Life on Campus

Matsoc Ball

At UNSW we strive to make your life on campus as engaging, fun and proactive as possible! In the School of Materials Science and Engineering we run many of events throughout the year and have lots of different ways that students can engage in the university community and get the most out of their time with us. 

To start off with, we have two great student societies that you can join in and be apart of!

MATSOC

Matsoc is our undergraduate student society. They run many exciting events throughout the year and are a great society to get involved with if you want to make the most out of your first years at university and make heaps of new friends.

It's also a great chance to network with students from different years and co-horts and make valuable connections both personally and professionally.

Some of the events that they put on include:

  • Study sessions for exams
  • BBQ
  • First year camp with ChemEng
  • Career talks by industry professionals
  • Engineering Sports Day
  • Laser tag
  • Jerseys
  • Movie night

You can click the relevant social media channels to follow them and keep up to date with what they have going on: 

Instagram
Facebook

PGSOC

PGSOC is our postgraduate student society. Like MATSOC they run many exciting events throughout the year that HDR student you can engage in!

It's a great opportunity for HDR students to engage and network with other students, and have the oppourtunity to take a much needed break and engage in fun and inclusive activities inbetween study!

Some of the events that they put on include:

  • Lunar New Year Celebration
  • Career Advancement Workshop
  • Nowruz Festival (Persian New Year Celebration)
  • Collaborative Sports Day with MATSOC
  • Peer Mentoring Welcome BBQ
  •  Eid al-Fitr Celebration
  • International Cuisine Fundraising Fest
  • Blue Mountains Adventure
  •  Festival of Lights: Diwali
  • Annual Poster Competition
  • Year-end Get-Together
  • Biweekly Friday Social Gathering

You can click the relevant social media channels to follow them and keep up to date with what they have going on:

Instagram
Facebook