Welcome to Deakin

Let's get started. Your Orientation to Deakin is the first step in starting your studies. Orientation is offered as a blend of online and on-campus events and sessions.

Trimester 3 2024 dates:

Prepare Week (including International Student Welcome): 21 – 25 October 2024

OWeek: 28 October – 1 November 2024

Week 1: 4 – 8 November 2024

Your Orientation Itinerary is an individual, tailored schedule of sessions offered online. Each session has additional pre-session information and resources available upon registration to help you prepare.

Your Itinerary includes all academic and study support sessions relevant to you, as well as social activities, workshops, tours, and other opportunities to get to know Deakin.

Most orientation activities take place during OWeek, but some will continue into your first few weeks.

Build your Itinerary

To build your Orientation Itinerary, select your campus (as indicated in your offer email), faculty, student type, pathway (Deakin College), or non-pathway (all other students), then choose your course from the fields below, and click 'find'.

Next steps:

Step 1: Register to attend all your sessions using your Deakin email. A registration link is provided in each session.

Step 2: Once registered, you'll receive an email confirmation with pre-session information and resources, as well as a link to the session page where you can join. You'll also receive a calendar invite to save to your Outlook Calendar. One hour before the session, you'll get a reminder email.
Step 3: To attend the session, use the link from the confirmation, the reminder email, or the calendar invite. IMPORTANT: The 'Join the session' link will activate when your session is ready to start.

Step 4: Within 24-48 hours, you'll receive an email via your Deakin email with resources and information from the session.

Registering for sessions:

You will need your Deakin username and password to register for Orientation sessions. If you don't have your username and password yet, please accept your offer and activate them to register.

If you don't have your username and password by Wednesday, 16 October, you can return to the Orientation Itinerary instructions page and follow the instructions to pre-register and access your session list.

More information

For Orientation questions answers, visit the Orientation FAQs: https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/new-students/orientation/orientation-faqs

For more information visit New Students: https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/new-students

For course advice or enrolment assistance, contact Student Central: https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/help/student-central your starting point for all of your questions.

Build your Orientation Itinerary