An "appalling" story of university hazing, shared by a young woman on Monday night's Q&A, has shocked the show's panel and again called into question the culture of Australia's tertiary education institutions.

Melis Layik, formerly a resident of Mannix College, a college affiliated with Monash University, was invited to share her own story after asking the panel a question about how universities have handled rape and sexual assault accusations in the past.

"One man, with assistance of two others, climbed into my second-storey room [at 3:00am] and threw raw meat at me," Ms Layik said.

"I went to the college numerous times and each time, they did nothing about it and in fact, they made me feel like I was making a big deal out of this and that I was seeking attention or something like that.

"They knew that I was vegan, and they thought that was something they could personally attack."

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Ms Layik subsequently left the college and university after her complaints to staff were ignored.

The story left members of the Q&A panel "dumbfounded".

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"It's a stupid thing to do and not what any human being should be doing, especially at three o'clock in the morning," musician John Butler said.

"That's a criminal act. A criminal act."

"I am just kind of a little bit perplexed about this kind of culture that seems to be allowing this to happen.

"I hope my daughter never has to deal with it and I hope my bloody son never acts like that."

Also on the panel was former education minister Simon Birmingham, who echoed Butler's sentiments and said the perpetrators should have been removed from the school.

"Those three should be tossed out of the university college, rather than you," Mr Birmingham said.

"That is the wrong outcome and it is an unfair outcome in those sort of instances."

In a statement, Mannix College principal Sean Brito-Babapulle said the college's position on assault and harassment was "one of zero tolerance".

"Mannix College took appropriate action to ensure the matter was fully investigated and to ensure that the student involved in this incident did not return to the college in 2018," he said.

The issue of university hazing was raised earlier this year after a report revealed the extent of the rituals carried out in some universities, including Sydney University.