Become an integral part of a building design team. Develop your architectural design career. Gain hands-on experience in AutoCAD, Revit, project visualization technologies, and building code compliance. Students in this program prepare for work with architects, engineers, designers, and project managers as an integral part of the team developing, presenting, and executing building designs.

The Department of Architecture, Interior and Product Design runs a one-semester spatial and environmental based curriculum common to all first-year Higher Diploma students studying in Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design. The programme aims primarily at students who have completed their secondary school education and expect to take up specialist spatial and environmental design studies. It is designed to reflect the context of basic design and creative knowledge and skills which serve as an introduction to, and preparation for, the year one students for the next four to five-semester study in their respective professional design programmes.

Begin to build your career with Melbourne Polytechnic’s Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural), If you’ve dreamed of running your own building design firm, working for an architect or leading building design teams, this qualification is the first step in your journey.

This two and a half year course is for students wanting a career as a building designer or draftsperson within an architectural practice.