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2024 Student Guide

Your handy guide to get started smoothly at Swinburne as a new student.
Melbourne Cup public holiday | 5 November

Swinburne's Melbourne campuses will be closed on Tuesday 5 November for the Melbourne Cup public holiday.

StudentHQ will be closed at all campuses, reopening Wednesday 6 November.

At Hawthorn campus, the library will be open on Levels 3-5 between 8am and midnight, and the Latelab will remain open 24 hours.

At Croydon and Wantirna campuses, the Libraries and Latelabs will be closed.

It's time to enrol for 2025

Enrolments for 2025 are now open! If you’re a Higher Education or Vocational Education student, you can complete your enrolment now via My Swinburne (Swinburne College enrolment will open on Tuesday 26 November).

Need help enrolling? Follow these steps.

Student support is available

The Swinburne community is saddened by recent events in the Middle East. If you have been impacted by these events free support is available through Swinburne’s Health and Wellbeing Service, Multi Faith Centre, and the International Student Advisory & Support services dedicated to our international students. We want to assure you prejudice, racism, antisemitism and islamophobia will not be tolerated at Swinburne.

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New Students

  • Orientation

    Orientation helps you get started at Swinburne and settle into university life. During Orientation we will provide you with handy tips and resources to help you prepare for study.

  • 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.

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    Life at Swinburne

    At Swinburne, we know that your studies are important, but there is more to university than classes and lectures. Find out more about the opportunities we offer to make your time studying with us a memorable experience.

Enrolment and Course Planning

Fees, scholarships and loans

Academic integrity and progress review

Need assistance with an IT or software related issue?

Contact the team at IT Service Desk by calling +61 3 9214 5000 for urgent requests or via the email link below. 
You can also visit the TechBar at Hawthorn library for face-to-face support.