Student events and activities

From career fairs to creative classes, find out what's on around campus and online.

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Public Art Trail 2026

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 01 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Get involved in a series of fun, participatory, student-created artworks on campus.

RMIT students and staff at the 2025 Midsumma Pride March

RMIT X Midsumma Festival

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 18 Jan 2026 - 08 Feb 2026

RMIT University is proudly a Major Partner of Midsumma Festival, with the partnership secured through to 2028. This multiyear partnership reflects RMIT's longstanding commitment to supporting LGBTIQA+ communities, by increasing visibility, championing change, uplifting LGBTIQA+ voices and celebrating queer creativity. The 2026 festival runs from 18 January to 8 February.

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Monthly RMIT Games Day 2026

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 25 Jan 2026 - 14 Dec 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. RMIT City campus

RMIT are back for RMIT Games Day 2026 tournaments!

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RMIT Study Expo

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 29 Jan 2026

RMIT gets you ready for what’s next – and at our upcoming Study Expo, you’ll discover how.

RMIT students and staff at the 2025 Midsumma Pride March

RMIT x Midsumma March 2026

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 01 Feb 2026

Come together, meet new friends and amplify the power of community and culture at the 30th anniversary of Midsumma Pride March.

University students walk in front of promotional signage.

Semester 1 O Week Events

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 02 Feb 2026 - 27 Feb 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Brunswick, Bundoora, Melbourne City, Carlton

Join us for some fun on-campus entertainment and activities Orientation Week (O Week)!

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1oo Years of Broadcast TV Symposium: The impact and future of broadcast TV in Australia

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 06 Feb 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne

RMIT University's Streaming Industries and Genres Network (SIGN) proudly present the '100 Years of Broadcast TV Symposium', which reflects on the impact of the broadcast signal across media and communication industries in Australia.

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Designing with Wool: The Australian Wool Board's Global Fashion Impact

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 18 Feb 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. RMIT City campus

Join us for an insightful panel discussion about how fashion designers and manufacturers have championed Australian wool locally and on the global stage.

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Swanston Library morning tea

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 25 Feb 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. RMIT City campus

Come for the cake – stay for the grades! Meet the team from the Library in the Swanston Study Support Hub who can help you succeed at RMIT while enjoying free food.

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The Best Films You've Never Seen: JAWS (M), 1975

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 25 Feb 2026

Join us to celebrate the film that launched the blockbuster era, as ‘Jaws’ returns to the big screen at The Capitol - RMIT.

Hiranga, RMIT Plus Ambassador at a stall during O Week

Introductory workshop – RMIT Plus

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 03 Mar 2026

Come and learn more about RMIT Plus and how it can help you build essential life and work skills to make the most of your time at university!

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Campus Fest

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 04 Mar 2026 - 05 Mar 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Meet RMIT clubs, make friends, join activities, and experience the best of campus life at this two-day festival.

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A. C. Grayling: Fighting Authoritarianism, Saving Democracy

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 07 Mar 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. The Capitol

RMIT University and The Wheeler Centre proudly present preeminent philosopher A. C. Grayling discussing one of the most urgent issues of our time: the decline of democracy.

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Confident Communicator workshops – RMIT Plus

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 10 Mar 2026 - 14 Apr 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

RMIT Plus is a free, self-paced, co-curricular skills recognition program designed to help you build your life and work skills. Our workshops and events throughout the year are here to support you in setting and achieving your goals by getting experience beyond the classroom.

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Mental health and wellbeing webinars

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 12 Mar 2026 - 04 May 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Online, Melbourne City

Discover the tools, practices and knowledge that can support you to take better care of yourself with the latest webinars from RMIT Counselling & Psychological Services.

RMIT students sit together at the RMIT Plus end of year celebration

Goal Setting workshops – RMIT Plus

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 12 Mar 2026 - 25 Mar 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

This friendly, hands-on goal-setting setting workshop will introduce you to RMIT Plus and SMART goals. Whether you're thinking about personal development, your career, or anything else, you'll leave with an actionable plan to achieve what you want.

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Career Connect - Industry Insights

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 16 Mar 2026 - 18 Mar 2026

Industry Insight Sessions are a series of interactive events where RMIT students connect with employers and industry professionals and gain insider tips ahead of The Big Meet, Australia’s top career fair for undergraduate and graduate students.

Students connect Australia's top employers at The Big Meet

The Big Meet

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 19 Mar 2026

Connect with Australia's top employers at Melbourne's top graduate careers fair, for free!

Hiranga, RMIT Plus Ambassador at a stall during O Week

Introductory workshop – RMIT Plus

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 03 Mar 2026

Come and learn more about RMIT Plus and how it can help you build essential life and work skills to make the most of your time at university!

Person addressing cinema audience

Confident Communicator workshops – RMIT Plus

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 10 Mar 2026 - 14 Apr 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

RMIT Plus is a free, self-paced, co-curricular skills recognition program designed to help you build your life and work skills. Our workshops and events throughout the year are here to support you in setting and achieving your goals by getting experience beyond the classroom.

RMIT students sit together at the RMIT Plus end of year celebration

Goal Setting workshops – RMIT Plus

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 12 Mar 2026 - 25 Mar 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

This friendly, hands-on goal-setting setting workshop will introduce you to RMIT Plus and SMART goals. Whether you're thinking about personal development, your career, or anything else, you'll leave with an actionable plan to achieve what you want.

Students engage with employers at the 2025 Industry Insight Sessions

Career Connect - Industry Insights

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 16 Mar 2026 - 18 Mar 2026

Industry Insight Sessions are a series of interactive events where RMIT students connect with employers and industry professionals and gain insider tips ahead of The Big Meet, Australia’s top career fair for undergraduate and graduate students.

Students connect Australia's top employers at The Big Meet

The Big Meet

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 19 Mar 2026

Connect with Australia's top employers at Melbourne's top graduate careers fair, for free!

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RMIT Study Expo

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 29 Jan 2026

RMIT gets you ready for what’s next – and at our upcoming Study Expo, you’ll discover how.

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Public Art Trail 2026

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 01 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Get involved in a series of fun, participatory, student-created artworks on campus.

University students walk in front of promotional signage.

Semester 1 O Week Events

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 02 Feb 2026 - 27 Feb 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Brunswick, Bundoora, Melbourne City, Carlton

Join us for some fun on-campus entertainment and activities Orientation Week (O Week)!

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Campus Fest

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 04 Mar 2026 - 05 Mar 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Melbourne City

Meet RMIT clubs, make friends, join activities, and experience the best of campus life at this two-day festival.

Smiley face painted on pavement

Mental health and wellbeing webinars

Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 12 Mar 2026 - 04 May 2026
Icon / Small / Location Created with Sketch. Online, Melbourne City

Discover the tools, practices and knowledge that can support you to take better care of yourself with the latest webinars from RMIT Counselling & Psychological Services.

More ways to get involved

This service receives funding from SSAF

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

Learn more about our commitment to Indigenous cultures