When I started my university life at just 17 years and 5 months old, I was very immature and naive about the reality of my academic goals and future career prospects. I had known that I wanted to study a Bachelor of Science but also believed I was on my way to obtaining a PhD in particle physics.

In a couple of weeks I’m facing the first major milestone of PhD – confirmation. During this process my academic preparedness and the quality of my research idea will be assessed. At this point in my project, it’s a good time to reflect on my experiences over the past year, and provide some insights to prospective or new students.

Expressions of Interest for the Faculty of Science Thesis Boot Camp are now open. Late stage graduate research candidates are encouraged to apply.

This time last year, I was freshly-arrived in Melbourne, having enrolled in a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne, and though I had spent many an afternoon researching Science at Melbourne, even venturing onto the second page of Google once, I realised there is only so much you can gain from webpages and brochures.

My name is Oliver Murray and I attended Rutgers University in New Jersey (NJ), USA for Semester 2, 2017. I loved this spot because it was situated in a college town that had mostly students living there both on and off campus, and it was only a 50-minute train ride from New York City.

We hope you're having a great time settling into the first weeks of your course. We also hope you’ve been trying out a few active learning methods such as preparing for lectures, taking notes and setting up a self-study schedule.

In February a group of school kids got a lesson in physics while experiencing the stunning beauty of a flyover of Antactica.

Science alumnus Jonathan Ling, now a Digital Analyst at Accenture, took to Linked In to share his advice for science undergraduates on life after university.

Do you want a head start in your career? The Unimelb Careers Festival is new in 2018 and will feature a week-long schedule of careers & employability events. Get advice about how to work on your career, meet potential employers and learn about the industries of your prospective employers before you finish your course.

In the last edition of Under the Microscope, we gave you a check list of all the things we wish we had known when we started at the University of Melbourne. In this edition, we want to share an amazing resource our friends at Academic Services have created.

Your (un)official guide to starting out at University

It has happened to all of us. We have woken up on the morning (or afternoon) of the 1st of January and thought about the things we’re going to do differently this year.

Over the recent summer holidays, four maths students from the Faculty of Science undertook a Trading internship at Optiver, a leading technology driven trading firm based in Sydney.

Been offered a place in the Bachelor of Science for 2018? Congratulations! Now for the next step: attending Science: Day 1. Come along to learn all about what the BSc can offer you, and how you'll choose your subjects.

We welcome all students beginning a graduate coursework degree to an orientation session on Monday 19 February. Depending on your graduate program, there will also be other orientation sessions for you.

The process of choosing your first-year subjects may appear daunting, but don’t worry, we have lots of resources to support you through this important process.

University of Melbourne research has found the gender gap for women working in STEMM could remain for generations without intervention.

Professor Jacques Miller from WEHI and the University of Melbourne has been recognised with a prestigious Japan Prize for his pioneering immunology research.

University of Melbourne quantum physicists demonstrate a new technique to potentially 'light up' our molecular insides to produce more powerful MRI scans.

Stephen Hawking left a legacy to science; a University of Melbourne expert looks at what he left behind, from gravitational waves to imaginary time.

University of Melbourne research finds some male moths have evolved intricate scale arrangements on their antennae to enhance detection of female sex pheromones

The University of Melbourne's Frances Separovic was Victoria's first female chemistry professor and has now been included on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

As Cape Town runs dry, could water ever become more valuable than oil? University of Melbourne experts discuss the possibility of water demand exceeding supply.

University of Melbourne experts have discovered a group of proteins associated with the deadliest forms of malaria; this finding could help protect children.

In her new book, Dr Joëlle Gergis from the University of Melbourne looks at the history of Australia's harsh climate, from the arrival of the First Fleet to now

University of Melbourne experts have scanned and modelled preserved Tasmanian Tiger joeys, allowing them to reconstruct the marsupials' growth and development.