Location
Australia
Study Format
On Campus
Course language
English
Study Fields
Design, Architecture, Urban Planning
Duration
2 Years
Academic pace
Full Time
Degree
Master's Degree
Tuition Fee
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Location
Australia
Study Format
On Campus
Course language
English
Study Fields
Design, Architecture, Urban Planning
Duration
2 Years
Academic pace
Full Time
Degree
Master's Degree
Tuition Fee
Request info
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RMIT Architecture has an international reputation for design excellence and leads the way both in Australia and overseas by producing graduates who are design innovators.
With a strong focus on ideas-led venturous design exploration, RMIT’s Master of Architecture will assist you to develop a sophisticated understanding of architecture, while providing you with a diverse set of advanced skills and learning experiences.
You’ll continue to develop the core skills of architectural design learnt in the degree to an advanced level. You will enhance your understanding of architecture and design-based research, acquire diverse skills, undertake a wide variety of learning experiences and gain a critical awareness of your own work.
RMIT Architecture and its graduates continue to achieve at the highest levels and are acknowledged by the national and international architectural profession.
At the annual 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards run by the Australian Institute of Architects, RMIT’s architecture community featured prominently across the 58 awards and 16 categories, receiving a number of key and prestigious awards.
The Master of Architecture is the next step on the path to becoming a design architect with professional accreditation.
How you will learn
It’s all centred around learning through design studios
RMIT Architecture’s highly celebrated design studios are situated within an urban campus, which means you will be immersed a laboratory of design exploration and at the centre of innovation.
Studios are located across the city campus and within the multi-award-winning RMIT Design Hub designed by RMIT architecture alumni Sean Godsell. Design studios are one of the major reasons that make RMIT Architecture and its graduates so highly regarded by industry.
What is a Design Studio?
Design studios provide a unique way of exploring ideas by challenging future designers. Studios are run by academics and practising design leaders from local and international architectural and design firms.
The design studio model emulates the best practice of local and global design firms. The studios allow you to explore design, connect with your peers, industry and integrate with other disciplines.
Studios make up the majority of this program and are taught in small groups. You select which design studio you wish to follow from approximately 20 options, completing one per semester during the course of your studies.
Each design studio focuses on a particular theme and project per semester. In your final year, you will complete a design thesis project of your choice, which is referred to as your ‘major project’. This project will develop on the research outcomes reached the conclusion of your architecture studies.
You can undertake studios and seminars in other programs such as landscape architecture, interior design and industrial design, as well as in the urban design and digital design research areas. This will foster pathways into our postgraduate Master of Urban Design.
Recent Studio Partners:
Industry connections
RMIT Architecture is renowned for its strong, long-standing links with industry through our teaching staff, many of whom are internationally recognised, award-winning practising architects. In the design studio context, you will have the opportunity to work on real-world projects with local and international communities and industry partners. Public lectures are held throughout the year, led by prominent local and international architects.
International opportunities
RMIT Architecture has a huge range of international exchange agreements with universities in the USA, Europe and Asia. You’ll also have the opportunity to choose design studios that require overseas travel, to work with students from international universities.
Recent design studios have included collaborations with students in Berlin, Germany and architecture practices in Shanghai, China.
RMIT’s Global Mobility supports students to undertake an exchange or short-term mobility activity with over 165 partner universities worldwide.
Our graduates find work in architecture, design and building practices in the private and public sector. In small to medium-sized practices, graduates are engaged in a broad range of activities from design to project management. In large architectural firms, graduates may work across a number of disciplines and often pursue international work opportunities.
Professional recognition and accreditation
Completion of this 2-year Master program, following the 3-year Bachelor of Architectural Design program, meets the academic requirements for registration as an architect under the Architects Registration Board of Victoria and for membership of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Professional experience is required for registration.
You must have successfully completed an Australian architecture-specific bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification).
You will be selected competitively based on your grades and folio.
Entry requirements
Prerequisites: none
Selection tasks
If you have successfully completed the Bachelor of Architectural Design from RMIT University with a GPA of 2.5 out of 4.0 or above, you are guaranteed entry into Master of Architecture. You do not need to submit a selection task.
If you have completed the Bachelor of Architectural Design from RMIT University with a GPA less than 2.5 out of 4.0 or another architecture-specific Bachelor degree from a different institution, you will be required to submit an online selection task by 10 November comprising:
Please note: The link to submit the selection task will appear on the applicant dashboard after you have submitted your application.
If you are short-listed, you will be invited to attend an interview in December.
Folio requirements
Your folio should include examples of your personal creative/design projects and concepts/ideas that lead to the final design piece. You may include any creative examples, including but not limited to:
of personal creative/design projects as well as concepts/ideas that lead to the final design piece.
Pathway options
The Bachelor of Architectural Design provides a pathway into this program and is also portable into professional programs in architecture with a similar structure agreement.
A grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or greater will guarantee a place in this program, though those students with a GPA of less than 2.5 can still apply.
To work as a registered architect
Completion of this two-year Master degree meets the academic requirements for registration as an architect in Australia. Additional professional experience and the completion of the registration examination through a State Architect’s Registration Board is required for registration.
Fee summary
Entry for this program is primarily through Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs).
Government financial assistance is available to eligible students regardless of the type of place you enrol in.
2019 indicative fees
Amounts quoted are indicative fees per annum, and are based on a standard year of full-time study (96 credit points). A proportionate fee applies for more or less than the full-time study load.
Additional expenses
Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.
Scholarships
RMIT awards more than 2000 scholarships every year to recognise academic achievement and assist students from a variety of backgrounds.
RMIT is a global university of technology, design, and enterprise. RMIT is a world leader in Art and Design; Architecture; Education; Engineering; Development; Computer Science and Information Systems; Business and Management; and Communication and Media Studies. At RMIT, you'll gain the skills you need today to get the job you want tomorrow. Unlock your potential with blended learning online and on campus.
RMIT was established in 1887 as the Working Men’s College with the aim of bringing education to the working people of Melbourne. Our teaching, learning, and research programs are continually updated so that students, staff, and graduates are equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century. At the same time, we have not forgotten our past as one of Australia’s original educational institutions, and we have remained true to our original philosophy.
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