No matter how far along you are in your studies, making friends at university can be tough \u2013 especially when it seems like everyone else has already found their own circle. So it is important to remember that every year, thousands of new students arrive at Curtin and many are in the same boat as you.<\/p>\n
Here are just a couple of ways to get out there and start socialising with your fellow students:<\/p>\n
Join a Guild Club<\/strong> Check out the full list of clubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up for Social Sports<\/strong> See what\u2019s on offer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Curtin Volunteers!<\/strong> Find out\u00a0how to get involved<\/a>.<\/p>\n Go to a campus event<\/strong> Make the first (friend) move<\/strong> Remember \u2013 all friendships take time and good ones take effort, so don\u2019t be put off if you don\u2019t make friends straight away. Give yourself some time and see what happens.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Making friends at university can be tough, so here are a few suggestions on how you can get out there and start socialising with your fellow students!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4317,"featured_media":20186,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[146],"class_list":["post-13761","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-student-life"],"acf":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/how-to-survive-image.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Jaeger","last_name":"Wieland","display_name":"Jaeger Wieland"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 10:52:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=13761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nClubs are a great way to find people with similar interests to you and the Guild has loads of them, ranging from Curtin Writers Club to Curtin eSports to the Bubble Tea Society. No matter who you are, there is a club for you.<\/p>\n
\nIf you\u2019re having trouble making friends in the classroom, try making them on the field (or court)! Curtin Social Sport is a weekly sporting competition for students and non-students of all skill levels. There are nine different sports to choose from \u2013 including basketball, futsal, volleyball and even ultimate frisbee \u2013 with various seasons throughout the year.<\/p>\n
\nVolunteering is a great way to make new friends while also doing something for the community and building up your resume. Curtin Volunteers! is a student-driven volunteering network that offers a range of opportunities for a variety of causes in different settings. If you\u2019re not keen on commitment, they also offer one-off volunteering projects throughout the semester.<\/p>\n
\nThere is no shortage of on-campus social events at Curtin. If Tav parties aren\u2019t your thing, join in on the various programs available throughout the semester that help build your career skills, confidence and creativity.\u00a0Follow Explore Curtin<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook or\u00a0@CurtinLifeAustralia<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram to find out what\u2019s on every week!<\/p>\n
\nThis tip is the most simple but also the most daunting. Initiating new friendships as an adult can feel really awkward and difficult, but remember \u2013 everyone else probably feels the same way! A simple \u201cHi\u201d to the person you\u2019re sitting next to in a tutorial or lecture could be the start of a solid new friendship.<\/p>\n