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That’s a wrap on Open Day 2024! We look forward to seeing you again next year. In the meantime, you can still explore Swinburne in person by booking a campus tour.

What is Open Day?

Open Day is your chance to see what’s possible at Swinburne and find where you fit in.

  • Explore projects from our Work Integrated Learning students and learn about our industry experience guarantee
  • Catch talks from Swinburne researchers tackling the long-term issues facing our planet, economy and culture
  • Get the scoop on brand new courses that combine your passion with a purpose
  • Experience Swinburne up-close through hundreds of activations across campus
Swinburne Open Day 2024
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Discover Swinburne

See innovation in action, up close and in person. Get your hands on some only-one-of-its-kind-this-side-of-the-equator tech. Catch a talk that might just open your mind – or change it.

Meet the locals

Chat with some of the brightest minds in your dream industry. Get to know your future teachers and classmates, as well as Swinburne’s friendly Hawthorn community.

Ask your questions

Ever wondered what our Work Integrated Learning guarantee is? How long is a unit? This is your chance to find out. You bring the questions, we’ll provide the answers.

Leave inspired

Wrap up a big day on campus with a virtual tote bag full of intel – courses, careers, all of it – and a head filled with possibilities. Where could study with Swinburne take you?
 

  • People walking around the Hawthorn campus at Swinburne Open Day 2024, beneath a banner that reads ‘Welcome to Open Day’.
  • A woman using an augmented reality headset at Swinburne Open Day 2024.
  • Swinburne student Tom poses in front of a racing car frame inside the Work Integrated Learning gallery at Swinburne Open Day 2024.
  • Swinburne academic John McCormick standing next to a robot as he gives a talk about robotics at Swinburne Open Day 2024.
  • Australia’s first hydrogen-propelled dome displayed in the Atrium of the Hawthorn campus at Swinburne Open Day 2024.
  • A crowd of people observes ‘Spot’, a Boston Dynamics robot dog, as it walks around the Hawthorn campus at Swinburne Open Day 2024.
  • Two students wearing VR headsets at Swinburne Open Day 2024.
  • A group of young people playing video games in the games arcade at Swinburne Open Day 2024.

Keep on exploring

  • Female student on a professional placement stands in the office and smiles to camera

    Work Integrated Learning

    Swinburne guarantees real industry experience in all our bachelor degrees in the form of placements, internships or industry-linked projects.

    Learn more (Work Integrated Learning)

  • Student support services

    Need support? Swinburne’s student support services can help with your studies, career, health and wellbeing, accommodation, child care, IT, safety and more.
    Learn more (Student support services)

  • Accommodation

    Discover all your student housing options at Swinburne, including on-campus accommodation, shared apartments, studio apartments and short-term accommodation.
    Find out more (Accommodation)

  • Scholarships

    We offer a wide range of scholarships to help selected students from all walks of life reach their academic goals.

    Find out more (Scholarships)
  • Students looking through a course guideline book at open day

    Find a course

    Search our degrees, diplomas and master programs, and find information about pathways to a degree. Explore a range of flexible study options to suit your needs and career goals. 

    Explore courses (Find a course)