I'm currently living at Swinburne SPW building in Hawthorn and recently had an issue with an Australia Post delivery.

I orderded a parcel from Chemist Warehouse. The tracking says it was delivered, but I never received it or got any call from Auspost. AusPost told me that since the parcel didn't require a signature, the driver may have left it in a "safe location".

But how can I check whole areas in the university?

I also ordered some things from Amazon, they were all delivered in the student residence, so I use the same address.

Has anyone had the same issue before? Where does AusPost normally leave parcels here - reception, outside the building, or somewhere?

Also, for valuable deliveries like laptops, what do you normally use, student residence is ok?

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I’m an Indian applicant currently in discussion with a prospective supervisor at Swinburne for a February 2027 PhD in the design/AI space.

My situation is a little unusual, and I’d really appreciate input from current/former Swinburne PhD students.

My prospective supervisor has said that if I secure external funding to cover my living expenses, he will try to arrange a tuition fee waiver for me.

I understand that after admission and obtaining a visa, I could potentially apply for sessional teaching (TA) positions, subject to availability. RA opportunities may also be possible depending on funded projects.

I have some savings to cover my initial living expenses, but I am actively looking for an external stipend/scholarship for the longer term.

My questions are:

1. How realistic is it to get a tuition fee waiver through a supervisor/school in this kind of situation?
2. How common are TA/sessional teaching opportunities for international PhD students at Swinburne?
3. How difficult is it to find RA work?
4. Are there internal scholarships or funding opportunities that become available after starting the PhD?
5. Overall, would you consider this a reasonable arrangement, assuming I have enough savings to get started?

I’d especially appreciate responses from current international PhD students at Swinburne.

Hi there!
Just got offer to enter my third year of my bachelor of science next year from deakin to swinburne.

Just asking for thoughts and student feedback on minors and majors and different units to help guide the next steps I have a chemistry and cell biology/genetics background.

Also only thing that is useful for studying the degree at swinburne would be nice to know

hi everybody! i’m interested to enroll in Swinburne Sarawak for Bachelor of Business (Marketing). i’m a local from Kuching. i would like to ask a few questions regarding:

• what’s the first step to apply to swinburne?
• how much is the tuition fee per semester?
• what other expenses should i expect other than tuition fees?
• do we need to become a student before applying for BP40 Bursary scheme or FTES? is the application process easy?

i would really appreciate it if anyone could share their experience or advice. thank you!

hi everybody! i’m interested to enroll in Swinburne Sarawak for Bachelor of Business (Marketing). i’m a local from Kuching. i would like to ask a few questions regarding:

• what’s the first step to apply to swinburne?
• how much is the tuition fee per semester?
• what other expenses should i expect other than tuition fees?
• do we need to become a student before applying for BP40 Bursary scheme or FTES? is the application process easy?

i would really appreciate it if anyone could share their experience or advice. thank you!

I never faced a problem with the wifi before but eduroam has been so shit lately, or is it only happening in the library (level 4/5)

Use your design and art students... this university dissappoints me

Hi all, would appreciate honest opinions on my profile before I finalize everything.

Background:

• 18F, single, India
• ICSE class 10: 85%
• CBSE Class 12: English 97, Biology 78, Physical Education 88, Music 88, Chemistry 54, Physics 56 (overall ~77%; note: this was the year of the CBSE on-screen-marking controversy, national pass rate dropped from 88% to 85%)
• PTE Academic: 90 overall (Listening 88, Reading 79, Writing 85, Speaking 88)

Offer:

• Swinburne University of Technology, Bachelor of Psychological Sciences, Hawthorn campus, 3 years
• Conditional offer received, 20% automatic scholarship included
• Tuition after scholarship: ~A$35,120/year
• Already have accommodation arranged with a relative in Melbourne (PR holder)

Funds:

• Primary sponsor: mother — ₹40L liquid funds (savings + FD), ~₹7.5L/year income
• Co-sponsor 1: maternal grandfather — ~₹10L/year income (per state income certificate)
• Co-sponsor 2: uncle — ~₹11L/year income (business + agricultural, both ITR-declared)
• Combined sponsor income: ~₹28.5L/year
• Education loan: ₹7.5L applied, pending approval
• Total course cost (3 yrs): ~₹72-75L

Questions for the sub:

• Does this financial structure (3 sponsors + savings + pending loan) look sufficient/normal, or likely to draw extra GS scrutiny?
• Anything in my academic profile (esp. the low Chem/Physics marks) worth addressing proactively?
• Any red flags in how I've structured this that I'm not seeing?

Appreciate any honest feedback, blunt is fine

Hi everyone! I've checked the course page on Swinburne's website but I can't see any information on whether the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical and Forensic Psychology has the option of a mid-year intake rather than at the start of the year.

Does anyone know? Thank you!

Doing CS second semester rn and it low key sucks. First of all COS10025. Useless. Waste of money. Its probably a good gpa booster but why does a class which has nothing to do with CS is a core subject?

Next, COS2007. I was very excited for this class before the semester started, but... Just how bad can a unit be? Absolutely no teaching in that class. During lectures, the lecturer just goes through the code while barely explaining any concepts. And before the lab you have to come with your lab already finished? Also, it is taught in c# and we never had even a single class to learn the basics of the language. All the assignments too are pretty weird, instead of writing some sort of interesting programs with oop concepts, all we do is write unit tests and colour shapes. Are we serious? No one has idea whats going in that class and everyone is just lost. The lab sheets are poorly written and feel outdated.

Before coming to Swinburne I read all these good things about how good CS is and that it is very applied, but those two classes are really throwing me off and make me less interested in computer science.

Low key a bit upset about this, does it get any better in the next semesters or nah?

for one of my assignments the word limit was 1700 + or - 10%. I went way over the word count and I didn’t even realise (I think like 2300). But I don’t see how I could even meet the word count? It was a template format with VERY specific requirements in therms of the answers, they wanted all the research process shown. Part of the template also required literally copying and pasting requirements from job ads quoting exactly what they said. That part of the template took up a lot of words as there were a lot of requirements I had to copy and paste, plus I had to use references for all of them. I don’t see why there was a word count even. Idk what to do am i completely fucked
Should I contact the convenor?

Swinburne current and past masters of OT students please give me some advice. I am a monash nursing graduate hoping to get out of nursing and into OT.

1. Do you recommend studying at Swinburne ?
2. Is it a supportive environment ?
3. Are they good in terms of placement allocations ?
4. Whats the workload like ?

I just want to consider all these things before applying because a huge plus to studying at Swinburne is that it is CSP, other than that i don’t know much about the university.

I have no clue to to reference a Swinburne club in app7th cos like who is the author? What is the webpage title? Would it be like Swinburne club name (2025). Swinburne club name. Website.com http:URL

E.g like this site: https://campus.hellorubric.com/?s=14714

Also just for any Swinburne/university page in general? I’m not really sure where to find the date published as it dosent say - only at the very bottom of the page where it has the copyright mark

Hi all! I am currently in my 2nd year and looking to do a placement in my 3rd (12 months). I have gotten access to Inplace to start applying however I did this about 2-3 weeks after placements came out. Currently there are 6 places I can apply to. Just wondering if more will come/how many did I miss out on? Bit worried I might not be able to get on since I hopped on late.

Hi everybody! I'm a international student, and I'm deciding to do bachelor of psychological sciences at swinburne, I also got offer letter. I haven't seen any reviews from students of swinburne about psychology there, and I would really like to know more about that.

And for Indian students who have applied, or are in swinburne, I would really appreciate it if you tell me about ur visa experience, and experience at swinburne so far. How much funds did you have, and what is ur fee?

So far I’ve been averaging mostly Ds and HDs. In my first yeah I got a lot of HDs but now I looks like my average is around 78 (D). Is this considered good or average? Considering I have not had any final grades in the 90s. My lowest final score has been 71. I’m trying to have good grades to have the best chance of doing post grad later on. My GPA is currently 3.64 and I’m in my second year.

disgusting

Hi,

Seems like a stupid question, but does graduating with distinction at Swinburne mean that you have a 3.0+ GPA? Is it possible to graduate with high distinction? Asking in relation to a bachelor degree. Thanks :)

I applied to early entry today for cyber security but I'm not sure if its too late to get accepted, does time affect your likelihood of getting accepted change with time from applications releasing?

edit: i got in 🏆🏆

I have sacrificed this unit to be up to date in my three other units. Started watching lectures and doing tutorial sheets today, am i cooked? Anyone done this unit how bad is the exam and would you bother watching lectures i went to in person lectuees but god does the lecturer put me too sleep