Course Structure

The Bachelor of Design in Architecture is a three-year, full time degree.

Core studios provide you with a solid foundation in architectural concepts and practices, while electives enable you to pursue personal interests related to or outside of architecture. Art workshop electives foster creativity while encouraging conceptual and material experimentation with different media. This combination of core units of study, workshops and electives produces dynamic graduates that contribute much more than just the pragmatic design of buildings.

If you have completed design studies at another institution, you may be eligible for credit. In some cases, students may move directly into second or third year if they have completed and passed all units equivalent in architecture within another Australian university.

Please see the FAQs page to review current standard credits.

To become a registered architect

To practise as an architect in Australia, you must be registered with the Architect’s Accreditation Council of Australia. In order to register you need to have completed five years of study (or equivalent) in the field of architecture, have worked for a minimum of two years in architectural practice, and pass a registration examination.

The University of Sydney offers a Master of Architecture degree. The degree is two years full-time. It is necessary to have first completed the three year Bachelor of Design in Architecture before you can be admitted to the Master of Architecture. On completion of the degree students will have satisfied the tertiary education requirements for registration with the Architect’s Accreditation Council of Australia.

A student who completes the Bachelor of Design in Architecture with at least a Credit average (65 per cent) across all of their units of study is automatically reserved a place in the Master of Architecture. Other entry pathways are open to students who have completed industry experience or a three-year architecture program at another institution.

For more information on the Master of Architecture program, visit the program page or download a brochure.

For more information about how to become an architect, visit the Architect’s Accreditation Council of Australia website.