Pursue your passion
Join a special interest student group at Macquarie University to share or explore new hobbies and interests.
Student Group Name | Description |
|---|---|
It doesn't matter if you are a new singer or an experienced artist, if you love music and singing, we'll love you! A Cappella society members are not just singers, but a group of friends brought together through music. | |
AnimeMQ brings together like-minded people who enjoy anime, manga and Japanese pop-culture. Our community and exec team is dedicated to giving students a place to socialise, relax at uni, and share their love of all things anime and manga! | |
| Arts and Craft Society | Our Club promotes creativity and artistic expression and provides a space for members of the Macquarie University community to explore and share different forms of visual art. We aim to provide a platform for creativity, skill development, and artistic appreciation through hands-on workshops, collaborative projects, exhibitions, and lots of social events! |
| Chess Club | The MQ Chess Club aims to create a welcoming community for chess enthusiasts of all skill levels. We provide opportunities for skill development through casual play, tournaments, and learning resources, as well as organising regular chess events to foster engagement and competition. Join us and enhance your strategic thinking and problem-solving skills through the game of chess. |
Representing Macquarie Uni in the street dance community, MDA holds jam sessions and workshops, and participates in dance battles and choreography showcases with all the other universities in the Sydney area. | |
| Debating Society | The Macquarie Debating Society represents Macquarie University at tournaments all over the world., Macquarie Debating has had a strong impression on the debating circuit, being the previous winner of the national, Australasian and World Debating Championships. Not only do we pride ourselves on our successes, but also our warm and friendly community that is welcoming to everyone, regardless of debating ability. We host internal seminars and debates every Monday night during the semester providing students of all abilities to engage in debating and social activities |
DRAMAC is the Macquarie Dramatic Arts Society, a 50 year old society that has produced a wide variety of shows, such as Shakespearean, comedy revues and Australian drama to name a few. | |
MACex is here to help you out - whether it is encouraging the growth of international connections for Macquarie students to study abroad or welcoming international exchange students to Macquarie life! | |
Grapeshot is Macquarie University’s student publication. Pieces such as written essays, works of art, videos, music, poetry and photographs are published either in Grapeshot, the printed magazine, or Grapeshot Online. | |
KPOP SOCIETY is focused on bringing together like-minded individuals that are interested in Korean pop culture ranging from dance workshops to social networking events. | |
| Macquarie Cinema Society (MQ Cinesoc) | If you're a student at Macquarie University and you're into film, then Macquarie Cinema Society is the place for you! Whether you're a casual filmgoer, a genre expert or an American Psycho fan, we welcome you to join our society to relax, network with fellow filmgoers and share your favourite film recommendations with us! Our activities include biweekly online movie nights, monthly cinema outings, hangout meetups and trivia nights. |
| The Macquarie Neurodivergent Society is a group dedicated to advocating for, and providing a safe community with supportive resources to Neurodivergent members of the Macquarie student body and the Neurodivergent Community at large. | |
| MQ Book Club | MQ Book Club is a place for all kinds of book-lovers, whether you're just getting back into reading or are looking for like-minded people who understand the struggles of an ever-growing TBR, there is a place for you with us! Our community and exec team are dedicated to giving students a place to socialise, relax, and share their love of books. |
| MQU Climbing Society | Are you looking for an adventurous workout? Or maybe just a group that loves to hang out and bond over climbs? Come join the Macquarie Climbing Society! Climbing is a perfect sport for building muscle, flexibility and balance while also helping with injury recovery. We host two indoor climbs weekly and various fun and exciting socials throughout the year. We also host outdoor climbing events for people looking for that extra bit of adventure. All skill levels are welcome, with many of our members starting with no experience at all. Come get to know us over a climb and a drink afterwards and follow our socials to keep up to date with us @mquclimbingsociety |
| MQ Gaming Society | Welcoming both social and competitive gamers, Macquarie Uni Gaming Society is a club where individuals of all platforms can come together! We host events and tournaments via Discord and stream them live on Twitch, come play for fun or maybe win some prizes! |
| Macquarie University Musician's Society (MQ MUSO) | MQ MUSO is the No. 1 place for musicians at MQU to come together and collaborative creatively with one another. Our society hosts gigs, intermediate jam sessions, outdoor jam/hangout sessions, musical workshops, open mic nights, random BBQs, listening parties, songwriting competitions, and more! Join now and become a part of this amazing community! All skill levels are welcome. |
| MQ Swifties | MQ Swifties is Macquarie University's home for Taylor Swift fans. Join us for Taylor themed trivia nights, listening parties, Discord discussions and so much more. We even run competitions and giveaways featuring Taylor merch, all whilst raising money for charities. So, are you...Ready For It? Join our evergreen group of friends! |
| MQ Symphony Orchestra | Hi! We are the Macquarie University Symphony Orchestra (MUSO), or a group of fun people who happen to play instruments. To maintain classical culture on campus, we meet every week to rehearse pieces together which also provides a great bonding opportunity for our members. In addition to our weekly rehearsals, we host social events and study sessions to foster friendships between our musicians. In the broader scheme of things, we hold concerts each semester as our driving objective. If you play an orchestral instrument and are open to playing in a group of like-minded musicians, please don’t hesitate to sign up and follow our socials. Hope to see you there! |
Macquarie Musical Society (MacMS) is a student-run musical theatre society, regularly performing 5 shows a year at the Lighthouse Theatre. No matter your passion, MacMS provides the perfect community environment for you to express yourself, have fun, learn theatre skills and forge lifelong friendships! Address: 11 Gymnasium Road, Macquarie Park New South Wales 2109 | |
The Macquarie University Philosophy Society aims to foster undergraduate interest in philosophy through participation in debate, discussion and faculty talks. Events run each week during semester both in person (on campus) and online. | |
We are open to anyone who loves or is keen on learning more about photography. We're a helpful, understanding and enthusiastic society, who are eager to help each other out and teach others about photography and to let the members make the most of their skills. | |
| Reach MQ | Reach MQ is a student-focused volunteering society with the motto "helping hands, healing hearts". We aim to bring like-minded students together by supporting the wider community and environment through volunteering. Our goal is to REACH those in need and pay-it-forward, whilst creating meaningful connections with one another. We host 3 categories of events; 'Service Projects" which involve hands-on volunteering to physically improve one's situation/environment; 'Compassion Projects' which provide emotional support and connection; and 'Social Events' where we bring our members together to focus on their own wellbeing and make amazing memories. |
We're Sci-fi fans who just want to have fun in our own nerdy way. We welcome trekkies, wookies, whooligans, browncoats and many other fans. | |
We organise and participate in the running of role-playing games, board games, card games and war games. If it's not computerised, it's under our purview. | |
The Women's Collective is a space for all women and those who identify with womanhood to come together for social, education and activism based events. Beyond this, the Women's Collective creates a space of support, laughter, advice and much more. | |
This is a place for writers to join together and share ideas, work on pieces, and develop their skills. We meet weekly and hold power writing sessions, workshops/readings groups, peer workshopping and outings. |