Editing Macquarie University (section)

==Campuses and buildings==
[[File:MGSM North Ryde Campus.jpg|thumb|upright=2|University Lake, a popular spot for students]]
[[File:Macquarie University aerial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Aerial view of the campus, looking west]]

Macquarie University's main campus is about {{convert|16|km|mi}} north-west of the [[Sydney CBD]] and is set on 126&nbsp;hectares of rolling lawns and natural bushland. Macquarie's location within the high-technology corridor of Sydney's north-west, in close proximity to [[Macquarie Park]] and its surrounding industries, has been crucial in its development as a relatively research intensive university.<ref name=":0" /> The demographics of the location it is situated in, is known by Sydney locals as the bible-belt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Matt |date=2012-07-27 |title=Bible belt's out: Sydney has a band of believers |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bible-belts-out-sydney-has-a-band-of-believers-20120727-22zma.html |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Which Include [[The Hills Shire]], [[Hornsby Shire|The Hornsby Shire]], [[Ku-ring-gai Council]], and [[City of Ryde|Ryde Council]], then extending to the [[Northern Beaches Council|Northern Beaches]] of Sydney through [[City of Willoughby|Chatswood/Willoughby]].

Before the development of the campus, most of the site was cultivated with peach orchards, market gardens and poultry farms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.mq.edu.au/newlibrary/Appendices/Appendix_E_EDAW_Contamination_Assessment.pdf |title=Appendix 15 (Contamination Assessment), Environmental Assessment Report, Macquarie University, New Library Project |author=EDAW Gillespies |date=March 2004 |access-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411013735/https://www.library.mq.edu.au/newlibrary/Appendices/Appendix_E_EDAW_Contamination_Assessment.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2011  }}</ref> The university's first architect-planner was [[Walter Abraham (town planner)|Walter Abraham]], one of the first six administrators appointed to Macquarie University.<ref name="University of Sydney"/> As the site adapted from its former rural use to a busy collegiate environment, he implemented carefully designed planting programs across the campus. Abraham established a grid design comprising lots of {{convert|300|sqft|m2}} running north–south, with the aim of creating a compact academic core. The measure of {{convert|300|ft|m}} was seen as one minute's walk, and grid design reflected the aim of having a maximum walk of 10&nbsp;minutes between any two parts of the university. The main east–west walkway that runs from the Macquarie University Research Park to the [[Macquarie University Faculty of Arts|arts faculty]] buildings was named Wally's Walk in recognition of Abraham's contribution.<ref name="University of Sydney"/>

Apart from its centres of learning, the campus features the Macquarie University Research Park, museums, art galleries, a sculpture park, an observatory, a [[Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre|sport and aquatic centre]] and the private [[Macquarie University Hospital]]. The campus has its own postcode, 2109.

[[Image:Hospital Construction.JPG|thumb|Macquarie University Hospital]]

=== Macquarie University Hospital ===

Macquarie became the first university in Australia to own and operate a private medical facility in 2010 when it opened a $300&nbsp;million hospital on its campus.<ref name="retiringunichief">{{cite news|title=Retiring uni chief warns of student number caps|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/postgraduate-education/retiring-uni-chief-warns-of-student-number-caps-20120906-25hb3.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 September 2012|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101073415/http://www.smh.com.au/national/postgraduate-education/retiring-uni-chief-warns-of-student-number-caps-20120906-25hb3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The hospital is the first and only private not-for-profit teaching hospital on an Australian university campus.<ref>{{cite news|title=Macquarie recruits Australian from Harvard to be VC|url=http://theconversation.com/macquarie-recruits-australian-from-harvard-to-be-vc-6434|work=The Conversation|date=13 April 2012|access-date=22 March 2015|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721123025/http://theconversation.com/macquarie-recruits-australian-from-harvard-to-be-vc-6434|url-status=live}}</ref> The Macquarie University Hospital is north of the main campus area towards the university sports grounds. It comprises 183 beds, 13 operating theatres, 2 cardiac and vascular angiography suites. The hospital is co-located with the university's [[Australian School of Advanced Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muh.org.au/AboutUs.aspx|title=Macquarie University Hospital – About Us|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721053531/http://www.muh.org.au/AboutUs.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Commercial use ===
[[File:Australian Hearing Hub.jpg|thumb|left|The Australian Hearing Hub building at Macquarie University]]

The university hosts a number of high-technology companies on its campus. Primarily designed to encourage interaction between the university and industry, commercialisation of its campus has also given the institution an additional revenue stream. Tenants are selected based on their potential to collaborate with the university's researches or their ability to provide opportunities for its students and graduates.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/campus_master_plan/master_plan_2014/|title=Master Plan 2014 - Macquarie University|website=www.mq.edu.au|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=1 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601105122/http://mq.edu.au/about_us/campus_master_plan/master_plan_2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cochlear Limited|Cochlear]] has its headquarters in close proximity to the Australian Hearing Hub on the southern edge of campus. Other companies that have office space at the campus include [[Dow Corning]], [[Goodman Fielder]], [[Nortel]], [[OPSM]], and [[Siemens]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mq.edu.au/omp/projects/projects_researchpark.html |title=Research Park |author=Macquarie University |access-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110558/https://www.mq.edu.au/omp/projects/projects_researchpark.html |archive-date=27 September 2011  }}</ref>

The Macquarie University Observatory was originally constructed in 1978 as a research facility but since 1997 has been accessible to the public through its Public Observing Program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astronomy.mq.edu.au/observatory/ |title=The Macquarie University Observatory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704001928/http://www.astronomy.mq.edu.au/observatory/ |archive-date=2010-07-04 |url-status=dead}}
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