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Study abroad for a semester or year at Macquarie University with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, formerly known as AustraLearn.
As a Macquarie University student you will join a diverse and welcoming community of 35,000 students, including 12,000 international students from over 110 countries.
Ranked among the top two percent of univer... read moreStudy abroad for a semester or year at Macquarie University with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, formerly known as AustraLearn.
As a Macquarie University student you will join a diverse and welcoming community of 35,000 students, including 12,000 international students from over 110 countries.
Ranked among the top two percent of universities worldwide and within the top 40 in the Asia-Pacific region (Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Rankings of World Universities 2011), Macquarie University is recognized for its innovative curriculum, high-quality teaching and research, and enviable campus environment.
Macquarie University graduates develop the skills, qualities and knowledge they need to succeed in the global workforce. In 2011, a New York Times syndicated survey of global CEOs ranked Macquarie in the top 100 worldwide for graduate recruitment.
Set on 126 hectares of parkland 30 minutes from Sydneys city centre, Macquaries beautiful campus environment is the envy of other Australian universities and is the perfect place to study, work and live. Macquarie was ranked the greenest university in NSW by national newspaper The Australian.
The Macquarie University Study Abroad Program offers international students the opportunity to study at Macquarie for either one or two semesters.
Your study abroad experience is all about you! GlobaLinks Learning Abroad is here to assist you in your path of discovery throughout the study abroad experience. We design our programs so that our local and overseas staff are available 24 hours a day to support you in health and safety matters and are also key in enhancing your study abroad experience. Through our planned activities and resident director's personal recommendations for activities you can undertake while abroad, you will be directed on a path of personal, academic, cultural, social, and professional discovery. This team, which supports you throughout your experience, will ensure that you have the most fulfilling experience possible - one that is unique to you! So...What Will You Discover? Less
GlobaLinks makes the study abroad experience amazing. The program eases you into the new culture in an easy and successful way and the orientation week was awesome. I loved that they encouraged us to get involved in our local community. It was nice that there were on campus and off campus living options and that we were living with locals and other international students and attending an Australian university. I felt like a Newcastle native b... Read more
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GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Macquarie University Had a great time!
Reviewed by Emily Yuistudent on .
I had a great time getting to know people! Read more
Australearn strung me along for a year promising that they were working on my packet and getting me ready to start my program. After this, they told me they actually wouldn't be able to work with me and then refused to refund my deposit! Read more
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GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Macquarie University australearn
Reviewed by marystudent on .
The beginning trip was amazing and it was nice to get to know everyone. However, once they sent us on our way they didn't care about helping us with anything, especially for those that lived of campus and didn't know where to go. My friend and I has some real bad roommate problems with people stealing and yelling and throwing things, and the only thing AustraLearn would do was offer counseling. They wouldn't even help us find a new place to live.... Read more
I loved Australearn. They had the most people in it. Made a lot more friends to begin with. They were always available for questions. Everything was well organized. Read more
It was a great experience. Everyone with AustraLearn was very helpful and knowledgeable. Everyone was really friendly. I've recommended AustraLearn to friends. Read more
First I must say that I met my fiancee during my study abroad to Australia. Needless to say I had the time of my life! I went to Australia through Australearn to Macquarie University. I was disappointed when I got there and the university was not close to the city. The trip on the bus or train to the city was long which meant we didn't make the trip as often as we would have liked. We ended up staying around the housing complex for the most p... Read more
High five to peterdellapenna. I agree with most everything she said. Australearn is no good in comparison with other programs that i've heard about. I was so excited for chosing their program because I've heard about them over for a couple years before I went abroad. But really, there was no program interaction, no structure. Once you are in Australia they just leave you alone, no contact, no travels or excursions. I really don't know what I... Read more
The absolute best time of my life. It was beyond amazing. When I first got there I was really homesick, but I had a pretty amazing group of friends who helped me get past that. That friends you make there will become family and will stick with you forever. The only part that sucked was coming home. The australearn staff was pretty awesome, I had like a million questions which they answered no problem, they were always really nice and told me ever... Read more
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GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Macquarie University australearn
Reviewed by marystudent on .
The beginning trip was amazing and it was nice to get to know everyone. However, once they sent us on our way they didn't care about helping us with anything, especially for those that lived of campus and didn't know where to go. My friend and I has some real bad roommate problems with people stealing and yelling and throwing things, and the only thing AustraLearn would do was offer counseling. They wouldn't even help us find a new place to live.... Read more
GlobaLinks makes the study abroad experience amazing. The program eases you into the new culture in an easy and successful way and the orientation week was awesome. I loved that they encouraged us to get involved in our local community. It was nice that there were on campus and off campus living options and that we were living with locals and other international students and attending an Australian university. I felt like a Newcastle native b... Read more
High five to peterdellapenna. I agree with most everything she said. Australearn is no good in comparison with other programs that i've heard about. I was so excited for chosing their program because I've heard about them over for a couple years before I went abroad. But really, there was no program interaction, no structure. Once you are in Australia they just leave you alone, no contact, no travels or excursions. I really don't know what I... Read more
First I must say that I met my fiancee during my study abroad to Australia. Needless to say I had the time of my life! I went to Australia through Australearn to Macquarie University. I was disappointed when I got there and the university was not close to the city. The trip on the bus or train to the city was long which meant we didn't make the trip as often as we would have liked. We ended up staying around the housing complex for the most p... Read more
It was a great experience. Everyone with AustraLearn was very helpful and knowledgeable. Everyone was really friendly. I've recommended AustraLearn to friends. Read more
GlobaLinks makes the study abroad experience amazing. The program eases you into the new culture in an easy and successful way and the orientation week was awesome. I loved that they encouraged us to get involved in our local community. It was nice that there were on campus and off campus living options and that we were living with locals and other international students and attending an Australian university. I felt like a Newcastle native b... Read more
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GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Macquarie University Had a great time!
Reviewed by Emily Yuistudent on .
I had a great time getting to know people! Read more
AustraLearn is a well thought out, well-staffed, well-facilitated program. I was nervous and naive about leaving home and AustraLearn staff were great at answering my questions and providing me with heaps of information from the time I inquired about studying abroad until I boarded the flight home. The AustraLearn staff was friendly, knowledgeable and professional. I felt safe that my student loan money was being put to good use as AustraLearn... Read more
I loved Australearn. They had the most people in it. Made a lot more friends to begin with. They were always available for questions. Everything was well organized. Read more
I studied at Macquarie University in North Ryde, which is a suburb about 8 miles north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I wish I had known this beforehand. I was under the impression that this university was in near downtown in a city environment when in reality in was in a leafy bushland and required a bus ride of 40 minutes to an hour to go into downtown Sydney. I had a friend who was studying at the same time at UNSW which is south of the Harbour... Read more
I studied abroad with AustraLearn at the University of Waikato in 2004 for 1 year. Initially I intended to apply to a school in Australia but after some coaxing from my home university (University of Colorado - Boulder) I decided New Zealand was the right choice for me.
The University of Waikato was in a great location on the North Island of NZ and was a good jumping off point to get to a number of great attractions in the central... Read more
Australearn strung me along for a year promising that they were working on my packet and getting me ready to start my program. After this, they told me they actually wouldn't be able to work with me and then refused to refund my deposit! Read more
GlobaLinks makes the study abroad experience amazing. The program eases you into the new culture in an easy and successful way and the orientation week was awesome. I loved that they encouraged us to get involved in our local community. It was nice that there were on campus and off campus living options and that we were living with locals and other international students and attending an Australian university. I felt like a Newcastle native b... Read more
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GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Macquarie University Had a great time!
Reviewed by Emily Yuistudent on .
I had a great time getting to know people! Read more
Australearn strung me along for a year promising that they were working on my packet and getting me ready to start my program. After this, they told me they actually wouldn't be able to work with me and then refused to refund my deposit! Read more
7
GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Macquarie University australearn
Reviewed by marystudent on .
The beginning trip was amazing and it was nice to get to know everyone. However, once they sent us on our way they didn't care about helping us with anything, especially for those that lived of campus and didn't know where to go. My friend and I has some real bad roommate problems with people stealing and yelling and throwing things, and the only thing AustraLearn would do was offer counseling. They wouldn't even help us find a new place to live.... Read more
I loved Australearn. They had the most people in it. Made a lot more friends to begin with. They were always available for questions. Everything was well organized. Read more
It was a great experience. Everyone with AustraLearn was very helpful and knowledgeable. Everyone was really friendly. I've recommended AustraLearn to friends. Read more
First I must say that I met my fiancee during my study abroad to Australia. Needless to say I had the time of my life! I went to Australia through Australearn to Macquarie University. I was disappointed when I got there and the university was not close to the city. The trip on the bus or train to the city was long which meant we didn't make the trip as often as we would have liked. We ended up staying around the housing complex for the most p... Read more
High five to peterdellapenna. I agree with most everything she said. Australearn is no good in comparison with other programs that i've heard about. I was so excited for chosing their program because I've heard about them over for a couple years before I went abroad. But really, there was no program interaction, no structure. Once you are in Australia they just leave you alone, no contact, no travels or excursions. I really don't know what I... Read more
The absolute best time of my life. It was beyond amazing. When I first got there I was really homesick, but I had a pretty amazing group of friends who helped me get past that. That friends you make there will become family and will stick with you forever. The only part that sucked was coming home. The australearn staff was pretty awesome, I had like a million questions which they answered no problem, they were always really nice and told me ever... Read more
