Macquarie University

June 16, 2008

Macquarie University is located in Sydney, Australia and is ranked in the world’s top 200 universities. It is home to 30,000 students, including 8,800 international students.

Macquarie International provides information and support for international students wishing to study at Macquarie, as well as for Macquarie students wishing to study overseas on exchange.

Macquarie University has a diverse community of 30,000 students with 8,800 international students from over 71 countries. Located on 135 hectares of beautiful parkland, the campus is 30 minutes drive north-west of Sydney Harbour.

Macquarie’s 100,000 graduates are highly sought after; with graduate starting salaries ranked among the highest in Australia for over a decade.

Research and Innovation

“We are one of the most active Egyptology departments in the world. The fact that Egyptian academics come to Macquarie to learn our methodology proves how highly regarded we are,” says renowned Egyptologist Professor Naguib Kanawati.

World-leading research is undertaken daily by Macquarie’s faculty and students, and many discoveries are quickly applied to meet the needs of industry, society and the environment.

The campus is home to the world’s first proteomics research facility and over 25 other research centres and institutes, facilitating groundbreaking work in lasers, biology, wireless communications, physics, mathematics, geology and ancient history.

The University has several Concentrations of Research Excellence in the diverse areas of animal behaviour; ancient cultures; ecology and evoluntion; climate risk; cognitive science; earth and planetary evolution; biomolecular frontiers; lasers and photonics; quantum information science and security; and social inclusion.

Rankings and Awards

Eight of Macquarie’s most outstanding teachers were recognised at the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching, 2007.

“That eight of our finest educators have received awards for teaching excellence from such an eminent institute is evidence of the high quality of teaching at Macquarie,” says Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz.

Macquarie is renowned for its international outlook, pioneering research, strong industry links and exceptional graduate outcomes.

Macquarie’s rankings and achievements include:

* Ranked in the top 200 universities in the world (The Times’ Higher Education Supplement, 2007).

* MBA program is ranked as one of the best in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and in the top 100 in the world (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2007).

* Ranked in the top 40 universities in the Asia-Pacific region by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings.

* The University consistently ranks in the top ten Australian universities for the number of Discovery Grants and Federation Fellowships awarded by the Australian Research Council and the number of major national research centres established on-campus.

* Macquarie’s teaching staff consistently received prestigious citation awards from the national Carrick Institute.

* For more than a decade, Macquarie graduate starting salaries have been ranked among the highest in Australia (The Good Universities Guide 1998-2008).

* Macquarie University offered the first Actuarial Studies program and also the first degree outside the United Kingdom to be recognised by the UK Institute of Actuaries, granting Macquarie graduates exemption from the UK exams.

* The Master of Applied Finance program – described as “exemplary” by the Asian Development Bank – remains the biggest program of its type in the world (in terms of both student and staff numbers).

* Recognised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for Best Practice in the internationalisation of curriculum.

International Focus

With one of the most culturally diverse student populations in Australia, Macquarie student’s international experience begins on campus and can take them anywhere in the world.
An international community

Macquarie received five stars from the Good Universities Guide 2008 for the cultural diversity of its student body.

* As well as a high proportion of international students, (almost 30% in 2007), almost half the student population are born overseas.
* Macquarie University is located in Sydney, one of the most multicultural cities in the world. More than 25% of Sydney’s residents born overseas. Sydneysiders come from 180 different nations and speak 140 different languages.

Study Abroad

All students at Macquarie University are eligible to take part in Macquarie’s enviable Study Abroad and Exchange programs.

* Macquarie has the largest array of programs and the most generous travel grant scheme in Australia.
* This means that while completing a Macquarie degree, students can travel to another country and study abroad at one of the University’s partner institutions.
* With over 300 partner universities in 60 countries world-wide, Macquarie gives students a huge choice, whether you want to study international law in The Hague, environmental management in Iceland or even bioscience at the most renowned schools in the United States.

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General Enquiries

Macquarie International provides information and support for international students wishing to study at Macquarie, as well as for Macquarie students wishing to study overseas on exchange.

Freecall in Australia: 1800 1818 28
Tel: +61 2 9850 7346
Fax: + 61 2 9850 7733
Email: iso@io.mq.edu.au

Visit the Macquarie University website

Freecall International:
Northern China: 10800 610 0241
Southern China: 10800 261 0241
Indonesia: 001 803 61 186
Japan: 0053 161 0001
Taiwan: 0080 61 1340

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