Foundation and Intensive programs

Build the skills to excel in your undergraduate degree

If you have completed at least a Year 11 equivalent qualification and need additional academic support or further English skills to enter the first year of your undergraduate degree, these programs are for you.

In the Standard Foundation and Intensive programs, you have the freedom to explore your interests across a range of areas.

Accelerated learning model

Students study two units per seven-week term

Smaller class sizes

With hands on support from faculty experts

Pathway to your chosen degree

Become a Macquarie student

Enrol in your Foundation or Intensive Program and study with additional academic and student support.

Successfully complete your Foundation or Intensive Program

Attain the results required for entry into your nominated degree.

Commence degree study

Transition into the first year of your undergraduate degree, with improved academic literacy and study skills.

Standard Foundation

Standard Foundation

Extra academic and English support to get you Bachelor-ready. Year 11 equivalent needed to apply.

About the Foundation Program

Intensive Program

Intensive Program

Extra academic support to get you undergraduate-ready. Year 12 equivalent needed to apply.

About the Intensive Program

Portrait of Jazmine Matthews

I was looking for an alternative pathway into university, so I decided to undertake Macquarie’s Standard Foundation Program. It was one of the best decisions I’ve made, as I constantly find myself drawing on the knowledge I learned in the program. I’m so thankful I found my way into my undergraduate degree through it.

Jazmine Matthews Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
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Acknowledgement of Country

Macquarie University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land where Macquarie University is situated, the Wallumattagal Clan of the Dharug Nation – whose cultures and customs have nurtured, and continue to nurture, the land since time immemorial.