Are you interested in contemporary society's key challenges, such as housing affordability and sustainability?  The University of Notre Dame Australia’s new Master of Architecture program provides an outstanding education embedded in architectural practice. You will learn how architecture enhances people’s lives by creating meaningful human environments through research and professional placements. Get in touch today to learn more about this exciting degree.

Why study this degree?

The unique experience of studying architecture at The University of Notre Dame Australia is founded on a holistic way of thinking and acting to combine creative design processes and technical skills with an understanding of human, cultural and environmental issues.

The curriculum focuses on diverse graduate employment opportunities and is mapped to the Australian National Standard of Competency for Architects. In addition to gaining professional competencies, you develop high-level strategic research agility, resourcefulness, and design innovation that open up opportunities within traditional and non-traditional career pathways.

The program covers four key areas:

Design studios, technologies, and applied skills: Socio-spatial design studios are central to the Fremantle Master of Architecture Program. The studios provide opportunities to use your knowledge, creativity, and strategic problem-solving skills to design built environments.

Technology in practice and professional practice: Placements with our professional partners will enable you to work under the direct supervision of an architect in practice, in tandem with your on-campus studies. These placements will offer a range of work-integrated learning experiences in which you can collect evidence to meet the Australian National Standard of Competency for Architects. This integrated approach to delivery ensures that the program provides you with relevant and up-to-date professional learning.

Contexts: theory and architecture research: you will develop high-level strategic research agility, resourcefulness, and design innovation that will open up opportunities within traditional and non-traditional career pathways. You will engage in traditional and creative-practice research disseminated through exhibitions, stakeholder engagements, and design competitions.

Core Curriculum: Notre Dame’s Core Curriculum is a distinguishing characteristic of its undergraduate and postgraduate education. You will undertake the course Ethical Issues in Professional Life: Architecture and explore the relationship between moral philosophy and applied ethics in the profession. Throughout the program, you will be challenged to consider critical issues such as power and privilege, identify positive professional values and behaviours, and reflect critically on your impact on people and places, preparing you to be ethically, socially, and environmentally responsible professionals.

The strength of this program lies in its unique combination of the following:

During practice placements, you apply your professional and technical learning in local practices under the supervision of a Registered Architect.

• a small, diverse cohort
• high-quality teaching approaches
• tailored practice placements
• socio-spatial design studios that tackle contemporary issues
• working within a studio-based, creative-practice research culture

The program structure for the two-year program is as follows:

Year One:
Semester One

• ARCH6000: Architectural Design Studio 3: Public Projects
• ARCH6001: Architectural Contexts: Urbanism & the living city
• ARCH6003: Technology in Practice: Practicum A

Winter Term

• ARCH6002: Architectural Design Studio: Contextual Projects

Semester Two

• ARCH6005: Architectural Design Studio: Heritage Contexts
• PHIL6020: Ethical Issues in Professional Life
• ARCH6004: Technology in Practice: Practicum B

Year Two:
Semester One

• ARCH6006: Advanced Research Studio: Community Building
• ARCH6007: Architectural Research Methods
• ARCH6008: Professional Practice Practicum

Winter Term (or Summer Term)

• Architectural Placement (optional)

Semester Two

• ARTS6000: Literature Review OR ARTS6005 Special Project (Professional Writing)
• ARCH6009: Advanced Practice-Led Research Studio OR ARCH6010 Independent Research Project
• ARCH6011: Practice Management Practicum

View the schema of the program structure.

Full details of the Master of Architecture program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

Please note: The availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.

A Master of Architecture will give you global professional recognition as an architect.  You can become a leader in your field in the private and public domains.

Students with a bachelor-level degree in architecture, interior architecture, or its equivalent knowledge base, will enter into the two-year Master’s program. The application process will inc

IELTS (Academic) - 6.5 overall, with no writing score lower than 6.5 and no other individual band score lower than 6.0; CAE/CPE - 176 overall, with no score lower than 176 in writing and no other band score lower than 169; PTE Academic - 58 overall, with no score lower than 58 in writing and no other band score lower than 50; TOEFL (iBT) - 84 overall, with no score lower than 22 in writing and no other band score lower than 17.