Join us for a hands-on experience to explore what career is right for you.
Let us know you’ll be there and you’ll automatically go in the draw to win a trip to K’gari!
We're lucky to have a research and learning centre on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed K'gari, the world's largest sand island. In fact, many of our students will experience the wonders of K'gari through field trips.
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Get your questions answered
Info sessions
30 minute sessions
held at 10am, 11am, 12noon
Learn more about the degrees you are interested in, including getting started, placements and what your career might look like.
The Hub
9am-2pm
Want to talk to someone face-to-face? The Hub is where you can chat one-on-one with academic staff and current students to get your questions answered.
Intro to uni presentation
30 minute sessions
held at 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm
Get all the info you need to start uni, tailored to where you’re at in your journey to university.
At Open Day, roll up your sleeves and dive into hands-on activities across various fields, all guided by our expert academics. It's a chance to get interactive and have some fun while exploring our huge range of degrees and career opportunities.
Allied and Public Health
Be in-demand with a career in health
Discover the future of mobility
Explore our Prosthetics and Orthotics Lab, where cutting-edge technology and science meets personalised care.
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Creating healthy towns and communities
Want to improve the health and wellbeing of entire populations? In this activity, you will learn how to create healthy towns and communities from a public health perspective.
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Dietetics with the Dolphins
Discover what a deliciously diverse career dietetics can be with Zara Nance, who works as both a sports dietitian for the Dolphins, and a lecturer at UniSC.
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Occupational Therapy Clinic tour
Get a taste of life as an occupational therapist (OT). Join a small group for a behind-the-scenes tour of our Occupational Therapy Clinic, led by one of our expert lecturers. Enjoy a hands-on demo of the equipment used by OTs in both the paediatric and adult therapy rooms.
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Nutrition in action
Join our experts for a tour of our teaching kitchen, where students get hands-on experience in nutrition, food science and menu design. Visit our research area and see our 'Bodpod' in action as it measures a person's weight and volume to determine body density and calculate their percentage of body fat. And, learn how to 'eat more veggies' while touring our clinic.
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Tour our Sports Nutrition Clinic
Join our experts for a tour of our brand new Sports Nutrition Clinic with cutting-edge equipment and a teaching kitchen, where students get hands-on experience in nutrition, food science and menu design. Try out our Veggie Meter, which will tell you if you eat enough carotenoid-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables (in a judgement-free zone).
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Arts and Humanities
Become a creative and critical thinker
Wheel of Arts
The beauty of an Arts degree is its versatility. In fact, there are so many brilliant, diverse majors and minors to choose from within a Bachelor of Arts degree, be sure to visit our ‘Wheel of Arts' to let the spinning wheel predict what your future career may look like.
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Business and commerce
Business graduates are in high demand worldwide
Accounting really can be fun
If you think the world of accounting is simply, well, dull and boring, you aren't the only one. We're here to challenge this perception! Join this (dare we say it... FUN) workshop that aims to reveal just how exciting an accounting career can be.
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Unlock the modern world of accounting
Get a taste of life as an on-the-job accountant! Engage in hands-on financial transactions and report analysis of a café business, exploring accounting's role in decision-making for loans, investments, and career success.
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Communication
Share your voice with the world
Be the talk of the town with a Communication degree
Discover the wide range of majors and minors on offer when you study the Bachelor of Communication such as Journalism, Creative Writing and Publishing, Digital Culture, Game Design, Music, and Theatre and Performance.
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Creative Industries
Turn your creativity into a creative career
Spotlight Insights: Theatre & Performance Q&A
Chat with our award-winning theatre and performance staff about what a future in theatre can look like for you.
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Theatre lighting demonstration
Join our theatre and performance staff and discover how theatre magic comes to life. Learn how theatre lighting designers use colour theory to create mood, atmosphere, contrast, harmony, and symbolism in their theatrical productions.
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LIVE recording session
Join a recording studio session at our world-class studios alongside ARIA award-winning producers and music industry practitioners. Music staff will be on hand to connect with you, talk about the program and discuss how it can work for you.
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Creative writing showcase
It's time for your new chapter! Start your literary journey at our creative writing and publishing display. Discover published gems, engage with seasoned writers, and ignite your own creativity with interactive wordplay. Come see why we're just your type!
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Design
A design degree backed by industry giants
Maker Space: A playground for creativity and innovation
Polish up your skills, manipulate materials and use advanced technology to craft your ideas.
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SITE UNSEEN
Play a demo of SITE UNSEEN an experimental perceptual puzzle game developed by Lecturer in Games, Dr Alexander Muscat. Chart out a mysterious world and question what you see and how.
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Education
Learn teaching from the best teachers
Navigation in the Sandpit: using augmented reality to build navigational skills
Learn how to create landscape features and develop navigational skills in an augmented reality landscape. Using an augmented reality sandpit, learn about topography and navigational techniques to help you understand landscape features and plan a route for a journey.
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Experiment through clay play
Explore your creative side by joining our education experts in experimenting with clay, which is one of the mediums offered as part of our course Arts in the Early Years. A fantastic arts medium for young children's self-expression, clay helps build important muscles and coordination for fine motor manipulation, and is a wonderful sensory experience. Channel your inner child and play with clay on Open Day.
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A planetary health perspective
Join us in our collaborative activity exploring earth-based planetary health graffiti. Add to our nature creation and conversations about the future of our planet and your aspirations at UniSC.
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An elementary question
Come and chat and have a guess at our elementary question - there's a sweet treat involved!
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Engineering
Just like engineers, at UniSC we make things happen
Soar into the future of aviation!
Find out how you can make history as part of UniSC’s eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) project which aims to have its first student-built electric aircraft take to the skies.
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Get a grip with robo arms
Join our engineering team for a hands-on experience (or should we say, an arms-on experience) featuring a robotic arms demo to introduce our mechatronics course.
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Engineering showcase
Ready to meet the future? It's ready to meet you at our engineering showcase featuring robocars, robodogs, drones, a QBot and a cool automation demonstration.
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Meet our Robodogs
Is it a dog? Is it a robot? It's Robodog! Prepare for some mind-blowing mechatronics fun with our awesome robodogs who will be greeting guests at our Moreton Bay campus.
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Environmental studies
Study the environment in our unique one
Why coastal dunes matter
Explore coastal erosion with our augmented reality sandbox as we manipulate digital terrains to understand this environmental phenomenon.
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Law and Criminology
Investigate a career in law or criminology
The ultimate legal showdown: Superman vs Batman
Will Superman’s commitment to justice prevail, or will Batman’s dedication to Gotham City triumph? You be the judge (or rather, the jury).
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Medical Sciences
Be in-demand with a health degree
The Mad Scientist's Lab
Can you complete a series of hands-on science challenges in time to escape from the Mad Scientist's laboratory? After you escape (we believe in you), be sure to visit our lab and talk to staff about our Biomedical, Pathology and Medical Sciences programs.
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Midwifery
Discover a rewarding career and make a real difference in people's lives
Midwifery skills experience
Develop the art of palpation, honing your hands-on skills to assess foetal position, monitor growth and connect with the miracle of life.
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Nursing
Pursue your passion for health care
Nursing lab tour
Get hands-on experience using the life-like electronic manikins and listen to lung and heart sounds, measure pulses and use stethoscopes.
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Paramedicine
Learn everything you need to know out in the field
Paramedicine Simulation
Watch our student paramedics manage a simulated cardiac arrest. If you're up for the challenge, you'll have the opportunity to help students 'save a life' during the simulation in our paramedicine laboratory. It's sure to get your heart beating!
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Physiotherapy
A rewarding career helping others
New Physiotherapy program
Find out about our new Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) and join our first intake of students in 2025. If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping others improve their physical wellbeing, Physiotherapy could be a career for you.
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Psychology and Behavioural Sciences
There's never been a more relevant time to study psychology and behavioural sciences
Social work and human services making a difference
Join us as we explore the real-life story of a person facing challenges. From a strengths perspective, we'll explore responses from various practice approaches including community development, mental health support, family support, and social policy advocacy.
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An opportunity to be listened to, not just heard
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be deeply listened to, with positive regard and empathy? Let our current counselling students give you a chance to discuss one of your positive attributes, and how it resonates with you in your life so far.
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Climate change action: social work and human services engagement
Following the World Café interactive method, come discuss climate change impact and action. Using real life case studies, we’ll share strategies for sustainable development in keeping with UN-SDGs.
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Science
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do
DNA secrets of fruit!
Unleash your inner scientist and discover the wonders hidden within fruit!
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What's living in your pond
What small creatures are living in your pond? Use a microscope to view protozoa and other microorganisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
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Sport, Exercise and Nutrition
Gain practical skills amongst the elite
Nutrition in action
Join our experts for a tour of our teaching kitchen, where students get hands-on experience in nutrition, food science and menu design. Visit our research area and see our 'Bodpod' in action as it measures a person's weight and volume to determine body density and calculate their percentage of body fat. And, learn how to 'eat more veggies' while touring our clinic.
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Dietetics with the Dolphins
Discover what a deliciously diverse career dietetics can be with Zara Nance, who works as both a sports dietitian for the Dolphins, and a lecturer at UniSC.
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Tour our Sports Nutrition Clinic
Join our experts for a tour of our brand new Sports Nutrition Clinic with cutting-edge equipment and a teaching kitchen, where students get hands-on experience in nutrition, food science and menu design. Try out our Veggie Meter, which will tell you if you eat enough carotenoid-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables (in a judgement-free zone).
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Understanding Force
Assessing ground reaction forces during walking, balance, and jumping activities provides valuable insights into human motion. This understanding is crucial for applications throughout healthcare and sport science.
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Technology
Tech skills in-demand all over the world
Decode the skills needed for a tech career
Talk to our academics about the Bachelor of Computer Science and the Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology, and get the intel into our minors in Cloud and Mobile, and Cyber Security.
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Urban Design and Town Planning
Plan better neighbourhoods and communities of all kinds
A game-changing path to sustainable living
Play our award-winning Sustainable Neighbourhoods game, empowering you to shape 'cooler' neighborhoods and cities while driving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals closer to your community.
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Research and Innovation
Research driving a better tomorrow
Spend koality time with our researchers
Hang out with an adorable koala and chat with our brilliant researchers about the groundbreaking chlamydia vaccine, developed and tested right here at UniSC. Tree-mendous!
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Enhanced driving simulator and cognitive testing
Hear from members of our Road Safety Research Collaboration (RSRC) about some of the impactful projects they're involved in as part of the School of Law and Society. Learn about real-life examples of cognitive testing and experience our driving simulator.
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Prepare to launch the future of aviation!
You can become part of aviation history as part of UniSC's eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) project which aims to have its first student-built electric aircraft take to the skies
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Thompson Institute
Discover our Thompson Institute
Explore fascinating brain research
Immerse yourself in a virtual reality tour of the brain, with scientists from UniSC's Thompson Institute. Explore the brain's fascinating, complex networks and functions in The CAVE - a fully immersive, 3D visual learning experience. Learn why your brain - made up of billions of neurons and trillions of connections - is the most amazing organ in your body. Hear from researchers unveiling groundbreaking insights into how mental health is linked to our neurobiology, and how we can keep our brains functioning optimally.
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The Wonders of K-gari
Discover K'gari
Opportunites on K'gari await
Come chat with Dr Kim Walker, Coordinator of the K'gari Research Station, and learn how a visit to K'gari could be part of your study journey with UniSC.
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Entertainment
Enjoy our campus
Get your groove on
Get your groove on with DJ and acoustic performer William Brighton who will set the tunes for a fab day. Enjoy a sausage sizzle fundraiser for UniSC's Pasifika Association at the BBQ facilities near the events lawn. Tasty food and beverages can be found at our onsite cafe, the Gourmet Press, and at the Dumpling Master food truck. Or, visit OMG Donuts for a perfect sweet treat.
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Art gallery exhibition
Visit our Art Gallery and view the exhibition 'Strange Weather'', which brings together artworks that broadly consider how our contemporary understanding of the environment and our place within it is mediated by technology.
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Soak up the atmosphere
Soak up the atmosphere with acoustic and DJ performances while indulging in tasty food and beverages from our onsite cafes including Cafe C, Good Bean, and Cup of E. Or, for a perfect savory treat, visit the potato slinky food truck.
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REGISTER NOW for your chance to win a trip to K’gari!
So we can send you a personalised Open Day itinerary based on your interests and preferred study areas, please submit one registration for each person attending.