Bachelor of Design
Course code: B-DES
February, July
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available
85.00 - Lowest selection rank 2026 (guide only)
Access Melbourne is available
March, July
AUD $43,868 - $57,900 (2026 indicative first year fee)
IELTS 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0)
Career outcomes
Overview
With the Bachelor of Design, you’ll be able to apply your imaginative thinking across a wide variety of industries.
According to the Foundation for Young Australians, demand for employees with creativity skills has risen over 65% over the past few years. Studying a Bachelor of Design will teach you design thinking that’s in demand across tech, architecture, planning our cities, government, the arts and more.
You might apply your creativity to the built environment or engineering, learning to improve our cities, buildings, transport networks, technologies, processes, bridges and landscapes. You can also explore your creativity with expertise in the digital world. With advances in artificial intelligence and robotics – the way we live will require a whole new wave of talented designers and creatives.
Careers
Study design if you are interested in working in:
- Architecture and landscape architecture
- Computing, software engineering and game design
- Construction management and property development
- Digital infrastructure engineering and geospatial technology
- Education
- Graphic design
- Mechanical, civil and structural engineering
- Performance design
- Urban planning and design
- User experience
- Virtual reality and augmented reality
Guaranteed graduate pathways into the Melbourne School of Design
Our Bachelor of Design graduates are guaranteed entry into a selection of masters programs. To qualify students must complete the corresponding undergraduate major and achieve a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 65% in the Bachelor of Design.
The majors and their corresponding Masters include:
- Architecture major into Master of Architecture (200 points)
- Construction Management major into Master of Construction Management (200 points)
- Landscape Architecture major into Master of Landscape Architecture (200 points)
- Property major into Master of Property (200 points)
- Urban Planning major into Master of Urban Planning (200 points)
Domestic students who are eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) are guaranteed a CSP in the Master’s program if they meet the following WAM requirements:
- Master of Architecture: 72%+ WAM
- All Other MSD Master’s Programs listed above: 70%+ WAM
Find out more about guaranteed pathways
Graduate degree packages
The University of Melbourne also offers Graduate Degree Packages for high achieving secondary school students. These packages allow you to lock in your graduate place before you begin your undergraduate studies at Melbourne. With many of our graduate degrees being highly competitive, a graduate entry guarantee enables you to secure your spot to ensure you can achieve your career ambitions.
Find out more about Graduate Degree Packages
Further study
Once you've completed your undergraduate degree you have a number of options. You can go on to gain employment, building your workplace experience. You can commence a graduate study and work towards a professional qualification. Or you could join our graduate research community and contribute to our world-changing research.
Graduate study is an investment in your future. If you choose to study a masters course, your qualification will be internationally recognised and set you apart from those who study a traditional Australian single or double degree. A number of majors offered in the Bachelor of Design set you up to study masters courses linked to professional accreditation, including;
Architecture, Building, Planning and Design:
Master of Architectural Engineering
Master of Construction Management
Master of Landscape Architecture
Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage
Engineering
Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering
Master of Mechanical Engineering
Information Technology:
Master of Software Engineering
Master of Information Technology
Bachelor of Design graduates can also pursue further study in areas such as business, marketing, education, law, politics, journalism, design and production, arts and cultural management, environmental studies, and more. There are so many exciting possibilities to choose from.
The range of options that a Bachelor of Design opens up will allow you to tailor a graduate study pathway that is unique to you, based on your interests and career goals.
Graduate pathways
Once you've completed your undergraduate degree, you can go on to gain employment or begin a graduate degree and work towards a professional qualification such as law, engineering or medicine. Or you could join our graduate research community and contribute to our world-changing research.
Your graduate degree will be internationally recognised, and set you apart from those who study a traditional Australian single or double degree.
Explore the graduate pathways available once you complete your undergraduate degree here.