Master of Design
    Duration2 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    AUD 31,987 / Year
    Next IntakeJuly 1, 2026

    Master of Design

    About

    This intensive program provides a pathway to advanced industry opportunities, whether you have a background in design and media practice or if you wish to enter these fields from other professional backgrounds. Our degree focuses on integrated and multidisciplinary studios that will underpin the development of professional skills, capabilities and confidence needed for leadership and to dynamically support innovation in freelance, project or design, media and technology business contexts.

    Studio-based courses enable you to focus on a specific area of design and digital media practice or put together a suite of courses from across design, material practice and digital media.

    • We're ranked #3 in Australia for Art and Design according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024
    • Adobe Creative Cloud subscription included from the day you start your degree for the duration of your studies
    • Be supported by our diverse, open and inclusive Arts, Design & Architecture community.
    • Learn through research-informed teaching
    • Prioritise career success – UNSW won the Australian Financial Review’s Most Employable Students Award in 2024.
    • Join our School of Art & Design creative community with a dedicated campus and cutting-edge facilities
    • Benefit from strong industry links and partnerships
    • Access world-class alumni connections
    • Join a global top 20 university (QS World University Rankings, 2024)
    • Join a community that’s part of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) universities

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    English Program Requirements

    Faculty Undergraduate Postgraduate coursework Postgraduate research
    Arts, Design & Architecture

    6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)

     

    Exceptions:

    • Bachelor of Education (Secondary): 7 overall (min 6.5 in writing & reading, 7.5 in speaking & listening)
    • Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours): 7.0 overall (min 7.0 in each subtest)
    • Bachelor of Social Work (Honours): 7 overall (min 7.0 in listening, reading, writing, and speaking)

    6.5 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)

     

    Exceptions:

    • Master of Teaching (Primary & Secondary): 7.5 overall (min 7.0 in writing & reading, 8.0 in speaking & listening)

    7.0 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)

    Career

    Future careers

    UNSW’s Masters of Design graduates are highly sought after across a broad range of professional design disciplines in media and technology industries, global institutions, major corporations, creative and bespoke agencies.

    Potential careers

    Masters graduates secure employment in areas including:

    • Graphics, media and digital design

    • UX, responsive design and app development

    • Communications, branding and advertising

    • Design management and strategy

    • Social innovation and entrepreneurship

    • Data visualisation and animation 

    • Creative consultancies, design and media studios, design-led businesses

    • Object, furniture and lighting design

    • Film, television, online and mobile production and post-production

    • Environmental, spatial, interior and architectural design practices

    • Design for retailing, industry events and expos

    • Design for exhibitions, galleries and museums

    • Costume, theatre and events design

    • Design teaching and academia

    • Jewellery and wearables design

    • Textile, fabric and fashion design

    Software Developer

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    31,987 / year
    Application Fee 150

    Master of Design

    University of New South Wales

    University of New South Wales

    Australia

    Australia, Sydney