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 undergraduate 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 2023

    Submission date Publishing date
    Monday 13 February Thursday 16 February
    Monday 27 February Thursday 2 March
    Monday 13 March Thursday 16 March
    Monday 27 March Thursday 30 March
    Monday 10 April Thursday 13 April
    Monday 24 April Thursday 27 April
    Monday 8 May Thursday 11 May
    Tuesday 22 May Thursday 25 May
    Monday 5 June Thursday 8 June

    Semester 2 2023

    Submission date Publishing date
    Monday 10 July Thursday 13 July
    Monday 24 July Thursday 27 July
    Monday 7 August Thursday 10 Aug
    Monday 21 August Thursday 24 August
    Monday 4 September Thursday 7 September
    Monday 18 September Thursday 21 September
    Monday 2 October Thursday 5 October
    Monday 16 October Thursday 19 October
  • GradSc and GR Newsletters

    Semester 1 2023

    Submission date Publishing date
    Monday 6 February Thursday 9 February
    Monday 6 March Thursday 9 March
    Monday 3 April Thursday 6 April
    Monday 1 May Thursday 4 May
    Monday 29 May Thursday 1 June

    Semester 2 2023

    Submission date Publishing date
    Monday 3 July Thursday 6 July
    Monday 31 July Thursday 3 August
    Monday 28 August Thursday 31 August
    Monday 25 September Thursday 28 September
    Monday 23 October Thursday 26 October
    Monday 20 November Thursday 23 November

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.