Architecture and Built Environments

Architecture explores the interaction between design and habitation, addressing the challenges posed by environmental, social, and economic changes.

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Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments

Access to cutting-edge study spaces

Study in a sustainability award-winning conversion of a 1951 diesel locomotive workshop.

Practical learning by making projects

The best way to learn architecture is by getting hands-on experience.

Industry experience in the classroom

Develop the knowledge and skills to create environmentally responsible and sustainable built environments.

Learning by making in the real world

Architecture develops ideas and forms that enrich experience and imagination with reference to environmental, social, and economic realities.

Studying with us, you’ll build the discipline and creativity required to make a meaningful contribution to the field. Inspired by our learning-by-making tradition, your studies will be hands-on and filled with authentic interactions and real-world scenarios.

Our program includes architectural design methodologies, histories and theories of architecture, construction techniques and building performance, professional and ethical studies, and design research and communication. It will allow you to develop skills and practices that enable entry into design practice and pave the way to the profession.

The Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments is designed as a pre-professional course and articulates directly into the Master of Architecture.

Further study options

For honours course information, please visit Bachelor of Environmental Design with Honours

The Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments is designed as a pre-professional course and articulates directly into the Master of Architecture.

This degree is an accredited professional course that provides advanced education in architecture and serves as the principal pathway to becoming a practising architect.

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Career opportunities

Our Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments graduates are renowned for their hands-on design and fabrication experience, as well as their proficiency in using cutting-edge technology and their commitment to creating environmentally and socially conscious design solutions.

The Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments is designed as a pre-professional course that seamlessly transitions into the Master of Architecture. The Master of Architecture degree is an accredited professional course that offers advanced education in architecture and serves as the principal pathway to registration as a practising architect.

Architectural careers are expanding, with employers seeking strong design skills across the construction and building industries. Here are some of the top careers projected to grow in the next five years:

Shortage

There is an architect shortage
across the country

Future Growth^

11.9%

Architectural, Building and
Surveying Technicians

Projected future growth by 2026*

16.8%

Architects and
Landscape Architects

Projected future growth by 2026*

^ jobsandskills.gov.au. *labourmarketinsights.gov.au

Career outcomes

Tasmanian talent gets international architecture acclaim

An alumni-founded architecture firm was recently named one of the top 10 firms to watch in 2020. All four directors of Cumulus Studio, as well as more than half of the staff, are graduates of Architecture and Design. "We see architecture as a way of reinvesting in the State and further contributing to all the little things that make Tasmania a unique, special place to live", co-director and principal architect Peter Walker said.

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Study experiences

A learning-by-making ethos and mentorship empower students to apply theoretical knowledge to practical settings while fostering meaningful connections with their lecturers.

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UniGO: Global Opportunity Program

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Catalyst program

Combine your STEM degree with overseas trips, summer research programs, special events, and up to $14,500 in scholarships. Our Catalyst Program offers domestic high achieving school leavers all this, and more.

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We have a range of on-campus accommodation available to students. All of our accommodation is in high demand, so now is a good time to consider your options.

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