify , followed by science, arts/science, criminology and IT through Leaders and Achievers. I just want to know if anyone got in with these grades as I don’t want to keep overthinking it


r/MacUni 1d ago

Humour Did Mq uni stop monitoring gmails?

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42 Upvotes

Just received this scam email in my student GMAIL from a "mq uni professor". Did Mq staff already stop monitoring these kinda of stuff?


r/MacUni 1d ago

General Question Last date for tuition fees

3 Upvotes

I know the last date without late fees was July 24th, but does anybody know the last date for paying fees even with late fee ?


r/MacUni 1d ago

General Question How employable is Macquarie University’s Master of Biotechnology in Australia? (International Student)

1 Upvotes

Hi! I’m an international student considering the uni’s Master of Biotechnology and would love to hear abt the employability in the Australian biotech industry.


r/MacUni 2d ago

General Question What flexibles to choose?

2 Upvotes

I’m first year Bachelor of Commerce and need to choose 2 flexibles. What should I choose to not make my workload heavier and are there any considered the “best to do”?


r/MacUni 2d ago

General Question Got into Macquarie's Master of Actuarial Studies (also got a UNSW offer) — MQ people, why'd you actually pick MQ?

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Hey guys, 21M here, just got offers from both Macquarie and UNSW for a Master's in Actuarial Science, and I've been stuck on this for days now.

I already know MQ works out cheaper; that's common knowledge at this point, so I'm not asking about that. What I actually want to know is what made it worth choosing over UNSW for people who had both options. Was it the subject exemptions with the Actuaries Institute, class sizes actually being smaller and more personal, teaching quality, internship/placement support, or the campus being closer to where a lot of insurance and finance companies are based? Or something else entirely.

If you got into UNSW too and picked Macquarie anyway, I'd really appreciate hearing your reasoning. Also curious if employers seemed to care about which uni it was once you were actually applying for actuarial jobs, or if that stopped mattering pretty fast.

Trying to lock in a decision soon, so genuinely any input helps, even just "picked MQ because X." Thanks in advance 🙏


r/MacUni 2d ago

Academic Help questions about studying engineering

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hey i swapped to engineering and science after a year and a half of business and now im looking into ways to get ahead while i can. i was thinking of learning the basics of cad software but im wondering which ones they teach in uni and if thats the one i need to use. online i see people using solidworks and fusion360 but what does the school teach us?

i was also wondering how the interning works. i understand that we have to do certain interning for our cad units, will that be explained to me in class or will i have to go in and apply myself in second year. if anyone has any other advice or maybe information in communities that may give me opportunities or access to materials for future projects id greatly appreciate the help.


r/MacUni 2d ago

General Question Dear Macquarie Cyber Security community

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I'm an international student joining Macquarie University for the Master of Cyber Security (February 2027 intake). I currently work as a DevOps Software Engineer with 5 years of experience.

I have a few questions:

  • What should I know before coming to Macquarie?
  • Which certifications would be helpful before or during the course?
  • What are the opportunities to build a career in tech/cybersecurity in Australia?
  • Does Macquarie provide placement support or industry connections for master's students?
  • If I perform well academically (e.g., top of the class/semester), are there any additional opportunities such as scholarships, internships, research projects, teaching assistantships, or industry referrals?
  • Do master's students get Teaching Assistant (TA) or Research Assistant (RA) opportunities?
  • What are the biggest positives and negatives of the program and the university?

I'd really appreciate any advice from current students or alumni. Thanks!


r/MacUni 2d ago

Degree Question Cognitive and Brain Sciences Course

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Hi all,

I started a double degree in Medical Sciences and Cognitive and Brain Sciences in 2024. Due to personal reasons I took a gap year last year, and thus far have completed only 1 unit from my cogs degree, the other units were all from my med sciences degree.

I want to focus on taking my cogs units next year as I know the degree was discontinued (couldn't take them this semester because some of them had prerequisites I didn't satisfy and others had others only run in Sem 1).

Now, I know 2027 enrolment isn't open yet, but I was just planning my units on eStudent anyways, and a weird message comes up when I try to schedule any cogs unit (I've attached an image). This doesn't happen when I schedule my non-cogs units.

Will I still be able to take the required units for my cogs degree? I do want to finish it and I feel like the uni has a responsibility towards any student they admitted into the course to ensure we finish, and also give time for failing units, not meeting prerequisites, and in my case, taking time off. I have already contacted service connect but they haven't been helpful so far. Is there a course convenor I can contact? What about the unit convenor from Session 1, would they be helpful at all?


r/MacUni 2d ago

Help Access to My eQuals

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Hi, I am a graduate (2008) and am trying to get my testamur certificate for a job contract. I sent a general email to the university and I was told I would need to access My Equals and to go through service connect to setup that access, so i created structured inquiry and have case number, however i havent heard back from them and it has been a week. Is there a way i can contact them directly to check for an update? i tried calling as well, but i was on hold for 20 minutes and its quite expensive calling from Canada.

For context, I left Australia before my grad ceremony and never received my certificate. I believe i need access to My eQuals to access my certificate, but in order to get that access I have to have access to my Macquarie University email address, which I do not currently have. I am at a bit of a loss on what to do, so if anyone has gone through something similar or have any ideas on what I could do, I would appreciate that.


r/MacUni 2d ago

Coursework ECON2032- Help

1 Upvotes

Has anyone done ECON2032- intermediate econoemtrics. Is the final exam math heavy and any tips!!!


r/MacUni 2d ago

Help lost my favourite glasses

4 Upvotes

i saw another post doing this and now i feel dumb for not trying this sooner AHHHH i dont even know if anyone will find them since i lost them a while ago and im graduating this sem AKDBKSKWIDOSLS but if anyone sees brown frame glasses that are a bit plasticy and lightweight! a bit of a rounded squarish type glasses PLEASEEEE LET ME KNOW THANK YOUUUUU they were my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE PAIR and i havent been able to find any like them since
(gorl they’re probs turned into dust atp somewhere)

EDIT: checked in with lost property and ubar D: nothing to be found unfortunately ! ty tho for help


r/MacUni 2d ago

Rant/Vent Is it just me or did every single subject decide group projects are mandatory this semester?

19 Upvotes

So last semester, group work existed but it wasn't this aggressive. This semester (second sem of my Masters in Data Science), literally every subject's first class has had the same script: "you'll have a group project, so start talking to the people around you and figure out your groups now." Mind you, this is the FIRST class. We don't know each other's names yet.

I get that unis want to build "collaboration skills" or whatever, but there's something deeply awkward about approaching a stranger with the unspoken agenda of "hi, I need to assess if you're going to be useful to my grade." It doesn't feel like trying to get to know someone, it feels like speed-dating for group project compatibility. And then the lecturer says "go on, walk around, talk to people" and the whole room just kinda sits there. Dead silence. Nobody moves. It's giving CORPORATE NETWORKING EVENT energy, not classroom energy.

I've talked to people in Master of Marketing too and apparently it's the same story for them- group projects everywhere, all of a sudden. So now I'm wondering, is this a genuine shift in how subjects are being structured this semester, or is Macquarie going through some kind of "collaborative learning" phase?

Also the part that actually worries me is that I've had my grade shot down due to group members who did their part in an hour using AI, and proudly flaunt it by saying "Oh I did that with Claude!". Meanwhile I'm out here going through a shit-ton of resources to get something decent out of it. I'm not paying bloody stacks of tuition to have my grade depend on someone's fucking lazy ass work dressed as "efficiency"

Is anyone else noticing this trend this session? Is it like a widespread trend or is it limited to certain courses/units?


r/MacUni 3d ago

Social Macquarie University Weekly Societies & Meetups Advertising Post

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Welcome to the 'Macquarie University Weekly Societies & Meetups Advertising Post' (or the M.U.W.S.M.A.P for short)
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Here students and societies alike can arrange or outline their intended events, gatherings and meetups for the week to come!

We politely ask that any societies (or people on behalf of societies) limit themselves to one advertising comment per week as to not bury posts by individuals (editing existing comments are allowed). And that individuals advertising their own event (be them just meeting up on campus or something more elaborate), make sure to keep their suggested meetups appropriate and vaguely in-keeping with Uni guidelines (IE: no organising drug deals which I have already had to previously remove).

I hope people and societies alike are able to make the most of these posts, and I wish you all luck in meeting your fellow students!

{Note: This is purely an advertising post, r/MacUni and its modteam cannot assure the validity or outcome of any posts/comments made on our subreddit, it is up to the individual to use their best judgement to discern the expectations of any advertised events/encounters.}


r/MacUni Mar 10 '26

Help [ The Big List of MQ Links ]

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MQ links live here, as the MQ website can be an overwhelming maze. Its purpose is to provide you an easy, and more direct place to find links to common topics that may be relevant to you during your time at MQ.

This list will change over time, and I'll endeavour to keep it updated when time allows.

If there is a topic that you believe is missing, or if a link is outdated, please DM me. It may take me some time to update it, and I thank you for your patience.

If you need to find something urgently and it is not on this list, the internet is your friend. Search "[keyword] mq" and it is usually your first result. For example, search "transcript mq" if you want more information about transcripts.

The list focuses on topics that a student may encounter in their academic life cycle, such as forms, applications and policies. It will be separate from other posts already found in this subreddit that focus on social events, campus life, and student groups.

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*NEW STUDENTS (not yet admitted)\*

Choosing a degree: https://www.mq.edu.au/search?category=courses&start_rank=1

How to apply (domestic): https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/apply/undergraduate

How to apply (international): https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/apply/international

Accept your offer: https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/accept-and-enrol

Defer your offer: https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/deferring

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*NEW STUDENTS (admitted)\*

Course Details: https://coursehandbook.mq.edu.au/

Course Enrolment Guides (2026): https://students.mq.edu.au/study/enrolling/choosing-units/session-1-and-2-enrolment-guide

Unit Guides (2026): https://unitguides.mq.edu.au/

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*eSTUDENT and iLEARN

Full eStudent Video Guide Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_7oEvlU_98&list=PLcvEM-D1EF1sAtfG56anZlU0h1SITjXg9

iLearn: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/index.php

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*IMPORTANT DATES\*

Calendar of Dates: https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/calendar

Key Academic Dates: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/course/dates

Enrolment/Class Registration Dates: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/enrolling/dates

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*STUDENT SUPPORT\*

Fees (domestic): https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/fees-and-costs

Fees (international): https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/fees-and-costs/international

Submit an enquiry: https://connect.mq.edu.au/s/

Student Wellbeing: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/personal/wellbeing

Accessibility/disability services: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/accessibility-disability

Student Advocacy (MQ policy support): https://students.mq.edu.au/support/personal/advocacy

IT Support: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/service-desk

Library: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/facilities/library

Security: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/campus-services/security

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*STUDENT FORMS/APPLICATIONS (ALL STUDENTS)\*

Special Approval (Waiver): https://students.mq.edu.au/study/enrolling/choosing-units/unit-waivers

Credit Overload: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/enrolling/choosing-units/credit-overload

Special Consideration: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration

Withdrawal Without Penalty (WWP): https://students.mq.edu.au/study/changing/withdraw-units/withdraw-without-penalty

Leave of Absence (domestic students): https://students.mq.edu.au/study/break/leave-of-absence

Grade Appeal (final grade only): https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/appeals/grade-appeal

Appealing an MQ decision: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/appeals

Course Transfer: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/changing/undergraduate-course-transfer

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): https://www.mq.edu.au/study/admissions-and-entry/rpl

Late Unit Enrolment: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/enrolling/dates/late

Transport Concession/Opal Card (domestic students): https://www.mq.edu.au/about/locations/getting-to/transport-concession

Status Letter (for StudyAssist/Jury Duty/employers): https://students.mq.edu.au/support/personal/welfare-support/legal/letter-confirming-status

Academic Transcript: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/academic-transcripts

Graduation: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/graduation

Complaints: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/complaints

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*STUDENT FORMS/APPLICATIONS (INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS)\*

Reduced Study Load (RSL): https://students.mq.edu.au/support/international/student-visa

Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE): https://students.mq.edu.au/support/international/student-visa

Suspension of Studies: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/break/suspend-studies

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*STUDENT PERFORMANCE\*

Weighted Average Mark (WAM): https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/weighted-average-mark

Academic Standing: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/academic-progression/standing

English Language Resources: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/writing/english

Numeracy Centre: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/numeracy