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- Learn to create environments with positive impacts on human health, environmental quality, social relationships and urban systems.
- Study sustainable systems using advanced digital design tools.
- Undertake architectural design projects in practical studio settings.
- Progress onto the proposed two year Master of Architecture (available from 2022) and gain the required practical experience to become an architect.
Highlights
- Learn to create environments with positive impacts on human health, environmental quality, social relationships and urban systems.
- Study sustainable systems using advanced digital design tools.
- Undertake architectural design projects in practical studio settings.
Why choose this course?
The planet is changing. New technology is emerging. Architects are facing exciting challenges and creating amazing structures that are inspiring the cities of the future. How we live and work tomorrow will be very different to today. And architects are setting the direction.
Architecture at QUT has a 100-year history as one of Australia’s principal landscape educators and is increasingly being recognised internationally for its focus on innovation in design and sustainable development. You’ll be inspired and empowered to create environments with a positive impact on human health, environmental quality, social relationships and urban systems. You will study sustainable systems and undertake architectural design projects in practical studio settings.
Real-world learning
Throughout your degree, you will undertake architectural design projects with a practical edge which will require you
to think logically and creatively about how buildings function and are constructed. You can broaden your mind, education and life experience with real-world field trips, international study tours, and student exchange with partners all over the world including Italy, Canada, France, China, Hungary, Colombia, Mexico, USA, UK and more.
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What to expect
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.
Your studies will 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 will be able to transfer skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience with work integrated learning.
Double degrees
Combine your architecture degree with a second degree to gain a broader range of skills and knowledge, a competitive advantage and enhanced career flexibility. Choose a double degree with:
- business to lead to careers intersecting design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, management and human resource management.
- engineering to enable a range of opportunities including careers in architecture, project management, property development, construction, civil engineering and urban design.
- property 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.
- construction management to become a valuable architect and project manager in the building industry.
Career outcomes
Career outcomes
Graduates can find employment in the fields of architecture and building design. On completion of the two-year Master of Architecture and the required period of practical experience, graduates are eligible to sit for registration as an architect in Australia.
Career outcomes
Graduates can find employment in the fields of architecture and building design. Upon completion of a two-year’s Master of Architecture degree and the required period of practical practice, graduates are eligible to sit for registration exam to be an architect in Australia.
Possible careers
- Architect
- Architectural Engineer
- Architectural Historian
- Architectural Writer / Journalist
- Construction Manager
- Set Designer
- Sustainability Design Consultant
Details and units
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
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
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.
Requirements
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2019.
Don't have an OP or rank?
Starting uni in 2021?
There are some changes to subjects and the qualifications we’ll consider for entry to QUT from 2021 and beyond. Make sure you’re prepared to apply.
- Course code
- DE43
- QTAC code
- 412372
- CRICOS code
- 096565B
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- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 3 years full-time
- 6 years part-time
- 3 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
- OP Guarantee
- Yes
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
- English
We assume that you have knowledge equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) with sound achievement (4, SA).
Guaranteed entry
If you receive an adjusted OP 1-5 (or equivalent selection rank), you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your selection rank (or OP equivalent) will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2018
The scores listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent school leavers. If you are not a school leaver, take a look at the entry thresholds box at the top of this page to see the lowest adjusted scores required overall to receive an offer.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OP | Selection rank | OP | Selection rank | |
| Highest OP/selection rank to receive an offer |
OP
1
|
Selection rank
99
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OP
1
|
Selection rank
99
|
| Median OP/selection rank to receive an offer |
OP
7
|
Selection rank
86
|
OP
7
|
Selection rank
86
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| Lowest OP/selection rank to receive an offer |
OP
11
|
Selection rank
76
|
OP
8
|
Selection rank
84
|
You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Minimum academic requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
Guide to entry thresholds
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2019.
- OP
- 7
- Rank
- 87
Did you get an OP 1-5?
If you completed secondary school in Australia and received an OP 1-5 or equivalent, and you meet the course prerequisites, you are guaranteed an offer for this course in the January offer round
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cambridge Advanced English Score
Test must be taken within 2 years of commencement at QUT. You must provide your Cambridge English Candidate ID and Candidate Secret Number, these are printed on your Cambridge English Confirmation of Entry. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
|
IELTS Academic
Test must be taken within 2 years of commencement at QUT. |
6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
|
Pearson PTE (Academic)
Test must be taken within 2 years of commencement at QUT. Please assign your test to QUT in your Pearson profile. |
58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
|
TOEFL iBT
Test must be taken within 2 years of commencement at QUT. |
79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Haven't completed an English language test? We can help!
If you have not completed an English language test, you can sit the IELTS test at our IELTS test centre
Fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2020 fees
2020 CSP $9,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2020 fees
2020: $36,100 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2019 fees
2019: CSP $9,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2019 fees
2019: $34,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
Find out more about undergraduate course fees
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
Scholarships
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
A scholarship for future undergraduate students who want to study in any faculty.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Creative Industries International Scholarship
We offer merit-based scholarships for high-achieving international students who have accepted their offer and been admitted into an undergraduate course.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Equity scholarships scheme
A scholarship for low-income students studying in any faculty.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Struggling financially
QUT Sport Scholarship (Elite Athlete)
A scholarship for future and current undergraduate students who want to study in any faculty.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Sporting excellence
Real graduate
'The flexibility of the design degree at QUT is amazing. I chose units in professional communication and design psychology to better understand people’s experiences within architecture and communicate my ideas. Being taught by architects and working on real project briefs, each semester I designed something that had a real-world application and now have an amazingly broad portfolio for my professional career.'
Real graduate
'The flexibility of the design degree at QUT is amazing. I chose units in professional communication and design psychology to better understand people’s experiences within architecture and communicate my ideas. Being taught by architects and working on real project briefs, each semester I designed something that had a real-world application and now have an amazingly broad portfolio for my professional career.'
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