A semester or year of study abroad with the American Institute For Foreign Study® (AIFS) is an exciting and educational experience you will remember all your life. With AIFS, you get an “experience,” not just a program. More than one million participants, including students and teachers from 500 colleges and universities, have participated in AIFS programs since we were founded in 1964.
Why Study with AIFS at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia?
- You visit—for free: Melbourne, for four days.
- You live in a residential college with Australian and other international students.
- Your fee covers the basics and the extras (tuition, housing, meals, cultural activities, round trip airfare if selected, services of a Resident Director and excursions).
- Fabulous optional trips to the Outback and the Great Barrier Reef.
- Great internship opportunities.
- Volunteer program in the local community.
- Travel and accommodations are inexpensive and plentiful.
- You don’t have to know a foreign language.
Academics at a glance
- Academic year and semester programs
- Open to college sophomores, juniors and seniors
- 2.5 minimum GPA required
- On-site orientation in Sydney
- Unique Aboriginal and Australian Studies program
- Internships available
- Volunteer program in local community
- Transcripts issued by Macquarie University
Macquarie University
Macquarie is set on 55 acres of hills and natural beauty in the town of North Ryde, 10 miles northwest of Sydney’s center. It combines the best of Australia’s open spaces with a modern campus that includes teaching and research facilities and extensive areas set aside for sports and leisure. It offers a wide range of academic programs and majors that span the humanities, sciences and social sciences.
Macquarie’s courses take full advantage of Sydney’s position in the Pacific Rim. At Macquarie, you can study the way writers from former colonial countries used English to create new kinds of fiction, examine how the arrival of Europeans affected Polynesian political culture or learn archaeological techniques while examining Aboriginal pre-history.
Orientation
A special session for study abroad students introduces them to their new life in Australia and includes information on housing, public transportation and travel, medical insurance, student life and activities in Sydney. Students are familiarized with facilities and services on campus, including the “meet a mate at Macquarie” program and the people who run them.
Student life
Activities Students at Macquarie enjoy being in a cosmopolitan city near great natural resources. The Coordinator organizes cultural and social activities throughout the semester including a performance at the Opera House, 4-day visit to Melbourne and weekend events.
Housing and meals Each AIFS student has a comfortable, furnished single room at Dunmore Lang, an affiliated residential college on campus. Student rooms have a private telephone with voice mail and personal computer outlets.
Dunmore Lang dining hall provides 20 meals per week. On weekends, many students travel or cook for themselves, so Saturday dinner is not provided.
Computers Students have daily access to the Computer Center in the Macquarie Union building and in the Macquarie Library computer room, which has free Internet access. Students can also access the Internet from their dorm rooms (additional fees apply).
Insurance Health coverage is mandatory for all international students in Australia. Included in the AIFS invoice, this is paid directly to the provider, OSHC Worldcare, by Macquarie.
Volunteering in the local community
The local community is not the only one who will benefit from your volunteer work. A volunteer experience can teach you about yourself, current issues, government services and the local community. Full details of the volunteer program will be given during orientation.
Contact Details 
David Mauro
AIFS College Division
9 West Broad Street
Stamford, CT 06902