Melbourne Orientation

Join us for Melbourne Orientation Week!

Meet your University community and enjoy the vibrant campus life!

Orientation is your official welcome to campus. It’s a week packed with fun activities, info sessions, campus tours, club expos and social events.
These events will help you settle in, meet new people, and transition into university life.
Choose from over 150 fun activities, including the featured events below.

Featured events – undergraduate students

A smiling woman in a crowd holds a yellow sign for the Melbourne Peer Mentor Program.

You’ll be matched with later-year students and other new students in your faculty. Together, you’ll explore the University and what it has to offer. Your first session will be at MCC.

Students walking on campus and looking at white marquees

Enjoy live music, grab free food, meet student clubs and societies, and collect University freebies and giveaways.

Two students in front of blue and pink backdrop

Be welcomed to your new academic community and meet faculty members, meet your MPMP group, collect your free Faculty hoodie and enjoy free food and live music.

Featured events – graduate students

A group of students enjoying food on the lawn

Join the Graduate Breakfast to meet other grad students, get to know student services and enjoy free food!

Four students smiling in front of GSA building

Join the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and meet other graduate students through a series of fun events and activities.

Other events

A student writing on a piece of paper in a classroom

Learn about DELA

students on the lawn in front of UMSU purple marquees

Kick off your semester with the vibrant festival hosted by UMSU. Featuring speed friending, entertainment, clubs expos, free food and much more!

Discover events

Two student volunteers holding Orientation Challenge signs

Meet other students in your new University community and team up to complete fun daily challenges across campus.

The Old Arts Building clock tower at South Lawn

Campus self-guided walking tour

Discover hidden gems and learn about the history of the University of Melbourne’s Parkville Campus. From the oldest buildings to the newest, from Arts to Biomed, the tour covers a wide range of historical and cultural sites. Follow the route for a relaxing stroll around campus while you learn something along the way!

Download the Deckle app to take the tour:

Once you have downloaded the app, use Event PIN 3866 to access the tour. If you can't download the app, you can use the web version of Deckle with the same Event PIN.