UndergraduateArchitecture
Bachelor of Architectural Design
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
Design studio work starts in the very first semester here rather than being held back until students have "earned" it through a year of theory - RMIT runs the studios like a working architecture practice from day one, and they typically make up half of each semester's workload. Groups stay small, and from second semester onward students actually choose which studio project and theme to follow rather than being assigned one, so the degree lets people specialise in interests (housing, urban design, materials experimentation) earlier than most architecture programs allow.
The supporting subjects - technology, communication, history - fill out the rest of the degree and are there specifically to give studio work real technical and historical grounding, not to function as separate academic silos. It's explicitly a pathway degree: this bachelor's alone isn't the endpoint, it feeds into RMIT's Master of Architecture and the accreditation that comes with it, so most students here already know they're in for five-plus years of study total before registration.
The appeal for prospective students is usually the intensity of the studio culture and the small-group, project-based teaching model over the sheer volume of design work produced by third year.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 4 parts
- Year 1: Design Studio 1 and 2 (foundations)
- Architectural Communication
- Introduction to Building Technology
- History of Architecture
- Year 2: Design Studio 3 and 4 (student-selected themes)
- Structures
- Environmental Systems
- Architectural Communication (advanced)
- Year 3: Design Studio 5 and 6 (student-selected themes)
- Professional Practice
- Digital Design Technology
- capstone design project
- Pathway continuation into Master of Architecture for professional accreditation
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
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On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Full registration as an architect needs the accredited Master of Architecture plus logged practical experience and the Architectural Practice Examination, on top of the skills assessment.
Assessed by Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA)
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
Admissions
ATAR ~75+ (or equivalent Year 12); folio/selection task may apply
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