Urban Design Graduate Program

In collaboration with the Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design at Curtin University of Technology and the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts at The University of Western Australia, the UDC has developed a new graduate program of study in urban design. The inaugural class of students completed its first semester in June 2007, taking core units at the UDC's city location and option units at the UWA and Curtin University campuses.

This collaborative initiative combines the established academic and research strengths of Western Australia’s two design schools – the strengths in Architecture and Urban & Regional Planning at Curtin University of Technology and the strengths in Architecture and Landscape Architecture at The University of Western Australia – along with the unique advantage of delivery through the Urban Design Centre of Western Australia.

The four new qualifications of the Urban Design Graduate Program are designed to cater to students entering the field of urban design from different backgrounds and with different career objectives. The Graduate Certificate in Urban Design, Graduate Diploma in Urban Design, Master of Urban Design (by coursework) and Master of Urban Design (by research) are designed to attract and accommodate practising professionals - in architecture, planning, landscape architecture or a related field - who may also need to maintain full or part-time employment.

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