Support and contacts for students

If you're a current or prospective student, find contact information for a range of teams, support channels and student services from across the Faculty and the University.

For students studying undergraduate or Masters by coursework degrees

Contact Stop 1 for:

Contact your subject coordinator for:

You can find your subject coordinator details on the Handbook entry for your subject.

For current or prospective graduate researchers

Whether you're trying to find a potential supervisor or submit your thesis, we have pulled together contact information for everyone a graduate researcher in our Faculty needs to speak to.

Important contacts for graduate researchers

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The 'Science Student News' Facebook page is full of information about upcoming events, current news, and job and scholarship listings.

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Also visit the 'Science at Melbourne' Facebook page and Instagram and Twitter accounts to find out what's happening in science across the University, Australia and world.

How we connect to you: student newsletters

The Faculty of Science sends out two newsletters to students:

  • BSc News is sent fortnightly during semester to Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science (Extended) students.
  • BAg/DiGs News is sent monthly during semester to Bachelor of Agriculture and Diploma in General Studies students.
  • Graduate Science News is sent monthly throughout the year to graduate students.

Each newsletter contains events, workshops, scholarships, jobs, tips, opportunities, and lots more.  All current students are automatically included in the mailing list.

If you are staff and wish to subscribe to any of the above, please email science-news@unimelb.edu.au with your request.

Newsletter schedule

  • BSc Newsletter

    Semester 1 2024

    Submission date Publishing date
    Mon 12 FebWed 14 Feb
    Tues 27 FebThurs 29 Feb
    Tues 12 MarThurs 14 Mar
    Tues 26 MarThur 28 Mar
    Tues 9 AprThurs 11 Apr
    Tues 23 AprThur 25 Apr
    Tues 7 MayThur 9 May
    Tues 21 MayThur 23 May

    Semester 2 2024 (TBC)

  • BAg/DiGs Newsletters

    Semester 1 2024

    Submission date Publishing date
    Mon 12 FebWed 14 Feb
    Tues 5 MarThur 7 Mar
    Tues 9 AprThur 11 Apr
    Tues 7 MayThur 9 May

    Semester 2 2024 (TBC)

  • Grad Coursework/Grad Research Newsletters

    Semester 1 2024\

    date Publishing date
    Tues 20 FebThur 22 Feb
    Tues 19 MarThur 21 Mar
    Tues 23 AprThur 25 Apr
    Tues 21 MayThur 23 May

    Semester 2 2024 (TBC)

Submitting news to us

You can submit items to us for inclusion in our newsletters using the Faculty of Science newsletters submission form. Please follow these guidelines:

  • Submissions should be
    • No more than 75 words
    • Concise, factual, and appropriate for the relevant cohort.
  • Do not submit items that include
    • Commercial advertising
    • Promotional or sales material
    • Emotive or controversial language.
  • Examples of suitable topics
    • Info sessions
    • Expos
    • Student events such as lunches/BBQs
    • Services to students
    • Workshops
    • Application deadlines for scholarships or courses.

Submissions may be edited for clarity and adherence to guidelines. If a submission requires significant editing, we may ask you to rewrite the notice or provide further information.