Postgraduate course information

Postgraduate study in UTS: Design, Architecture and Building is sophisticated and contemporary. UTS: Design, Architecture and Building's design and digital architecture courses give students the chance to extend their abilities, developing both their broader and specific knowledge base to realise their potential as innovative designers. The property, planning and project management courses are renowned for their diverse, innovative and practical application, and flexible delivery options. UTS: Design, Architecture and Building offers Australia's only Master of Animation (C04212) and Master of Digital Architecture (C04220).

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building has a cutting edge research culture, committed to developing knowledge, innovation and excellence. Research strengths have a national and international profile.

Postgraduate coursework

School of Design

Two postgraduate coursework degrees are offered by the School of Design:

• Master of Design (C04072)
• Master of Animation (C04212).

The Master of Design (C04072) ensures students graduate with the skills to:

• effectively manage a creative practice
• lead winning design pitches globally
• better understand and innovate
• facilitate clients to do their own designing.

Students can also choose a major in a particular area of design expertise from options such as animation design, project management or digitally mediated environments.

The Master of Animation (C04212) is the only qualification, at this level, devoted to animation in Australia. Coursework areas include traditional film animation, 2D and 3D digital animation, graphic visualisation, object-oriented programming and animation studies, culminating in the production of a short animated work.

School of Architecture

Four postgraduate coursework degrees are offered by the School of Architecture:

• Master of Advanced Architecture (C04240)
• Master of Architecture (C04235)
• Graduate Diploma in Architecture (C07115)
• Graduate Certificate in Architecture (C11212).

The Master of Advanced Architecture (MAdvArch) (C04220) offers two distinct streams. The MAdvArch in Design Technologies is a design-based, post-professional coursework program that critically explores current advances in design production and thinking to postulate new forms of urbanism and architectural space. The MAdvArch in Urban Design focuses on research, technology and experimentation that is directed towards the spatial transformation of urban environments.

It is available not only to architects, but all designers of the built environment.

The Graduate Diploma in Architecture (C07115) and the Graduate Certificate in Architecture (C11212) are tailored pathway courses into the Master of Advanced Architecture (C04220) only.

The Master of Architecture (C04235) is the second of a two-tiered degree structure and is the degree required for registration as an architect. The emphasis of this degree lies in educating students for the practise of architecture. The Master of Architecture is a professional degree, i.e. a qualification accepted for candidates seeking to take the professional examination of the Board of Architects and Australian Institute of Architects as a prerequisite to registration under the provision of the Architects Act 2003. The Master of Architecture may be undertaken only after the successful completion of the Bachelor of Design in Architecture (C10004) degree (or equivalent); a degree that by itself does not lead to professional recognition.

School of the Built Environment

This school offers postgraduate programs in project management, property development and planning. In particular, the project management courses are generically designed so the skills learned can be applied to a wide range of business fields and industry.

• Graduate Certificate in Property and Planning (C11001)
• Graduate Certificate in Project Management (C11005)
• Graduate Diploma in Property Development (C06006)
• Master of Planning (C04007)
• Master of Project Management (C04006)
• Master of Property Development (C04008).

Postgraduate research

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building offers five research degrees:

• Master of Architecture (Research) (C03001)
• Master of Applied Science in Building Studies (Research) (C03002)
• Master of Design (Research) (C03012)
• Doctor of Philosophy (C02001)
• Doctor of Project Management (C02005).

Contacts and inquiries

Further information on research programs is available from:

Research centres

UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building is home to the Centre for Contemporary Design Practices (a UTS Research Strength), the Designing Out Crime Research Centre, and the Asia-Pacific Centre for Complex Real Property Rights.