McDonalds Australia have just announced that employees can earn credit towards a university degree in Business, Commerce, Management, HR, Technology, and IT, just by turning up to work and completing their training.
If you’re a Maccas worker, then all you need to do is earn up to 8 microcredentials, each of which counts for up to one university subject. You can even stack the microcreds together and score direct entry into an MBA program (Masters of Business Administration), potentially saving you up to $20,000 in fees.
Maccas have partnered with the following universities at this stage (Nov 2025):
- University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
- Torrens University Australia
- Adelaide University
- James Cook University
- Curtin University
- Charles Darwin University
- University of Tasmania
- University of Canberra
- University of New England
- Swinburne University, and
- William Angliss Institute
At Study Work Grow, we’re hopeful that this will lead to more partnerships between early-career employers and universities.
