Undergraduate · Architecture
Bachelor of Design
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Design at UWA is the university's studio-based creative degree, covering streams that typically include architecture-adjacent design, interior architecture, urban and landscape design, and product or visual design depending on current stream offerings, taught through project-based studio work rather than conventional lecture-and-exam assessment for most of its core content.
It functions as UWA's foundation pathway into the Master of Architecture and related postgraduate design qualifications, which is the standard structure in Australia now that architecture is a postgraduate accredited qualification rather than a single undergraduate degree, so most Bachelor of Design students intending to become registered architects treat this as stage one of a longer combined pathway rather than a terminal qualification.
Graduates who don't continue into a design-specific master's move into design-adjacent roles in urban planning, construction and design consultancy, while those continuing typically progress into UWA's Master of Architecture or a related postgraduate design degree to complete their accreditation pathway.
Cost & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
3 terms of coursework
- Year 1: Design Studio I, Visual Communication, Design History and Theory, Digital Design Tools
- Year 2: Design Studio II (stream specialisation begins), Structures and Materials, Design Studio III
- Year 3: advanced Design Studio units, capstone design project, portfolio development for postgraduate progression
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 (WACE or equivalent); ATAR of approximately 85+; portfolio not typically required.
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