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'While exploring other architecture programs, I found they didn't prioritise hands-on learning. The Bachelor of Architectural Design at QUT allowed me to enhance my skills in fabrication studios and workshops, providing valuable one-on-one interaction with mentors and ample opportunities for feedback. The course nurtured my creative development, enabling me to express creativity throughout each assessment.'
Bachelor of Architectural Design/Master of Architecture
Set yourself apart
‘I chose to study at QUT for its renowned architecture program, known for delivering a quality education and establishing strong industry connections. The university's comprehensive curriculum, hands-on learning approach, and design studios appealed to me, offering a well-rounded educational experience. QUT's partnerships with prominent architectural firms provide valuable networking opportunities and practical exposure.’
Richard Kirk Architect
Form your network
‘The highlight of studying my undergraduate course was forming a strong network of like-minded individuals, who I will continue to collaborate with throughout my career. I now work in a highly collaborative team of three women, who deliver high quality architecture for residential and commercial clients within Brisbane and surrounds. I love the client engagement process and providing the best design solutions possible.’
Jessica Hardwick Architecture
Professional experience while you study
'QUT was my first choice when choosing where I wanted to pursue architecture, mainly due to the difference in learning style compared to other universities. QUT offered me more hands-on and practical learning suited to my learning style, and helped me transition into the industry workforce as an architectural assistant upon graduating. The highlight of my study was being surrounded by high-level working professionals and creative students in a highly collaborative environment.'
McVeigh Consultants
Real-world design units
'My favourite part of my architecture course is our design units that we take each semester. In each of these units you are given a design brief from a client where you have to design something from scratch, and present it with a to-scale model. The tutors will be there to guide you in understanding the site context, materials and types of documents needed, and the standard it has to meet. But otherwise you are expected to think independently, and go though your our design process.'
Architecture and engineering student from Papua New Guinea
Connections and skills to graduate ready
'I chose to study architecture at QUT because it is one of the best universities to offer this degree in Australia. My favourite experience at QUT was working on group projects with other architecture students who put sheer focus and dedication into our work. It was so rewarding to present our project exhibition during final exams. QUT has provided me with the connections and skills to graduate ready to pursue my dream in shaping our society.'
Architectural studies
Problem solve creatively
'My studies at QUT taught me to think realistically and to problem solve creatively. The course encouraged me to look for different solutions. It taught me to be open to a wide range of influences and to make connections. This has been invaluable in my working life. Collaborating on projects with other students provided me with a very good base for working in an integrated design firm.'
Bachelor of Architectural Design (Honours)
International experiences
'Opportunities such as overseas study tours to Europe and Asia taught me to confidently approach challenges and think critically about the impact design has on our world.'
Highlights
- Our architecture degree has the highest demand in Queensland (QTAC first preferences, 2024).
- Design the sustainable cities and structures of our future.
- Learn from real-world architects working in the field, and get insights and opportunities that’ll give you a competitive edge.
- Complete up to 100 hours of optional real work placement and gain the skills and experience you need to step confidently into your future career.
- Bring your concepts to life in our advanced design and fabrication workshops, with expert guidance from our dedicated technical team.
- Make valuable connections at our industry events hosted by QUT and our student clubs and societies.
- Eligible students who meet the entry requirements will automatically receive an offer for our two-year Master of Architecture.
Highlights
- QUT is ranked as one of the top 100 universities in the world and fifth in Australia for architecture and built environment (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023).
- Design the sustainable cities and structures of our future with Queensland’s most in-demand architecture degree.
- Learn from real-world architects working in the field, and get insights and opportunities that’ll give you a competitive edge.
- Complete up to 100 hours of real work placement and gain the skills and experience you need to step confidently into your future career.
- Bring your concepts to life in our advanced design and fabrication workshops, with expert guidance from our dedicated technical team.
- Make valuable connections at our industry events hosted by QUT and our student clubs and societies.
- Continue your journey to becoming a registered architect with our two-year Master of Architecture.
Why choose this course?
With a focus on innovation in design and sustainable development, a QUT Architecture degree will give you the skills and experience you need to design the cities and structures of our future.
QUT is ranked as one of the top 100 universities in the world for architecture and built environment (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024), and we are proud to have Queensland’s most in-demand architecture degree (QTAC First Preferences, 2024).
With a strong reputation in the industry, our graduates are in high demand. The percentage of our graduates who secure full-time employment is among the highest in the country (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2023).
You’ll be taught by practising architects with direct industry links, who’ll share valuable insights and opportunities that’ll give you a competitive edge. You’ll also have opportunities to connect with our young alumni who’ve successfully established themselves in the industry.
Throughout your studies, you’ll undertake projects and hone your skills in our advanced design studios and fabrication workshops, where you’ll be guided and supported by our expert technical team. You’ll also work with students from other disciplines to address real-world challenges, just as you would in a real architectural practice.
Real-world learning
Throughout your degree, you will undertake architectural design projects with a practical edge which will require you to think logically and creatively about how buildings function and are constructed. You can broaden your mind, education and life experience with real-world field trips, international study tours, and student exchange with partners all over the world including Italy, Canada, France, China, Hungary, Colombia, Mexico, USA, UK and more.
Explore this course
Your degree will begin with introductory and shared impact lab units where, working with students from other disciplines, you’ll focus on problems and social issues and identify potential solutions connected to industry and community. Your introductory studies will also introduce you to visualisation skills and applications needed to formulate design as an exploration of the materials of the built environment.
You’ll then build on these foundations and explore areas including environmental principles and the global movement of modern architecture with design studio units covering the process of design, dwelling, tectonics and public spaces.
Later in your degree, you’ll transfer your skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience through our work integrated learning program. At the end of your degree, you can progress onto our two-year Master of Architecture and continue your journey to becoming a registered architect in Australia and overseas.
Your degree will begin with introductory and shared impact lab units where, working with students from other disciplines, you’ll focus on problems and social issues and identify potential solutions connected to industry and community. Your introductory studies will also introduce you to visualisation skills and applications needed to formulate design as an exploration of the materials of the built environment.
You’ll then build on these foundations and explore areas including environmental principles and the global movement of modern architecture with design studio units covering the process of design, dwelling, tectonics and public spaces.
Later in your degree, you’ll transfer your skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience through our work integrated learning program. At the end of your degree, you can progress onto our two-year Master of Architecture and continue your journey to becoming a registered architect in Australia and overseas.
* Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre First Preferences 2024
** QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
*** Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020-2022
Double degrees
Combine your Architectural Studies degree with a second degree to gain a broader range of skills and knowledge, a competitive advantage and enhanced career flexibility. Choose a double degree with:
- business to lead to careers intersecting design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, management and human resource management.
- engineering to enable a range of opportunities including careers in architecture, project management, property development, construction, civil engineering and urban design.
- construction management to become a valuable architect and project manager in the building industry.
Careers and outcomes
With an Architectural Studies degree from QUT, you’ll be able to start your design career as a junior designer, draftsperson, set designer and more. To become a registered architect, you’ll need to undertake two more years of training in our Master of Architecture program, and then pass the Architectural Practice Exam once you’ve completed two years of practical experience.
Course articulation
If you are wishing to complete Master of Architecture please apply for AB05DE83 Bachelor of Architectural Design / Master of Architecture in your application.
If you solely apply for Bachelor of Architectural Design, you can lodge a new application later to study the Master of Architecture.
Course articulation
Within two weeks of successfully completing this course with a minimum GPA of 4.50, you will be automatically offered a place in the Master of Architecture.
Possible careers
- Architect
- Architectural historian
- Architectural writer / journalist
- Construction manager
- Set designer
- Sustainability design consultant
The Bachelor of Architectural Design consists of 24 units (288 credit points), arranged as follows:
- 7 core units (84 credit points)
- 11 major units including Work Integrated Learning (132 credit points),
- One minor, or 48 credit points of option units (48 credit points),
- 4 QUT You units of your choice (24 credit points, comprising 4 x 6 credit point units).
The Bachelor of Architectural Design consists of 24 units (288 credit points), arranged as follows:
- 7 core units (84 credit points)
- 11 major units including Work Integrated Learning (132 credit points),
- One minor, or 48 credit points of option units (48 credit points),
- 4 QUT You units of your choice (24 credit points, comprising 4 x 6 credit point units).
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 80.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- AB05
- QTAC code
- 412301
- CRICOS code
- 113183D
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- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 3 years full-time
- 6 years part-time
- 3 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
Year 12 early offer scheme
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student, you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12, before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 80.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2024
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
95.00
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Selection rank
97.00
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
82.60
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Selection rank
85.45
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
85.45
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Selection rank
80.15
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You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
- ATAR/selection rank
- 80.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 80.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic / IELTS One Skills Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| PTE Academic | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| TOEFL iBT / Paper | 79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP $9,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $39,200 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: CSP $9,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $34,900 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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