Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture
The Master of Architecture aims to provide you with: Highly developed skills to manage an architectural practice and lead or work within cross-discipline project teams A sustainable outlook with the ability to use new materials and technologies to create environmentally sustainable buildings A grounding in architectural history, theory and technology…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Master of Architecture aims to provide you with:
- Highly developed skills to manage an architectural practice and lead or work within cross-discipline project teams
- A sustainable outlook with the ability to use new materials and technologies to create environmentally sustainable buildings
- A grounding in architectural history, theory and technology that leads to the creation of innovative architecture.
Students undertake a sequence of intensive design studios culminating in a research thesis. In the studios, students cover architectural design in the context of the creative invention of architectural futures, integrating aesthetic, technological, programmatic, environmental and social issues in the production of buildings. Students can take elective subjects in areas such as digital architecture, history and conservation, production, practice and sustainability, and society and culture.
2-year or 3-year streams available
The Master of Architecture offers you flexibility so you can take a two-year program if you already have a three-year undergraduate degree in Architecture or the three-year program if your first degree is not in architecture and you are making a career change.
Career outcomes
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Once you have completed the program, you can go on to work as an architect in private firms or government departments, or set up your own practice working on residential, commercial and institutional projects. You may also move into related careers such as industrial design, furniture design, interior design, landscape design, urban design, urban planning, facility management, project management and development, and conservation and heritage management.
Our graduates work as:
Architect, Graduate Architect, Studio Director, Project Lead, BIM Manager, Associate, Design Leader, Design Strategist, Project Architect, Architecture Visualizer, Project Architect and Urban Designer, Senior Design Architect, Parametric Designer, Technical Director, Heritage Consultant, Interior Designer, Interior Architect, Computational Designer
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
