Cities are growing faster than ever, with over fifty per cent of the world’s population now living in one.

Gain the skills and knowledge required to respond to this challenge of mass urbanisation with our Master of Architecture and Urban Design.

You’ll learn how to design for healthy city futures by embracing creative and speculative design thinking, alongside engaging with people, data and advanced technologies. Studying units including research, modelling, theory, and professional practice, you’ll be equipped with the much-needed skills to work at a range of scales as a design professional.

Graduates may pursue careers working in urban design, architecture and landscape architecture.

Admission to the Master of Architecture and Urban Design will require one of the following:

• successful completion of the Swinburne Bachelor of Design (Architecture) or
• successful completion of the Swinburne Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a major in Architecture or
• successful completion of the Swinburne Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) (Honours) with an Advanced Minor in Architecture or
• successful completion of another three year undergraduate architectural course*

* In the case of completing another three year undergraduate architectural course, applications will be assessed using a Range of Criteria. These would include (but not be limited to):

• a preselection kit requiring submission of an on-line portfolio (between 10 and 20 pages) **
• a personal statement and University transcripts.

**Pre-selection kit: Applicants are required to submit a portfolio of between 10 and 20 pages, which must address architecture- and/or urban design-related questions and include visual examples; and provide a 200-400 word written statement.

In your portfolio, we are looking for evidence of your ability to think spatially, critically and creatively, as well as the desire to design and build things. In assessing your portfolio, we would like to see your ability to conceptualize and develop ideas. As well as finished outcomes, we are also interested in concept sketches, 3d models or working drawings that display your thinking process.

Your portfolio will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• conceptual thinking and level of ambition in your projects;
• spatial thinking, planning and a sense of scale;
• digital and analogue communication skills, including the use of architectural drawing conventions; and
• construction and environmental technology.

Think carefully about how you present your portfolio as we will also consider how you structure your content into a clear, compelling story about yourself and your passion for, and commitment to, architecture and urban design.

All work must be original. All images must be clearly labelled. In the case of work that has involved others, such as group work or work with a design practice, clearly indicate what your contribution was.

Portfolios will be reviewed on a standard computer screen. Please ensure legibility accordingly.

To submit your portfolio, you’ll need to complete your application first. We’ll then send you a link so you can upload your portfolio to Slide Room.

A review of prior learning in relation to the Swinburne Bachelor of Design (Architecture) will be necessary, and supplemental transitionary classes may be required.