Get the most out of Orientation week

Well, you're officially a Swinburne student. Welcome. Wominjeka. 

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Your Orientation dates

Your study group defines your Orientation dates

Higher Education

Semester 2, 2024: TBC July 2024
 
 

Vocational Education

Check your email invite

UniLink and Foundation

Teaching Period 2, 2024: TBC June 2024

ELICOS

Check your email invite

Don't know what study group you fit into? Here's a guide
  • Higher education: made up of undergraduate (bachelor or associate degrees), and postgraduate (graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters degrees)
  • Vocational education: diploma or certificate that is not a Unilink course
  • Unilink and Foundation: Unilink or Foundation Year course
  • ELICOS: English language course

Step-by-step guide to Orientation

Select your study level to get direction.

Need help? Reach out to our friendly team at StudentHQ.

Note: ELICOS students should refer to their email invitation for further info.

Undergraduate study level

If you're enrolled in a bachelor or associate degrees, you're an undergraduate student.

Click on the following steps below to discover how to get the most out of Orientation. 

Your first day is an all-day event where you'll get all the info you need to start your studies. It's essential to attend, so make sure you RSVP and save the date.

Remember to RSVP

Please RSVP to confirm your attendance. If you've enrolled, we'll also send you an email invite for your course induction. You can also RSVP from that email. 

Haven't received your email invite

If you have enrolled but haven't received your invite, please let us know. 

Double-degree students may need to attend two course inductions

If you've enrolled in a double degree, you may need to attend two course inductions. So, double-check you're in the right place. 

International students welcome

If you're an international student, there's a special welcome and briefing just for you. It's where you'll get all the must-have information for starting your journey.

Starting uni can be intimidating, but there's no need to go it alone. There are plenty of ways to connect to people with similar interests and backgrounds outside of your course. You can

  • take a stroll along John Street to check out the student clubs on display
  • find out about the peer mentoring program
  • learn about Swinburne's Student Union.
     

If that all seems like a bit much, head to the Student Ambassador FAQ booth and ask a current student how they navigated their first days at uni.

Take a campus tour

This is your campus now. Get to know the place and make yourself at home by joining a campus tour. They'll be departing every 15 minutes from the entrance to the Library on John Street. 

Grab some free lunch

New students: Grab your free lunch from one of the food trucks and get to know your campus between Orientation sessions.

If you’re a returning student but still want free food, make sure to swing by our Welcome Back Week events.

Need a guide? Check our campus map!

Struggling to find your way? The campus map will guide you to essential locations and hotspots on campus. 

Want to get stuck in early? Check out our popular Student Essentials Program, which runs from 13-14 February. It offers you the chance to get ahead by giving you the skills and resources needed to succeed at uni. 

Can't join us in person? You can also access workshop recordings and resources from Canvas. 

Postgraduate study level

If you're enrolled in a graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters degree, you're a postgraduate student.

Click on the following steps below to discover how to get the most out of Orientation. 

Kick things off with your course induction. It's essential you attend the key event. Find your study area below to get your session details and to RSVP.

There will also be a welcome and briefing for international students, where you'll get all your must-know information. 

Your course induction is a great place to network. There are plenty of ways to connect to people with similar interests and backgrounds outside of your course. 

You're welcome to come on campus during the day and check out:

This is your campus now. Make yourself at home. If you have time during the day, make the most out of it with a campus tour. They'll be departing every 15 minutes.

All set? Let's go!

Vocational Education study level

If you're enrolled in a diploma or a certificate that is not postgraduate or a UniLink course, you're a vocational education student. 

Click on the following steps below to discover how to get the most out of Orientation. 

Your first week of classes will include course induction. You'll meet your teachers, learn more about your course, and get answers to your questions.

In the meantime, we have an online module available for you via Canvas, our learning management system. This module includes the 7 steps to starting at Swinburne and information on available support services.

Canvas uses the same username and password as your Swinburne student email, so make sure you set that up first.

Starting uni can be intimidating, but there’s no need to go it alone. There are plenty of ways to connect to people with similar interests and backgrounds outside of your course.

If you're studying at the Hawthorn campus, join us and take a stroll along John Street to check out:

Take a campus tour

If Hawthorn is your campus, we invite you to get to know it by joining a campus tour. They’ll be departing every 15 minutes from the entrance to the Library on John Street.

Need a guide? Check out our campus map!

Struggling to find your way? The campus map will guide you to essential locations and hotspots on campus.

Is my course induction on campus or online?

Your course induction may be online or on campus. Online sessions will be hosted on Canvas. 

Main events for Orientation

Refer to this section to see all future Orientation events scheduled to take place on Swinburne campuses.

This will be updated middle to end of June 2024 once events are confirmed. 

Swinburne Student Union events for Orientation

Refer to this section to see all upcoming events hosted by Swinburne Student Union.

This will be updated middle to end of June 2024 once events are confirmed.

Connect to Student Life

Follow Student Life on social networks to discover what's on outside the classroom.

Resources and support services

  • Swinburne's mascot, Razor the Razorback (a wild boar), giving the thumbs up.

    Student Life

    The student experience is about more than just books and late-night library visits. We have a wide range of clubs and societies for you to meet like-minded people and make life-long friends as well as volunteering opportunities and tickets to organised events.

  • Student support services

    Need support? Swinburne’s student support services can help with your studies, career, health and wellbeing, accommodation, child care, IT, safety and more.
  • Getting started at Swinburne

    Are you a new student to Swinburne? Welcome! All the vital information you need to help you get started at Swinburne and settle into university life is on this page.

  • Students posing with skewers at Swinburne Hawthorn campus event

    Swinburne Student Union

    Student union groups are a great way to get involved with the issues you care about and include groups such as:

    -  Queer Collective
    -  Women's Collective
    -  First Nations Collective.

Contact us

If there’s something we haven’t covered here, or something you’re not sure of and would like to hear more about, feel free to get in touch with us at StudentHQ.

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