Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney

Macquarie University

Macquarie University
Motto	And gladly teche oneself from the general Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer c.1400
Established	1964
Type	Public
Endowment	A$850m (31 December 2010)
Chancellor	The Hon. Michael Egan
Provost	Judyth Sachs
Vice-Chancellor	Steven Schwartz
Admin. staff	2,468 (2010)
Students	37,132 (2010)
Undergraduates	25,292 (2010)
Postgraduates	11,840 (2010)
Location	North Ryde/Macquarie Park Sydney, NSW, Australia 33°46′31″S 151°6′50″E / 33.77528°S 151.11389°E / -33.77528; 151.11389
Campus	Urban, Parkland
Named After	Lachlan Macquarie
Colours	Green, Gold & White
Website	www.mq.edu.au

Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney. Macquarie’s 126-hectare (310-acre), park-like campus belies its setting within the high-technology corridor of Sydney’s Northern suburbs.

The university comprises four faculties, enrolling approximately 37,000 students and having 2,468 (full-time equivalent) academic and professional staff, making it the fourth largest University in Sydney. At present, the university offers 87 undergraduate courses and 124 different postgraduate courses to students. The university is governed by a 17-member Council.

Macquarie University also has the largest student exchange programme in Australia. The Academic Ranking of World Universities listed Macquarie as seventh among Australian Universities in its 2009 rankings. The university is also ranked among the national top five recipients of relative research income.

Also affiliated with the university are several research centres, schools and institutes including the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, the Institute of Human Cognition and Brain Science, the Macquarie University Research Park and the Macquarie University Hospital.

Macquarie University's linguistics department developed the Macquarie Dictionary, the copyright on which it still owns.

History

First Students at Macquarie University

The idea of founding a third university in Sydney was flagged in the early 1960s when the New South Wales Government formed a committee of enquiry into higher education to deal with a perceived emergency in university enrollments in New South Wales. During this enquiry, the Senate of the University of Sydney put in a submission which highlighted ‘the immediate need to establish a third university in the metropolitan area’. After much debate a future campus location was selected in what was then a semi-rural part of North Ryde, and it was decided that the future university be named after Lachlan Macquarie, an important early governor of the colony of New South Wales.

Macquarie University was formally established in 1964 with the passage of the Macquarie University Act 1964 by the New South Wales parliament. The university was designed in the Brutalist style and developed by the renowned town planner Walter Abraham who also oversaw the next 20 years of planning and development for the university. A committee appointed to advise the state government on the establishment of the new university at North Ryde nominated Abraham as the architect-planner. The fledgling Macquarie University Council decided that planning for the campus would be done within the university, rather than by consultants, and this led to the establishment of the architect-planners office.

The university first opened to students on 6 March 1967 with more students than anticipated. The Australian Universities Commission had allowed for 510 effective full-time students (EFTS) but Macquarie had 956 enrolments and 622 EFTS. Between 1968 and 1969, enrolment at Macquarie increased dramatically with an extra 1200 EFTS, with 100 new academic staff employed. 1969 also saw the establishment of the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM).

Professor Peter Mason Delivers First Lecture

Macquarie grew during the seventies and eighties with rapid expansion in courses offered, student numbers and development of the site. In 1972, the university established the Macquarie Law School, the third law school in Sydney. In their book Liberality of Opportunity, Bruce Mansfield and Mark Hutchinson describe the founding of Macquarie University as ‘an act of faith and a great experiment’. An additional topic considered in this book is the science reform movement of the late 1970s that resulted in the introduction of a named science degree, thus facilitating the subsequent inclusion of other named degrees in addition to the traditional BA. An alternative, albeit complementary, view on this topic is given by the famous British-Australian physicist John Ward. In 1990 the university absorbed the Institute of Early Childhood Studies of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the terms of the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989.

Remnants of old farming buildings

There have been only four Vice-Chancellors in the university’s forty-four year history. The first Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University was Alexander George Mitchell, who held the position until December 1975, when he was replaced by Edwin Webb, who served until 1986. Di Yerbury was appointed to the position in 1986, and was the first female Vice-Chancellor in Australia. Professor Yerbury held the position of Vice-Chancellor for just under 20 years, and was replaced by Professor Steven Schwartz at the beginning of 2006. Yerbury's departure was attended with much controversy, including a "bitter dispute" with Schwartz, disputed ownership of university artworks worth $13 million and Yerbury's salary package. In August 2006, Professor Schwartz expressed concern about the actions of Yerbury in a letter to university auditors. Yerbury strongly denied any wrongdoing and claimed the artworks were hers.

During 2007, Macquarie University faced a restructuring of its student organisation after an audit raised questions about management of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds by student organisations At the centre of the investigation was Victor Ma, president of the Macquarie University Students' Council, who had previously been involved in a high-profile case of student election fixing at the University of Sydney. The university Council resolved to immediately remove Ma from his position. Vice-Chancellor Schwartz cited an urgent need to reform Macquarie's main student bodies. However, Ma strongly denied any wrongdoing and labelled the controversy a case of ‘character assassination’. The Federal Court ordered on 23 May 2007 that Macquarie University Union Ltd be wound up.

Following the dissolution of Macquarie University Union Ltd, the outgoing student organisation was replaced with a new wholly owned subsidiary company of the university, known as U@MQ Ltd. The new student organisation originally lacked a true student representative union; however, following a complete review and authorisation from the university Council, a new student union known as Macquarie University Students Association (MUSRA) was established in 2009.

Within the first few hundred days of Schwartz's instatement as Vice-Chancellor, the 'Macquarie@50' strategic plan was launched, which positioned the university to enhance research, teaching, infrastructure and academic rankings by the university's 50th anniversary in 2014. Included in the university's plans for the future was the establishment of a sustainability office in order to more effectively manage environmental and social development at Macquarie. As part of this campaign, in 2009 Macquarie became the first Fair Trade accredited university in Australia. The beginning of 2009 also saw the introduction of a new logo for the university which retained the Sirius Star, present on both the old logo and the university crest, but now 'embedded in a stylised lotus flower'. In accordance with the university by-law, the crest continues to be used for formal purposes and is displayed on university testamurs. The by-law also prescribes the university's motto, taken from Chaucer: 'And gladly teche'.

Macquarie University Lake

The university introduced a new curriculum in January 2010 that was intended to broaden the knowledge of graduates and to include study in general education subjects. This also involves a dramatic reduction in the number of degrees available and placing them into a system of majors and minors within other existing degrees. This process is seen as a step towards the current trend whereby universities in Australia are reducing the amount of named degrees in order to simplify enrolment and to maintain the competitiveness of Australian degrees globally in accordance with the Bologna Accord. This national trend was initiated in Australia by the Melbourne Model. From January 2013, the university will become the first in Australia to align its degree system with the Bologna Accord. The structure of the system is said to involve a three-year Bachelor degree, followed by a two-year Masters and a three-year PhD, with honours integrated into the second year of the Masters degree to replace the undergraduate honours system.

Academic structure and governance

The university comprises thirty-five departments within four faculties. These four faculties were formed at the start of 2009 from the consolidation of ten academic divisions, to enable a more organised and centralised approach to teaching and research:

• Faculty of Business and Economics
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Human Sciences

The University Council is the governing authority of the university under the Macquarie University Act 1989.

The Academic Senate is the primary academic body of the university. It has certain powers delegated to it by Council, such as the approving of examination results and the completion of requirements for the award of degrees. At the same time, it makes recommendations to the Council concerning all changes to degree rules, and all proposals for new awards. While the Academic Senate is an independent body, it is required to make recommendations to the university Council in relation to matters outside its delegated authority.

Courses

Undergraduate Courses

Degrees 

• Bachelor of Actuarial Studies

• Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with the degree of Bachelor of Economics

• Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with the degree of Bachelor of Science

1. Major in Applied Econometrics
2. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Major in Biology
4. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
5. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
6. Major in Business Information Systems
7. Major in Chemistry
8. Major in Climate Science
9. Major in Decision Science
10. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
11. Major in Electronics
12. Major in Environmental Earth Science
13. Major in Environmental Geology
14. Major in Environmental Management
15. Major in Geography
16. Major in Geology
17. Major in Geophysics
18. Major in Human Geography
19. Major in Mathematics
20. Major in Palaeobiology
21. Major in Photonics
22. Major in Physics
23. Major in Psychological Science
24. Major in Software Technology
25. Major in Spatial Information Science
26. Major in Statistics

• Bachelor of Advanced Science

1. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
2. Major in Biology
3. Major in Chemistry
4. Major in Mathematics
5. Major in Palaeobiology
6. Major in Physics
7. Major in Software Technology
8. Specialisation in Astronomy And Astrophysics
9. Specialisation in Biology
10. Specialisation in Chemistry
11. Specialisation in Mathematics
12. Specialisation in Palaeobiology
13. Specialisation in Physics
14. Specialisation in Software Technology

• Bachelor of Applied Finance

• Bachelor of Applied Finance with the degree of Bachelor of Actuarial Studies

• Bachelor of Applied Finance with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce - Professional Accounting

•    Bachelor of Applied Finance with the degree of Bachelor of Economics

•   Bachelor of Applied Finance with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

•   Bachelor of Arts

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Business Information Systems
6. Major in Chinese Studies
7. Major in Commercial Law
8. Major in Contemporary Music
9. Major in Creative Arts
10. Major in Croatian Studies
11. Major in Cultural Studies
12. Major in Dance
13. Major in Decision Science
14. Major in Demographics
15. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
16. Major in Early Childhood
17. Major in Economics
18. Major in Education
19. Major in English
20. Major in Environmental Management
21. Major in French Studies
22. Major in Gender Studies
23. Major in Geography
24. Major in German Studies
25. Major in Human Geography
26. Major in Human Resources
27. Major in Indigenous Studies
28. Major in Interactivity and Games
29. Major in International Business
30. Major in International Communication
31. Major in Italian Studies
32. Major in Japanese Studies
33. Major in Linguistics
34. Major in Marketing
35. Major in Mathematics
36. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
37. Major in Modern Greek Studies
38. Major in Modern History
39. Major in Philosophy
40. Major in Polish Studies
41. Major in Politics and International Relations
42. Major in Psychological Science
43. Major in Public Sector Management
44. Major in Russian Studies
45. Major in Sociology
46. Major in Software Technology
47. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
48. Major in Statistics
49. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Arts - Media

• Bachelor of Arts - Media with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

• Bachelor of Arts - Psychology with the degree of Bachelor of Health

• Bachelor of Arts - Psychology with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Arts - Psychology with the Diploma of Education

• Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce

1. Major in Accounting
2. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
3. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
4. Major in Anthropology
5. Major in Applied Econometrics
6. Major in Business Information Systems
7. Major in Chinese Studies
8. Major in Commercial Law
9. Major in Contemporary Music
10. Major in Creative Arts
11. Major in Croatian Studies
12. Major in Cultural Studies
13. Major in Dance
14. Major in Decision Science
15. Major in Demographics
16. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
17. Major in Early Childhood
18. Major in Economics
19. Major in Education
20. Major in English
21. Major in Environmental Management
22. Major in Finance
23. Major in French Studies
24. Major in Gender Studies
25. Major in Geography
26. Major in German Studies
27. Major in Human Geography
28. Major in Human Resources
29. Major in Indigenous Studies
30. Major in Interactivity and Games
31. Major in International Business
32. Major in International Communication
33. Major in Italian Studies
34. Major in Japanese Studies
35. Major in Linguistics
36. Major in Marketing
37. Major in Mathematics
38. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
39. Major in Modern Greek Studies
40. Major in Modern History
41. Major in Philosophy
42. Major in Polish Studies
43. Major in Politics and International Relations
44. Major in Psychological Science
45. Major in Public Sector Management
46. Major in Russian Studies
47. Major in Sociology
48. Major in Software Technology
49. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
50. Major in Statistics
51. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Education (Primary)

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Business Information Systems
6. Major in Chinese Studies
7. Major in Commercial Law
8. Major in Contemporary Music
9. Major in Creative Arts
10. Major in Croatian Studies
11. Major in Cultural Studies
12. Major in Dance
13. Major in Decision Science
14. Major in Demographics
15. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
16. Major in Early Childhood
17. Major in Economics
18. Major in Education
19. Major in English
20. Major in Environmental Management
21. Major in French Studies
22. Major in Gender Studies
23. Major in Geography
24. Major in German Studies
25. Major in Human Geography
26. Major in Human Resources
27. Major in Indigenous Studies
28. Major in Interactivity and Games
29. Major in International Business
30. Major in International Communication
31. Major in Italian Studies
32. Major in Japanese Studies
33. Major in Linguistics
34. Major in Marketing
35. Major in Mathematics
36. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
37. Major in Modern Greek Studies
38. Major in Modern History
39. Major in Philosophy
40. Major in Polish Studies
41. Major in Politics and International Relations
42. Major in Psychological Science
43. Major in Public Sector Management
44. Major in Russian Studies
45. Major in Sociology
46. Major in Software Technology
47. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
48. Major in Statistics
49. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Business Information Systems
6. Major in Chinese Studies
7. Major in Commercial Law
8. Major in Contemporary Music
9. Major in Creative Arts
10. Major in Croatian Studies
11. Major in Cultural Studies
12. Major in Dance
13. Major in Decision Science
14. Major in Demographics
15. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
16. Major in Early Childhood
17. Major in Economics
18. Major in Education
19. Major in English
20. Major in Environmental Management
21. Major in French Studies
22. Major in Gender Studies
23. Major in Geography
24. Major in German Studies
25. Major in Human Geography
26. Major in Human Resources
27. Major in Indigenous Studies
28. Major in Interactivity and Games
29. Major in International Business
30. Major in International Communication
31. Major in Italian Studies
32. Major in Japanese Studies
33. Major in Linguistics
34. Major in Marketing
35. Major in Mathematics
36. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
37. Major in Modern Greek Studies
38. Major in Modern History
39. Major in Philosophy
40. Major in Polish Studies
41. Major in Politics and International Relations
42. Major in Psychological Science
43. Major in Public Sector Management
44. Major in Russian Studies
45. Major in Sociology
46. Major in Software Technology
47. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
48. Major in Statistics
49. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Science

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
6. Major in Biology
7. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
8. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
9. Major in Business Information Systems
10. Major in Chemistry
11. Major in Chinese Studies
12. Major in Climate Science
13. Major in Commercial Law
14. Major in Contemporary Music
15. Major in Creative Arts
16. Major in Croatian Studies
17. Major in Cultural Studies
18. Major in Dance
19. Major in Decision Science
20. Major in Demographics
21. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
22. Major in Early Childhood
23. Major in Economics
24. Major in Education
25. Major in Electronics
26. Major in English
27. Major in Environmental Earth Science
28. Major in Environmental Geology
29. Major in Environmental Management
30. Major in French Studies
31. Major in Gender Studies
32. Major in Geography
33. Major in Geology
34. Major in Geophysics
35. Major in German Studies
36. Major in Human Geography
37. Major in Human Resources
38. Major in Indigenous Studies
39. Major in Interactivity and Games
40. Major in International Business
41. Major in International Communication
42. Major in Italian Studies
43. Major in Japanese Studies
44. Major in Linguistics
45. Major in Marketing
46. Major in Mathematics
47. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
48. Major in Modern Greek Studies
49. Major in Modern History
50. Major in Palaeobiology
51. Major in Philosophy
52. Major in Photonics
53. Major in Physics
54. Major in Polish Studies
55. Major in Politics and International Relations
56. Major in Psychological Science
57. Major in Public Sector Management
58. Major in Russian Studies
59. Major in Sociology
60. Major in Software Technology
61. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
62. Major in Spatial Information Science
63. Major in Statistics
64. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Arts with the Diploma of Education

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Business Information Systems
6. Major in Chinese Studies
7. Major in Commercial Law
8. Major in Contemporary Music
9. Major in Creative Arts
10. Major in Croatian Studies
11. Major in Cultural Studies
12. Major in Dance
13. Major in Decision Science
14. Major in Demographics
15. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
16. Major in Early Childhood
17. Major in Economics
18. Major in Education
19. Major in English
20. Major in Environmental Management
21. Major in French Studies
22. Major in Gender Studies
23. Major in Geography
24. Major in German Studies
25. Major in Human Geography
26. Major in Human Resources
27. Major in Indigenous Studies
28. Major in Interactivity and Games
29. Major in International Business
30. Major in International Communication
31. Major in Italian Studies
32. Major in Japanese Studies
33. Major in Linguistics
34. Major in Marketing
35. Major in Mathematics
36. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
37. Major in Modern Greek Studies
38. Major in Modern History
39. Major in Philosophy
40. Major in Polish Studies
41. Major in Politics and International Relations
42. Major in Psychological Science
43. Major in Public Sector Management
44. Major in Russian Studies
45. Major in Sociology
46. Major in Software Technology
47. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
48. Major in Statistics
49. Major in Writing
50. Specialisation in Secondary Teaching

• Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation

• Bachelor of Business Administration

• Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Arts

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Business Information Systems
6. Major in Chinese Studies
7. Major in Commercial Law
8. Major in Contemporary Music
9. Major in Creative Arts
10. Major in Croatian Studies
11. Major in Cultural Studies
12. Major in Dance
13. Major in Decision Science
14. Major in Demographics
15. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
16. Major in Early Childhood
17. Major in Economics
18. Major in Education
19. Major in English
20. Major in Environmental Management
21. Major in French Studies
22. Major in Gender Studies
23. Major in Geography
24. Major in German Studies
25. Major in Human Geography
26. Major in Human Resources
27. Major in Indigenous Studies
28. Major in Interactivity and Games
29. Major in International Business
30. Major in International Communication
31. Major in Italian Studies
32. Major in Japanese Studies
33. Major in Linguistics
34. Major in Marketing
35. Major in Mathematics
36. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
37. Major in Modern Greek Studies
38. Major in Modern History
39. Major in Philosophy
40. Major in Polish Studies
41. Major in Politics and International Relations
42. Major in Psychological Science
43. Major in Public Sector Management
44. Major in Russian Studies
45. Major in Sociology
46. Major in Software Technology
47. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
48. Major in Statistics
49. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

• Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce - Professional Accounting

• Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Chiropractic Science

• Bachelor of Commerce

1. Major in Accounting
2. Major in Applied Econometrics
3. Major in Business Information Systems
4. Major in Commercial Law
5. Major in Decision Science
6. Major in Demographics
7. Major in Economics
8. Major in Finance
9. Major in Human Resources
10. Major in International Business
11. Major in Marketing
12. Major in Public Sector Management

• Bachelor of Commerce - Professional Accounting

• Bachelor of Commerce - Professional Accounting with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Commerce with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Major in Accounting
2. Major in Applied Econometrics
3. Major in Business Information Systems
4. Major in Commercial Law
5. Major in Decision Science
6. Major in Demographics
7. Major in Economics
8. Major in Finance
9. Major in Human Resources
10. Major in International Business
11. Major in Marketing
12. Major in Public Sector Management

• Bachelor of Commerce with the degree of Bachelor of Science

1. Major in Accounting
2. Major in Applied Econometrics
3. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
4. Major in Biology
5. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
6. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
7. Major in Business Information Systems
8. Major in Chemistry
9. Major in Climate Science
10. Major in Commercial Law
11. Major in Decision Science
12. Major in Demographics
13. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
14. Major in Economics
15. Major in Electronics
16. Major in Environmental Earth Science
17. Major in Environmental Geology
18. Major in Environmental Management
19. Major in Finance
20. Major in Geography
21. Major in Geology
22. Major in Geophysics
23. Major in Human Geography
24. Major in Human Resources
25. Major in International Business
26. Major in Marketing
27. Major in Mathematics
28. Major in Palaeobiology
29. Major in Photonics
30. Major in Physics
31. Major in Psychological Science
32. Major in Public Sector Management
33. Major in Software Technology
34. Major in Spatial Information Science
35. Major in Statistics

• Bachelor of Community Management

• Bachelor of e-Business

• Bachelor of Economics

• Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)

• Bachelor of Education (Primary)

• Bachelor of Engineering

1. Major in Computer Engineering
2. Major in Electronics Engineering
3. Major in Mechatronic Engineering
4. Major in Software Engineering
5. Major in Telecommunications Engineering
6. Major in Wireless Engineering

• Bachelor of Engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Arts

1. Major in Ancient History - Egypt and Near East
2. Major in Ancient History - Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity
3. Major in Anthropology
4. Major in Applied Econometrics
5. Major in Business Information Systems
6. Major in Chinese Studies
7. Major in Commercial Law
8. Major in Computer Engineering
9. Major in Contemporary Music
10. Major in Creative Arts
11. Major in Croatian Studies
12. Major in Cultural Studies
13. Major in Dance
14. Major in Decision Science
15. Major in Demographics
16. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
17. Major in Early Childhood
18. Major in Economics
19. Major in Education
20. Major in Electronics Engineering
21. Major in English
22. Major in Environmental Management
23. Major in French Studies
24. Major in Gender Studies
25. Major in Geography
26. Major in German Studies
27. Major in Human Geography
28. Major in Human Resources
29. Major in Indigenous Studies
30. Major in Interactivity and Games
31. Major in International Business
32. Major in International Communication
33. Major in Italian Studies
34. Major in Japanese Studies
35. Major in Linguistics
36. Major in Marketing
37. Major in Mathematics
38. Major in Mechatronic Engineering
39. Major in Media, Culture and Communication
40. Major in Modern Greek Studies
41. Major in Modern History
42. Major in Philosophy
43. Major in Polish Studies
44. Major in Politics and International Relations
45. Major in Psychological Science
46. Major in Public Sector Management
47. Major in Russian Studies
48. Major in Sociology
49. Major in Software Engineering
50. Major in Software Technology
51. Major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
52. Major in Statistics
53. Major in Telecommunications Engineering
54. Major in Wireless Engineering
55. Major in Writing

• Bachelor of Engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration

1. Major in Computer Engineering
2. Major in Electronics Engineering
3. Major in Mechatronic Engineering
4. Major in Software Engineering
5. Major in Telecommunications Engineering
6. Major in Wireless Engineering

• Bachelor of Engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce

1. Major in Accounting
2. Major in Applied Econometrics
3. Major in Business Information Systems
4. Major in Commercial Law
5. Major in Computer Engineering
6. Major in Decision Science
7. Major in Demographics
8. Major in Economics
9. Major in Electronics Engineering
10. Major in Finance
11. Major in Human Resources
12. Major in International Business
13. Major in Marketing
14. Major in Mechatronic Engineering
15. Major in Public Sector Management
16. Major in Software Engineering
17. Major in Telecommunications Engineering
18. Major in Wireless Engineering

• Bachelor of Engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Science

1. Major in Applied Econometrics
2. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Major in Biology
4. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
5. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
6. Major in Business Information Systems
7. Major in Chemistry
8. Major in Climate Science
9. Major in Computer Engineering
10. Major in Decision Science
11. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
12. Major in Electronics
13. Major in Electronics Engineering
14. Major in Environmental Earth Science
15. Major in Environmental Geology
16. Major in Environmental Management
17. Major in Geography
18. Major in Geology
19. Major in Geophysics
20. Major in Human Geography
21. Major in Mathematics
22. Major in Mechatronic Engineering
23. Major in Palaeobiology
24. Major in Photonics
25. Major in Physics
26. Major in Psychological Science
27. Major in Software Engineering
28. Major in Software Technology
29. Major in Spatial Information Science
30. Major in Statistics
31. Major in Telecommunications Engineering
32. Major in Wireless Engineering

• Bachelor of Environment

1. Major in Biology
2. Major in Chemistry
3. Major in Climate Science
4. Major in Environmental Earth Science
5. Major in Environmental Geology
6. Major in Environmental Management
7. Major in Spatial Information Science
8. Specialisation in Environmental Management
9. Specialisation in Environmental Management And Environmental Science
10. Specialisation in Environmental Science

• Bachelor of Environment with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Major in Biology
2. Major in Chemistry
3. Major in Climate Science
4. Major in Environmental Earth Science
5. Major in Environmental Geology
6. Major in Environmental Management
7. Major in Spatial Information Science
8. Specialisation in Environmental Management
9. Specialisation in Environmental Science

• Bachelor of Health

• Bachelor of Information Technology

1. Major in Business Information Systems
2. Major in Software Technology

• Bachelor of Information Technology - Games Design and Development

• Bachelor of Information Technology with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Major in Business Information Systems
2. Major in Software Technology

• Bachelor of International Studies

• Bachelor of International Studies with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Marine Science

1. Specialisation in Marine Biology
2. Specialisation in Marine Geoscience

• Bachelor of Marketing and Media

• Bachelor of Medical Sciences

1. Specialisation in Biomedical
2. Specialisation in Medicinal Chemistry
3. Specialisation in Psychomedical

• Bachelor of Planning

• Bachelor of Science

1. Major in Applied Econometrics
2. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Major in Biology
4. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
5. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
6. Major in Business Information Systems
7. Major in Chemistry
8. Major in Climate Science
9. Major in Decision Science
10. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
11. Major in Electronics
12. Major in Environmental Earth Science
13. Major in Environmental Geology
14. Major in Environmental Management
15. Major in Geography
16. Major in Geology
17. Major in Geophysics
18. Major in Human Geography
19. Major in Mathematics
20. Major in Palaeobiology
21. Major in Photonics
22. Major in Physics
23. Major in Psychological Science
24. Major in Software Technology
25. Major in Spatial Information Science
26. Major in Statistics

• Bachelor of Science - Psychology

• Bachelor of Science with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Major in Applied Econometrics
2. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Major in Biology
4. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
5. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
6. Major in Business Information Systems
7. Major in Chemistry
8. Major in Climate Science
9. Major in Decision Science
10. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
11. Major in Electronics
12. Major in Environmental Earth Science
13. Major in Environmental Geology
14. Major in Environmental Management
15. Major in Geography
16. Major in Geology
17. Major in Geophysics
18. Major in Human Geography
19. Major in Mathematics
20. Major in Palaeobiology
21. Major in Photonics
22. Major in Physics
23. Major in Psychological Science
24. Major in Software Technology
25. Major in Spatial Information Science
26. Major in Statistics

• Bachelor of Science with the Diploma of Education

1. Major in Applied Econometrics
2. Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Major in Biology
4. Major in Biomolecular Sciences
5. Major in Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
6. Major in Business Information Systems
7. Major in Chemistry
8. Major in Climate Science
9. Major in Decision Science
10. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
11. Major in Electronics
12. Major in Environmental Earth Science
13. Major in Environmental Geology
14. Major in Environmental Management
15. Major in Geography
16. Major in Geology
17. Major in Geophysics
18. Major in Human Geography
19. Major in Mathematics
20. Major in Palaeobiology
21. Major in Photonics
22. Major in Physics
23. Major in Psychological Science
24. Major in Software Technology
25. Major in Spatial Information Science
26. Major in Statistics
27. Specialisation in Primary Teaching
28. Specialisation in Secondary Teaching

• Bachelor of Social Science

1. Major in Anthropology
2. Major in Demographics
3. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
4. Major in Gender Studies
5. Major in Human Geography
6. Major in Indigenous Studies
7. Major in Philosophy
8. Major in Politics and International Relations
9. Major in Psychological Science
10. Major in Sociolinguistics
11. Major in Sociology

• Bachelor of Social Science with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Major in Anthropology
2. Major in Demographics
3. Major in Development Studies and Culture Change
4. Major in Gender Studies
5. Major in Human Geography
6. Major in Indigenous Studies
7. Major in Philosophy
8. Major in Politics and International Relations
9. Major in Psychological Science
10. Major in Sociolinguistics
11. Major in Sociology

• Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences

• Bachelor of Teaching (Birth to Five Years)

• Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Services)

 

Honours 

• Honours degree of Bachelor of Ancient History

• Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychology

Graduate Certificates & Diplomas

• Graduate Certificate of Biotechnology

• Graduate Certificate of Geoscience

• Graduate Certificate of Information Technology

• Graduate Certificate of Science

1. Graduate major in Applied Statistics
2. Graduate major in Palaeobiology

• Graduate Diploma of Advanced Psychology

• Graduate Diploma of Advanced Studies in Early Childhood

• Graduate Diploma of Chiropractic Science

• Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Teaching

• Graduate Diploma of Education

• Graduate Diploma of Geoscience

1. Graduate major in Geology
2. Graduate major in Geophysics

• Graduate Diploma of Information Technology

• Graduate Diploma of Psychology

• Graduate Diploma of Science

1. Graduate major in Climate Science
2. Graduate major in Geographic Information Science

• Graduate Diploma of Speech and Communication

Diplomas

• Diploma of Ancient Languages

• Diploma of Languages

 

Postgraduate Courses

Masters

• Doctor of Physiotherapy

• Master of Accounting (CPA Extension)

• Master of Accounting (Professional)

• Master of Actuarial Practice

• Master of Advanced Medicine

• Master of Advanced Surgery

• Master of Advanced Translation

• Master of Applied Anthropology

• Master of Applied Finance

• Master of Applied Linguistics

1. Specialisation in General Applied Linguistics
2. Specialisation in Language for Specific Purposes
3. Specialisation in TESOL

• Master of Applied Statistics

• Master of Arts

1. Specialisation in Ancient Art and Architecture
2. Specialisation in Ancient History
3. Specialisation in Children's Literature
4. Specialisation in Contemporary Improvisation
5. Specialisation in Coptic Studies
6. Specialisation in Creative Writing
7. Specialisation in Early Christian and Jewish Studies
8. Specialisation in Education Studies
9. Specialisation in Egyptology
10. Specialisation in English Literature
11. Specialisation in History
12. Specialisation in Human Geography
13. Specialisation in Late Antiquity
14. Specialisation in Media, Law and Culture
15. Specialisation in Modern History

• Master of Auslan-English Interpreting

• Master of Biostatistics

• Master of Biotechnology

• Master of Biotechnology with the degree of Master of Commerce

1. Specialisation in Accounting
2. Specialisation in Actuarial Studies
3. Specialisation in Business Management and Organisations
4. Specialisation in Economics
5. Specialisation in Finance
6. Specialisation in Human Resource Management
7. Specialisation in Marketing

• Master of Chiropractic

• Master of Clinical Audiology

• Master of Clinical Neuropsychology

• Master of Clinical Psychology

• Master of Commerce

1. Specialisation in Accounting
2. Specialisation in Actuarial Studies
3. Specialisation in Business Management and Organisations
4. Specialisation in Economics
5. Specialisation in Finance
6. Specialisation in Human Resource Management
7. Specialisation in Marketing

• Master of Computer Forensics

• Master of Conference Interpreting

• Master of Corporate Governance

• Master of Development Studies and Culture Change

• Master of Early Childhood

1. Specialisation in Multiliteracies

• Master of Economics

1. Specialisation in Development
2. Specialisation in Econometrics
3. Specialisation in Economic Analysis and Policy
4. Specialisation in Financial Economics

• Master of Education

1. Specialisation in Curriculum and Pedagogy
2. Specialisation in Educational Research
3. Specialisation in ICT in Education

• Master of Educational Leadership

1. Specialisation in Early Childhood
2. Specialisation in School Education

• Master of Environmental Education

• Master of Environmental Law

• Master of Environmental Management

• Master of Environmental Planning

• Master of Environmental Science

• Master of Environmental Studies

• Master of Higher Education

1. Specialisation in Leadership and Management
2. Specialisation in Learning and Teaching

• Master of Indigenous Education

• Master of Information Technology

1. Specialisation in Information Systems
2. Specialisation in Management
3. Specialisation in Networking
4. Specialisation in Research and Development
5. Specialisation in Software Engineering
6. Specialisation in System Security
7. Specialisation in Web Technologies

• Master of Information Technology Consulting

• Master of International Business

• Master of International Business with the degree of Master of International Relations

• Master of International Communication

• Master of International Communication with the degree of Master of International Relations

• Master of International Environmental Law

• Master of International Relations

• Master of International Relations with the degree of Master of International Trade and Commerce Law

• Master of International Security Studies

• Master of International Trade and Commerce Law

• Master of Laboratory Quality Analysis and Management

• Master of Laws

1. Specialisation in Environmental Law
2. Specialisation in International Environmental Law

• Master of Marine Science and Management

• Master of Medical Practice

• Master of Organisational Psychology

• Master of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

1. Specialisation in Counter Terrorism
2. Specialisation in General Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
3. Specialisation in Intelligence
4. Specialisation in Policing

• Master of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism with the degree of Master of International Security Studies

1. Specialisation in Counter Terrorism
2. Specialisation in General Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
3. Specialisation in Intelligence
4. Specialisation in Policing

• Master of Policy and Applied Social Research

• Master of Politics and Public Policy

• Master of Radiopharmaceutical Science

• Master of Recording Arts

• Master of Science

1. Specialisation in Biodiversity Conservation
2. Specialisation in Geoscience

• Master of Social Health and Counselling

• Master of Special Education

• Master of Speech and Language Pathology

• Master of Surgery

• Master of Sustainable Development

• Master of Teaching (Birth to Five Years)

• Master of Translating and Interpreting

1. Specialisation in Interpreting Studies
2. Specialisation in Translation Studies

• Master of Translating and Interpreting with the degree of Master of Applied Linguistics

1. Specialisation in Interpreting Studies and TESOL
2. Specialisation in Translation Studies and TESOL

• Master of Translating and Interpreting with the degree of Master of International Relations

1. Specialisation in Interpreting Studies
2. Specialisation in Translation Studies

• Master of Wildlife Management

Doctorates

• Doctor of Clinical Neuropsychology

• Doctor of Clinical Psychology

• Doctor of Organisational Psychology

Diplomas

• Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Anthropology

• Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Linguistics

1. Specialisation in General Applied Linguistics
2. Specialisation in Language for Specific Purposes
3. Specialisation in TESOL

• Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Statistics

• Postgraduate Diploma of Arts

1. Specialisation in Ancient History
2. Specialisation in Children's Literature
3. Specialisation in Early Christian and Jewish Studies
4. Specialisation in Human Geography
5. Specialisation in Modern History

• Postgraduate Diploma of Auslan-English Interpreting

• Postgraduate Diploma of Biostatistics

• Postgraduate Diploma of Computer Forensics

• Postgraduate Diploma of Development Studies and Culture Change

• Postgraduate Diploma of Early Childhood

1. Specialisation in Multiliteracies

• Postgraduate Diploma of Education Studies

1. Specialisation in Curriculum and Pedagogy
2. Specialisation in Educational Research
3. Specialisation in ICT in Education

• Postgraduate Diploma of Educational Leadership

1. Specialisation in Early Childhood
2. Specialisation in School Education

• Postgraduate Diploma of Environmental Education

• Postgraduate Diploma of Environmental Law

• Postgraduate Diploma of Environmental Studies

• Postgraduate Diploma of Higher Education

1. Specialisation in Leadership and Management
2. Specialisation in Learning and Teaching

• Postgraduate Diploma of Indigenous Education

• Postgraduate Diploma of Information Technology

1. Specialisation in Information Systems
2. Specialisation in Management
3. Specialisation in Networking
4. Specialisation in Software Engineering
5. Specialisation in System Security
6. Specialisation in Web Technologies

• Postgraduate Diploma of International Relations

• Postgraduate Diploma of International Security Studies

• Postgraduate Diploma of International Trade and Commerce Law

• Postgraduate Diploma of Laboratory Quality Analysis and Management

• Postgraduate Diploma of Organisational Behaviour

• Postgraduate Diploma of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

1. Specialisation in Counter Terrorism
2. Specialisation in General Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
3. Specialisation in Intelligence
4. Specialisation in Policing

• Postgraduate Diploma of Policy and Applied Social Research

• Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Psychology

• Postgraduate Diploma of Research Preparation (Arts)

• Postgraduate Diploma of Research Preparation (Business and Economics)

• Postgraduate Diploma of Research Preparation (Science)

1. Specialisation in Biological Sciences
2. Specialisation in Earth and Planetary Sciences
3. Specialisation in Science Research Preparation

• Postgraduate Diploma of Science

1. Specialisation in Biodiversity Conservation
2. Specialisation in Geoscience

• Postgraduate Diploma of Social Health and Counselling

• Postgraduate Diploma of Social Impact Assessment

• Postgraduate Diploma of Special Education

• Postgraduate Diploma of Sustainable Development

• Postgraduate Diploma of Translating and Interpreting

1. Specialisation in Interpreting Studies
2. Specialisation in Translation Studies

• Postgraduate Diploma of Wildlife Management

Certificates

• Postgraduate Certificate of Applied Finance

• Postgraduate Certificate of Applied Linguistics

1. Specialisation in General Applied Linguistics
2. Specialisation in Language for Specific Purposes

• Postgraduate Certificate of Applied Statistics

• Postgraduate Certificate of Arts

1. Specialisation in Ancient History
2. Specialisation in Archaeology
3. Specialisation in Coptic Studies
4. Specialisation in Creative Writing
5. Specialisation in Human Geography
6. Specialisation in Intercultural Language Pedagogy (Japanese)
7. Specialisation in Modern History

• Postgraduate Certificate of Biostatistics

• Postgraduate Certificate of Computer Forensics

• Postgraduate Certificate of Development Studies and Culture Change

• Postgraduate Certificate of Early Childhood

1. Specialisation in Multiliteracies

• Postgraduate Certificate of Editing and Electronic Publishing

• Postgraduate Certificate of Education Studies

• Postgraduate Certificate of Educational Leadership

1. Specialisation in Early Childhood
2. Specialisation in School Education

• Postgraduate Certificate of Environmental Education

• Postgraduate Certificate of Environmental Law

• Postgraduate Certificate of Environmental Management

• Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education

1. Specialisation in Leadership and Management
2. Specialisation in Learning and Teaching

• Postgraduate Certificate of Indigenous Education

• Postgraduate Certificate of Intelligence

• Postgraduate Certificate of International Relations

• Postgraduate Certificate of International Security Studies

• Postgraduate Certificate of International Trade and Commerce Law

• Postgraduate Certificate of Laboratory Quality Analysis and Management

• Postgraduate Certificate of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

• Postgraduate Certificate of Policy and Applied Social Research

• Postgraduate Certificate of Research Preparation (Arts)

• Postgraduate Certificate of Research Preparation (Business and Economics)

• Postgraduate Certificate of Research Preparation (Human Sciences)

• Postgraduate Certificate of Research Preparation (Science)

• Postgraduate Certificate of Science

1. Specialisation in Biodiversity Conservation
2. Specialisation in Geoscience

• Postgraduate Certificate of Social Health and Counselling

• Postgraduate Certificate of Social Impact Assessment

• Postgraduate Certificate of Special Education

1. Specialisation in Behaviour Problems
2. Specialisation in High Support Needs
3. Specialisation in Learning Difficulties

• Postgraduate Certificate of Sustainable Development

• Postgraduate Certificate of TESOL

• Postgraduate Certificate of Translating and Interpreting

1. Specialisation in Community Interpreting

• Postgraduate Certificate of Wildlife Management

Campus

Macquarie University's main campus is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-west of the Sydney CBD and is set on 126 hectares of rolling lawns and natural bushland. Located within the high-technology corridor of Sydney's north-west and in close proximity to Macquarie Park and its surrounding industries, Macquarie's location has been crucial in its development as a relatively research intensive university. The university is straddled between the suburbs of North Ryde and the later developed technology and industry focused Macquarie Park; however, the campus has its own postcode, 2109.

Prior to the development of the campus, most of the site was cultivated with peach orchards, market gardens and poultry farms. The university’s first architect-planner was Walter Abraham, one of the first six administrators appointed to Macquarie University. Abraham treasured Macquarie’s natural environment as one of the university’s invaluable assets. As the site adapted from its former rural use to a busy collegiate environment, he implemented carefully designed planting programs across the campus. Abraham established a grid design comprising lots of 300 square feet (28 m²) running north-south, with the aim of creating a compact academic core. The measure of 300 feet (91 m) was seen as one minute's walk, and grid design reflected the aim of having a maximum walk of 10 minutes between any two parts of the university. The main east-west walkway that runs from the research park through to the arts faculty buildings, was named Wally's Walk in recognition of Walter Abraham's contribution to the development of the university.

E4A Building at Entrance to University

Today, Macquarie University is served by the Macquarie University railway station, which opened in 2009, as well as a bus interchange within the campus that provides close to 800 bus services daily. The M2 Motorway runs parallel to the northern boundary of the campus and is accessible to traffic from the university. Apart from its centres of learning, the campus features the Macquarie University Research Park, museums, art galleries, a sculpture park, an observatory, a sport and aquatic centre, a fauna park and also the private Macquarie University Hospital. Located to the north of the main campus area are the university sports grounds.

The university is currently undertaking a large infrastructure and capital works program that will see an investment of over $1 billion into new buildings and projects across the campus and has set up an Office of Major Projects to oversee the new developments. The major projects include the development of a new university library, a Hearing Hub and the global headquarters of Cochlear Limited, redevelopment of the student services building and new student accommodation facilities. Macquarie is also seeking to develop the eastern perimeter of its campus along Herring Road and establish a new Station Precinct that will contain a number of multi-storey towers, basement car parking and a ground plane that will provide retail and landscaped connections to the university proper. It is anticipated that the Station Precinct will act as a new commercial front door to the campus.

Library

Macquarie University Library

The library houses over 1.8 million items and uses the Library of Congress Classification System. The library features several collections including a Rare Book Collection, a Palaeontology Collection and the Brunner Collection of Egyptological materials. Macquarie University currently has two libraries. The old library in building C7A closed at the end of July 2011, and the new library in building C3C became operational on 1 August 2011.

Satellite campuses

• Macquarie City Campus: Macquarie City Campus is a teaching campus of Macquarie University which associates with Navitas. In mid 2007, the university opened the Macquarie City Campus in the Sydney CBD, offering Macquarie University’s foundation studies, selected undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Macquarie City Campus has been designed to meet demand from students for a CBD campus.

• Macquarie Manly Campus: In association with Macquarie University, the International College of Management, Sydney, offers a two-year Diploma programme (only in Hospitality, Event and International tourism), an Associate Degree Programme and a three-year Bachelor of Business Administration Degrees specialised in Hospitality, Event, International tourism, Retail, Property, and Sports Management as well as graduate certificates and master programmes. Bachelor and master degrees are awarded by Macquarie University and students have access to the university library for study and research.

E4A courtyard

Lake with Arts Faculty and Library in background

View of campus up to building W6B

Outside library

Central Courtyard

Frederick Chong Courtyard

          E7A Mitchell building

    E6B building

Macquarie Theatre

   Lane Cove Rd building

Trees near MGSM

Library view along Wally's Walk

  Back view of the new library

Rankings and awards

Macquarie has been consistently ranked in the top 10 Universities in Australia and among the top 200 Universities in the world by various sources. The current Vice-Chancellor of the university, Steven Schwartz, has outlined that one of the aims for Macquarie is to remain in the top 200 in the world and be in the top eight within Australia by 2014. Macquarie University showed a significant drop in the 2007 THES - QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two separate rankings will be produced by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings). The university has recently declined consistently in these rankings: of the top 200 universities, after being placed 67th in 2005, it ranked equal 168th in 2007, 182nd in 2008 and 189th in 2009.

The Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2009 ranked Macquarie University as 7th in Australia (following University of Western Australia and UNSW), while the UK’s Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings published in October 2009 ranked Macquarie 9th in Australia (behind the University of Adelaide and the University of Western Australia).

According to the Good Universities Guide to Australian universities, starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked as the highest in Australia for ten consecutive years (1998–2007) and in 2009, the university received 5 star ratings in six different performance categories including non-government earnings, staff qualifications and toughness of admissions.  Macquarie University teachers also have received numerous awards and citations from the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education since it was established in 2004. The university positions itself as being research intensive, and therefore also ranked among the national top five recipients of relative research income.

The Economist 2009 Full Time MBA rankings ranked the university's Graduate School of Management at 55th in the world, 4th in the Asia-Pacific region and 2nd in Australia following Melbourne University's Melbourne Business School.

World Universities

	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
THES - QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two separate rankings will be produced, one by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the other by QS World University Rankings)	211th	220th	189th	182nd	168th	82nd	67thth	N/A	N/A
Academic Ranking of World Universities	TBA	218th	217th	220th	224th	223rd	221st	324th	314th

Facilities and services

Macquarie University Library

The Macquarie University Library was opened in 1967 and contains over 1.8 million items. The library was built in various stages and expanded to accommodate the growth of the university. The New Macquarie University Library opened in 2011, accommodating more study spaces as well as a more innovative environmentally friendly and aware study space, such as using treated rainwater for the toilet water.

Located on the western side of the campus is the Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre. Previously a sports hall facility, the complex was renovated and reopened in 2007 with the addition of the new gym and aquatic centre. It houses a 50 metre FINA-compliant outdoor pool and a 25 metre indoor pool. The complex also contains a state-of-the-art gymnasium and squash, badminton, basketball, volleyball and netball courts.

The Macquarie University Research Park offers opportunities for collaboration with leading companies. It is a privately-funded Research and Development Park located on campus and is home to companies including Dow Corning, Goodman Fielder, Nortel Networks, OPSM and Siemens.

The Macquarie University Observatory was originally constructed in 1978 as a research facility but, since 1997, has been accessible to the public through its Public Observing Program.

Macquarie University Hospital

The Macquarie University Hospital was completed and opened in 2010. It comprises 183 beds, 12 operating theatres, 2 cardiac and vascular angiography suites. The hospital is co-located with the university's Australian School of Advanced Medicine.

The Cochlear Building located on the southern edge of the campus is the new global headquarters for Cochlear Limited, manufacturers of cochlear implants, combining their research, development, manufacturing, and distribution facilities into a single building. As support for the Cochlear Building, the university has started construction of a Hearing Hub, a collection of facilities which will incorporate the Cochlear Building, university research facilities for language and cognitive sciences, audiology, and speech pathology, and other organisations related to hearing disorders.

Residential colleges

Macquarie University has two residential colleges on its campus, Dunmore Lang College and Robert Menzies College, both founded in 1972. In addition to these residential colleges is the Macquarie University Village which contains over 890 rooms inside multiple two storey townhouses and apartment block.

Student Organisations

 Macquarie University Campus Experience

Campus Hub

Campus Experience

Campus Experience was officially launched in January 2008 under the name of U@MQ, and is the new organisation that manages Macquarie University’s non-academic services of food and retail, sport and recreation, student groups, child care, and entertainment. The vision of the organisation is to support the academic excellence of Macquarie by making university more than an academic experience. U@MQ was established by merging the previous student organisations, which were the Union (often branded as 'Students at Macquarie' or S@M), the Students' Council (generally known as MUSC) and the sport and recreation organisation (known generally as MUSR). The suitability of merging the bodies became evident after the controlling boards of the union and students' council (which were mostly made up of the same people) were found to have embezzled money.

Global Leadership Program (GLP)

The GLP is a student organisation and program that is undertaken by a large proportion of Macquarie Students. All students at the university are encouraged to undertake the program to enhance leadership skills, cross cultural understanding and international awareness. The program involves various workshops on global issues, attending Distinguished Speaker Series' and engaging in a range of experiential opportunities at Macquarie and abroad such as volunteering, undertaking internships and studying overseas on exchange. Upon completion of the GLP, students receive a formal notation on their academic transcript.

2SER

Macquarie University has its own community radio station on campus, 2SER FM. The station is jointly owned by Macquarie University and UTS and broadcasts its programmes on the frequency 107.3 FM.

Conception Day

Macquarie University students celebrate Conception Day each year to – according to legend – commemorate the date of conception of Lachlan Macquarie, as his birthday fell at the wrong time of year for a celebration. Conception Day is traditionally held on the last day of classes before the September mid-semester break.

Affiliations

The Sydney Institute of Business and Technology (SIBT) operates on the Macquarie University campus, offering Foundation Studies (Pre-University) and University-level Diplomas. Upon successful completion of a SIBT Diploma, students enter the appropriate Bachelor Degree as a second year student.

The Centre for Macquarie English (CME), formerly known as NCELTR (National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research), is the English-language centre that offers a range of specialised, direct entry English programmes that are approved by Macquarie University.

Access Macquarie Limited (Access MQ) was established in 1989 as the commercial arm of the university. Access MQ facilitates and supports the commercial needs of industry, business and government organisations seeking to utilise the academic expertise of the broader University community.

Notable alumni

Tv presenter Sophie Falkiner

List of Macquarie University staff and alumni

• Peter Andren, former member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives (Independent)
• MiG Ayesa, singer and second runner-up on TV show Rock Star: INXS
• Patricia Bergin, Chief Judge in Equity, NSW Supreme Court
• Grant Brits, swimmer, bronze medallist at Beijing Olympics
• Barry Brook (scientist), climate scientist and advocate of nuclear power
• Greg Coffey, hedge fund manager
• John Connor, environmentalist
• Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page, three founding members of The Wiggles

Laser physicist Frank Duarte

• Peter Debnam, former NSW Opposition Leader
• Miranda Devine, columnist, writer
• F. J. Duarte, author, physicist
• Liz Ellis, former Australian national netball team captain
• Sophie Falkiner, TV presenter
• John Faulkner, federal minister
• Wye Kitt Sue, handsome man
• Adam Hills, comedian and television presenter
• Chris Lilley, comedian/actor
• Catherine Livingstone, Chairwoman of Telstra
• Jeff McMullen, journalist
• Joel Milburn, athlete
• Fred Nile, NSW Legislative Council member
• Christine Nixon, former Victorian Police Commissioner

• Rob Oakeshott, federal member for Lyne (Independent)
• Peter Overton, journalist and television news presenter

Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe

• Tanya Plibersek, federal politician
• Margaret Pomeranz, movie critic, host of At the Movies
• Tony Radevski, filmmaker
• Hugh Riminton, CNN news anchor
• Eric Roozendaal, NSW Treasurer
• Helen Sham-Ho, NSW Legislative Council member; first Chinese-born Member of Parliament in Australiai
• Ian Thorpe, Olympic swimmer

George Williams, academic lawyer and human rights activist

Photo of University