The Bachelor of Architecture & Built Environments explores the interaction between design and inhabitation at different scales and addresses challenges presented by environmental, social and economic change. It will develop the creativity and critical thinking skills that will enable you to engage with local and global communities and push the boundaries of architecture and the built environment.

Our course is built around features unique to our University. Design studios focus on our island home, which provides natural and heritage environments and the people that allow for detailed studies and real impact. Our curriculum centres on a Learning-By-Making practice that has characterised the University’s architectural programs for over 25 years. Accessible studio spaces and workshops allow for experimentation and play, and our size fosters a spirit of camaraderie.

The Bachelor of Architecture & Built Environments is holistic in its approach, integrating histories and theories, construction techniques and building performance, professional and ethical studies, and design research and communication into project-based units. You will develop participatory skills and learning methods invaluable for design practice.

Work placement

Work-Integrated Learning is embedded throughout your studies. Some of our existing and recent partnerships include the MONA FOMA, Dark MOFO and Junction Arts festivals, Parks and Wildlife Tasmania, state  and local governments and not-for-profit organisations.

Architecture and its cognate fields are in a state of continuous evolution. The Bachelor of Architecture & Built Environments will provide multi- and interdisciplinary frameworks allowing for agility in this ever-changing landscape, as well as work-ready skills demanded by employers, including evidence-based problem solving, critical thinking, effective communication and time management. By undertaking community-engaged, hands-on projects, you can graduate with a portfolio of your own work, created in consultation with real clients.

Our Architecture program is the first step towards becoming a qualified architect. To pursue this path, you will follow up your undergraduate degree with the postgraduate Master of Architecture. Alternatively, you may continue with an Honours year as a pathway to a research higher degree.

Our graduates have very transferable skills across both programs, and have pursued careers in fields such as:

• building design
• construction and project management
• environmental and government policy
• disaster relief and international aid
• exhibition and event design
• architectural consultancy
• object design
• digital fabrication

Professional Recognition

The Architecture program, comprising the Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments and Master of Architecture, is nationally recognised and accredited by the Board of Architects of Tasmania, and the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia.

Our program is also accredited in New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Students who complete the Master of Architecture are eligible, following a period of relevant professional experience, to apply for registration as an architect in Australia.