Architectural Science (Sustainable Design)
GDip.
Overview
About this course
Develop your skills in understanding the increasingly important area of efficient and environmentally responsive buildings, both new build and retrofitted. The course integrates units from the architectural sciences and emphasises rigour, quality, and evidence-based design.
Who is it for?
This program is tailored for design and related built-environment professionals who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in sustainable design, and for graduates of the Bachelor of Architecture and Environments and Bachelor of Design in Architecture.
Structure
What you’ll study
Through interdisciplinary access to our leading academic researchers and laboratories, this program emphasises the knowledge and critical thinking skills that will enable students to adapt to—and lead—future changes in our built environment. Our ‘first principles’ approach enables you not just to perform energy analyses and building assessments, but also to critique and develop further the tools and approaches required for sustainable building.
Your research-leading lecturers take you on-site visits and expose you to a range of international collaborators. We leverage our extensive links with industry to bring you internship opportunities with leading businesses and consultancies. You can choose from a wide range of electives to pursue your interests in the application of sustainable design theories and methods in architecture, planning, urban design, building services, and facilities management.
The Graduate Diploma will provide you with a foundation for the more intensive theoretical and practical work undertaken in the Master of Architectural Science (Sustainable Design).
Costs
Tuition
HK$229,534.60
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission to this course requires:
- a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification; or
- completion of the requirements of the embedded graduate certificate with an average mark of at least 70 across all units attempted for the award.
Graduate Diploma students may apply to upgrade to the Masters at the completion of their program.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
Language requirements
IELTS
6.5
A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band
TOEFL
85
A minimum result of 85 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing
PTE
61
A minimum result of 61 overall and a minimum result of 54 in each band