Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

Your degree will begin with introductory and shared impact lab units where working with students from other disciplines you'll focus on problems and social issues and identify potential solutions connected to industry and community. Your introductory studies will also introduce you to visualisation skills and applications needed to formulate design as an exploration of the materials of the built environment.

You'll then build on these foundations and explore areas including environmental principles and the global movement of modern architecture with design studio units covering the process of design dwelling tectonics and public spaces.

Later in your degree you'll transfer your skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience through our work integrated learning program. At the end of your degree you can progress onto our two-year Master of Architecture and continue your journey to becoming a registered architect in Australia and overseas.

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  usiness to lead to careers intersecting design with marketing public relations advertising international business economics management and human resource management.
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  ngineering to enable a range of opportunities including careers in architecture project management property development construction civil engineering and urban design.
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  roperty economics to combine your design skills with sound economic intelligence is highly valued and use your ability to research develop value and design property for investment in both commercial and government sectors.
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  onstruction management to become a valuable architect and project manager in the building industry.

* QTAC First Preferences 2022
** QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
*** Source: Graduate Outcomes Survey 2019-2021 / Australian Taxation Office 2017-18 financial year / Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) / ComparED compared.edu.au

With an Architecture degree from QUT you'll be able to start your design career as a junior designer draftsperson set designer and more. To become a registered architect you'll need to undertake two more years of training in our Master of Architecture program and then pass the Architectural Practice Exam once you've completed two years of practical experience.

Graduates can find employment in the fields of architecture and building design.

• Architect
• Architectural historian
• Architectural writer / journalist
• Construction manager
• Set designer
• Sustainability design consultant

To meet the course requirements for the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) you must complete a total of 288 credit points made up of:

• a design major (144 credit points) including four shared foundation units (48 credit points) and 96 credit points from the architecture discipline
• four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
• complementary studies made up of both:
  • four architecture design specialisation units (48 credit points)
  • a minor or a combination of design specialisation units and electives (unit options) (48 credit points).

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.

Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area depending on how they match with your QUT course.

To meet the course requirements for the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) you must complete a total of 288 credit points made up of:

• a design major (144 credit points) including four shared foundation units (48 credit points) and 96 credit points from the architecture discipline
• four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
• complementary studies made up of both:
  • four architecture design specialisation units (48 credit points)
  • a minor or a combination of design specialisation units and electives (unit options) (48 credit points).

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.

Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area depending on how they match with your QUT course.