麦考瑞大学成立于1964年，致力于成为澳大利亚领先的研究型大学，目标是在2014年学校50周年校庆之际成为澳大利亚八大研究型大学之一和世界排名前200强之一。据2012年统计，学校有约37,000名学生，其中约7,910名海外留学生来自于71个不同的国家，教职员2,221名，65%的教员拥有博士学位，高于全国平均水平。立思辰留学360介绍，园林般的校园占地126公顷，距离西北部的悉尼港30分钟车程。校园毗邻悉尼最大的购物中心之一--麦考瑞中心，离微软、思科、康柏、霍尼韦尔、甲骨文、索尼等一些著名跨国公司的办公楼也不远。
学校知名校友
●Peter Andren, former member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives (Independent)
●MiG Ayesa, singer and second runner-up on TV show Rock Star: INXS
●Patricia Bergin, Chief Judge in Equity, NSW Supreme Court
●Grant Brits, swimmer, bronze medallist at Beijing Olympics
●Barry Brook (scientist), climate scientist and advocate of nuclear power
●Greg Coffey, hedge fund manager
●John Connor, environmentalist
●Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page, three founding members of The Wiggles
●Laser physicist Frank Duarte
●Peter Debnam, former NSW Opposition Leader
●Miranda Devine, columnist, writer
●F. J. Duarte, author, physicist
●Liz Ellis, former Australian national netball team captain
●Sophie Falkiner, TV presenter
●John Faulkner, federal minister
●Adam Hills, comedian and television presenter
●Chris Lilley, comedian/actor
●Catherine Livingstone, Chairwoman of Telstra
●Jeff McMullen, journalist
●Joel Milburn, athlete
●Fred Nile, NSW Legislative Council member
●Christine Nixon, former Victorian Police Commissioner
●Christine Jensen Burke, mountain climber
●Rob Oakeshott, federal member for Lyne (Independent)
●Peter Overton, journalist and television news presenter
●Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe
●Tanya Plibersek, federal politician
●Margaret Pomeranz, movie critic, host of At the Movies
●Hugh Riminton, CNN news anchor
●Eric Roozendaal, NSW Treasurer
●Helen Sham-Ho, NSW Legislative Council member; first Chinese-born Member of Parliament in Australia
●Ian Thorpe, Olympic swimmer
●George Williams, academic lawyer and human rights activist
