Overview

The Architecture and Urban Cultural Heritage program at University of Melbourne gives you the ability to express your creativity whilst developing a complementary and rigorous background in heritage, history and culture.

This program 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;
the ability to significantly interpret, manage and conserve urban and cultural heritage within global cities and communities.

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 also take elective subjects in areas such as digital architecture, production, practice and sustainability, and society and culture.

Career

Upon graduation your skills you can be applied in a range of design roles both architectural and urban or planning in nature. A dual qualification means you can choose to work as an architect or urban designer in private firms or government departments, or set up your own practice working on residential, commercial and institutional projects. Graduates of the program work as:

Architect
Graduate Architect
Heritage Officer
Heritage Consultant
Community Advocate - Built Heritage
Studio Director
Project Lead

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage

Australian Architecture

Twenty-first Century Architecture

Critical and Curatorial Practices in Design

Representing and Remembering Place (PG)

Architectural Conservation in Asia

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 42 months
Part-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-31 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-03-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-11-30 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-07-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

81

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

350 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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81

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64

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS code: 105513B

A Design Portfolio; and

A Personal Statement of up to 500 words outlining relevant prior study and work experience, and motivation to undertake the program; and

Satisfy the University of Melbourne's English Language Requirement.

For students coming from an Architecture undergraduate degree:

A three-year undergraduate degree in Architecture with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65% (University of Melbourne equivalent)

For students coming from a non-Architecture undergraduate degree:

A three-year undergraduate degree with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65% (University of Melbourne equivalent); and
One design studio subject and one art/architecture/built environment/design history subject at undergraduate level, or equivalent: and

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Tuition Fees

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45984 AUD / year

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Citizens or residents

42976 AUD / year

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Additional Details

Commonwealth supported places (CSP) are available for this course

Living costs

Melbourne

Australia

1501 - 2659 AUD / month

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Funding

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