Master of Architecture

What can you do with your degree?

The strategic thinking, visual creativity, public engagement, design and technology skills, strategic management and entrepreneurial outlook developed in this degree provide graduates with a wide range of career opportunities in the creative industries. Many architectural graduates establish careers in design studios, virtual design, web and graphic design, fashion, advertising, industrial design, arts management, and the visual arts.

This master's program enables graduates to enter the architecture profession in a variety of careers including architectural firms, government, construction, development, infrastructure, and planning industries both in Australia and around the world.

REGISTERED ARCHITECT

Architects design building projects for clients. They often act as a trusted advisor to the client throughout the whole project's lifecycle and manage the cohesion of the build. Architects work with builders, engineers, surveyors, lawyers, other professionals, and tradespeople to achieve their vision. According to Seek (2021), architecture roles in Australia are typically between $70k and $130k, with a 17.5 per cent job growth predicted in the next 5 years.

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN

As an architectural technician you will be producing 3D architectural documentation that includes plans, elevations, sections, details, and schedules using a variety of software including CAD and ArchiCAD. Architectural Technicians generally work alongside the Architects. Architectural technician roles in Australia are typically between $70k and $100k according to Seek (2021).

PRACTICE MANAGER

Practice managers are the people in charge of a professional place of business, in this case, an architectural firm. Practice manager roles in Australia are typically advertised between $70k and $90k, with a predicted 10.8 per cent job growth in the next 5 years according to Seek (2021).

Build your future with a degree in Architecture from Bond University

Program learning outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes provide a broad and measurable set of standards that incorporate a range of knowledge, skills and abilities that will be achieved on completion of the program. These outcomes will help you determine whether this program aligns with your professional pathway, career and learning goals.

View Master of Architecture learning outcomes
  1. Demonstrate skills, knowledge, and application of creative design processes with specific application to the architecture discipline including design, theory, history, environmental sustainability, construction technology, urban design, communications, digital technology, social responsibility, and professional practice.
  2. Conduct independent research in the production of design proposals with the social, environmental, economic, creative and professional aspects critically evaluated, contextualised, and findings clearly communicated in both written and graphic form as the result of a clear design methodology.
  3. Demonstrate skills and knowledge regarding practice and project management, contract administration and procurement methods as required to carry out professional commercial architecture practice, and to critically reflect upon current and future practice models.
  4. Apply skills of architectural design to compose and develop large-scale buildings with complex social, urban, and technical requirements to a competent level of resolution through individual, collaborative, and interdisciplinary project work.
  5. Contribute to the positive and environmentally sustainable future development of urban sites and cities by applying advanced knowledge and skills through the medium of creative and architectural design.
  6. Demonstrate and understanding of the role of creative professionals in society and apply knowledge of entrepreneurial, social, ethical, and technical progress to emerging and future careers in global practice.
  7. Demonstrate critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, reflection, and the ability to communicate effectively through verbal, written, and visual or spatial means to professional and general audiences.

Alumni stories

Architecture design could breathe new life into disaster zones

A new high-tech construction solution aims to provide much-needed emergency shelter in disaster-hit areas, while paving the way for a new approach to Australia’s cities and urban areas.

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Architecture student’s inspirational vision for Mumbai

The Bond University Master of Architecture student wants to offer a better way of life to the estimated 6.5 million people living in Mumbai’s 2400 slums.

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