Terms of Service

Last updated: 12 June 2026

These terms govern your use of Macademia. By creating an account or using the platform, you agree to them. Please read them alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. What Macademia is

Macademia is a neutral reverse-admissions marketplace. Candidates create a profile; business schools and universities discover and reach out to candidates who fit their programmes. We facilitate the connection. We are not a party to any application, admission, scholarship, or enrolment decision, all of which rest solely with the institution.

2. Accounts

You must provide accurate information and keep your login credentials confidential.
You are responsible for activity under your account.
Recruiter accounts must be created with a genuine institutional work email; one workspace is provisioned per institution domain.
You must be at least 16 years old to use Macademia.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Misrepresent your identity, institution, or qualifications.
Scrape, harvest, or misuse other users’ personal data, or contact candidates outside the platform without a lawful basis.
Upload unlawful, infringing, or harmful content, or attempt to disrupt or gain unauthorised access to the service.
Use the platform to discriminate unlawfully against candidates.

Recruiters: candidate data accessed through Macademia may be used only for legitimate recruitment relating to your own programmes, in line with our Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection law.

4. Your content

You retain ownership of the information and content you provide. You grant Macademia a limited licence to host and display it for the purpose of operating the service (for example, showing your profile to relevant institutions). You can edit or delete your content, and delete your account, at any time.

5. Fairness and neutrality

Macademia is designed to be neutral and composition-based. We do not use special-category data (such as gender, nationality, or age) in matching or ranking. Institutions remain solely responsible for their own admissions decisions and for complying with the laws that apply to them.

6. Availability

We aim to keep Macademia available and reliable, but the service is provided “as is” and “as available”. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, and we may change, suspend, or discontinue features.

7. Liability

To the extent permitted by law, Macademia is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for admissions outcomes, decisions, or communications made by institutions or candidates. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

8. Termination

You may stop using Macademia and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that breach these terms or applicable law.

9. Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. We will post the updated version here and revise the “last updated” date; continued use after changes means you accept them.

10. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email hello@macademia.app.