Bachelor of Architectural Design

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Expand all sections Collapse all sections Academic requirements Prerequisites Selection tasks English language requirements Academic requirements You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent senior secondary school) qualification. For information on international qualifications and corresponding entry requirements that are equivalent to an Australian Year 12, see the Entry requirements by country web page. Equivalent qualifications may also include completion of the RMIT Foundation Studies program or a recognised post secondary diploma in the relevant discipline with the required grades. If you are applying for July intake, you must have successfully completed one of the following within 10 years of the program commencement date: the RMIT Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural) and satisfy the interview requirement OR a minimum of one year tertiary study comparable to the first year of this program, undertaken in a design discipline (architecture, interior design, industrial design, landscape architecture, graphic design, art or fashion design). Entry score calculator Select a study location Select study location Bangladesh Cambodia Canada China Colombia Denmark Germany Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kenya Kuwait Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Nepal New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Saudi Arabia Scotland Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom USA Vietnam Other country Philippines Select a qualification gained Select qualification gained Go Minimum Score Required Don’t meet the requirements? Learn about your pathway options Prerequisites Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL. Selection tasks All applicants are required to complete and submit a selection task for this program. See below for full selection task details. Selection tasks by applicant type Expand all sections Selection tasks for international students completing year 12 in Australia and applying through VTAC Semester 1, 2024 selection task The Architecture selection task is now closed for Semester 1 2024. The submission deadline was 6 October 2023. Selection task requirements You are required to provide the following: The Architecture selection task is now closed for Semester 1 2024. The submission deadline was 6 October 2023. Selection task requirements You are required to provide the following: a statement outlining your motivations and aspirations for studying architecture including details of any relevant experience such as employment, voluntary work, etc and how this strengthens your application to this program (maximum 250 words) a design idea exercise. For this exercise you are required to identify an issue or major site and respond to it by presenting bold ideas and visions for its future. Your site can be a building, a street or a public space that you wish to reconsider through design. Your design vision may be informed by opportunities you identify within the site. Alternatively, you can engage with current or recurring issues facing society or the built environment as a way of expressing your ideas about design. You are encouraged to be ambitious and brave in the design work that you present in response to this exercise. In preparing your response, think broadly, imaginatively and be creative. Your proposal does not have to be practical or even possible, it could be for now or a long way into the future. There is no one correct response to this exercise and you are not expected to have any substantial prior knowledge of architecture. The selection panel will be assessing your ideas and vision and not your ability to communicate architectural ideas visually. You should draw on your own experience, research, and skills to put forward your own ideas. Consider the issue or site and your design response carefully before preparing your final submission so that your ideas are clearly presented to the selection panel. Submission instructions Submission instructions Your submission must be an original and specific response to the design idea exercise. You should expect to spend approximately eight hours on this exercise. Your submission should clearly identify the issue or site you are responding to and include: A graphic illustration of your design proposal. You are free to use any medium to communicate your ideas including: drawing, illustration, model making (submit photographs only), photomontage, collage, painting, computer modelling/rendering - anything that you think will express your ideas and proposal. Make sure to scan or digitise hand drawings and photographs at a higher resolution for clarity. A concise written description of the design problem or site and your analysis of what you have identified as issues or opportunities for your design proposal (maximum 100 words). A clearly written description of your design proposal (maximum 100 words). Upload your submission in one single PDF file containing no more than 4 pages (maximum size 10MB). Your single PDF file must be named as follows: (Your first name)_(Your Surname).pdf. Interview (shortlisted applicants) Shortlisted applicants will be required to attend an interview. Interviews will be held in December 2023 and shortlisted applicants will be advised by the end of November the date they are required to attend. An advisory letter indicating the outcome of your selection task will be sent in December. Art and Design application tips View the following videos for some practical application advice: Applying for Art and Design courses Here's some advice for preparing folios and pre-selection kits to help make the process easier. Applying for Art and Design courses Here's some advice for preparing folios and pre-selection kits to help make the process easier. Transcript TEXT ON SCREEN: Applying for art and design courses. Advice for preparing folios and pre-selection kits to help make the process easier. MUSIC: electronic beat with a building tempo. VISUAL: Interior Design Student, Maddy Davidson stands in front of an art-covered wall. She talks to an off-screen interviewer. MADDY DAVIDSON SPEAKS: When I applied, I applied for every course that I could possibly apply for in Melbourne. i checked VTAC, I checked it daily. VISUAL: A close up of a VTAC Guide dissolves into an interview with another student. Landscape Architecture student, Asa Kremmer talks to camera ASA KREMMER SPEAKS: With VTAC when you’re applying, the deadlines are so important, so check the requirements. VISUAL: Photo Imaging student, Billy Carr talks to camera. BILLY CARR SPEAKS: To prepare for my course, my school didn’t offer photography as an option. I looked to a lot of YouTube videos and anything that would help to boost my skills so that by the time I got to the end of year 12 i was prepared for what I had to do at university. VISUAL: Photo Imaging student, Eliza Mills talks to camera. ELIZA MILLS SPEAKS: For my pre-selection kit I checked VTAC to make sure I knew exactly what I needed for my course and the interview for the teachers to get to know me and to enter a certain amount of images of my work. VISUAL: Lecturer in Design, Jan Henry-Jones stands in a lecture theatre and talks to camera JAN HENRY-JONES SPEAKS: It’s really critical to understand that there are many ways to get to where you want to be. If you don’t get in to the program you want to the first time round, if you apply broadly you’ve got choice. TEXT ON SCREEN: Apply Broadly. TEXT ON SCREEN: Attend Open day is overlayed next to the image of Philippa Murray, Lecturer in Interior Design. PHILIPPA MURRAY SPEAKS: I would really also advise to attend the open day. That’s a really important moment where different programs open their doors up to prospective students, so it’s a really great way to get a sense of what each course is really like. So design courses for instance are really different across different across different organisations. By attending open day you’ll really start to understand those differences. TEXT ON SCREEN: Understand the differences between courses. VISUAL: Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture Craig Douglas talks to camera. CRAIG DOUGLAS SPEAKS: I think the common mistakes with students presenting their works through follow is that they rely on the subjects that they have just covered in school. Now those subjects are important but we also want to see work that is important to you. So you know, your own hobbies your own interests, let that really shine through in your work. because that’s what’s going to set you apart from the others and really set you apart from others because we can see you’re engaged with the design community. TEXT ON SCREEN: Include work from outside of school. PHILLIPA MURRAY SPEAKS: When you’re putting your folio together, I think it’s really good to think about who you are, what you’re passionate about, what you’re interested in and then use that to assemble the kind of folio that best represents you. CRAIG SPEAKS: I think the best way to present a folio is to really communicate your own work, and that doesn’t mean a really expensive folder, or any of those kinds of formats, just present your own work in a really good way, keep simple, to the point, we want to see your work, we want to see what you’re interested in, we want to see your creative ability. MUSIC: Inspiring piano music VISUAL: The interview with Craig dissolves to a white screen. TEXT ON SCREEN: Check VTAC requirements and deadlines Check the entry requirements - including minimum English scores Give yourself options by applying broadly If a folio is required, make sure it reflects your passions and interests Keep you folio simple and follow directions. [End of Transcript] Back to video Art and design selection interviews Wondering how an art and design selection interview works? Here's everything you need to know. Art and design selection interviews Wondering how an art and design selection interview works? Here's everything you need to know. Transcript TEXT ON SCREEN: Art and design selection interviews. Advice on how to prepare for an interview and ways to make the process easier. RMIT logo. AUDIO: Ambient music. VISUAL: Maddy stands it a white, art classroom address the camera. Intercut with shots of an RMIT letter. A caption reads: “Maddy Davidson, Interior design student, RMIT”. MADDY SPEAKS: When I found out that I was shortlisted for the interview I was really, really excited. I screamed, I hugged everyone that was near me (chuckling). Yeah, it was really exciting. VISUAL: Asa stands facing the camera. A caption reads: “Asa Kremmer, Landscape Architecture student, RMIT University”. Intercut with scenes of Asa and Maddy talking together. ASA SPEAKS: Yeah, the interview was quite confronting but at the end of the day we were very motivated to succeed in what you love and what you’re passionate about. VISUAL: Eliza stands facing the camera. A caption reads: “Eliza Mills, Photo imaging student, RMIT University.” Intercut with a shot of feet nervously tapping. I was sweaty and scared and I wondered whether I actually wanted to go but I knew photography was what I wanted to do so I had to do it, despite my nerves. VISUAL. Phillippa standing to left of frame in a lecture hall. A caption reads: “Phillippa Murray, Lecturer, Interior Design, RMIT University”. Intercut with scenes of a student interview. There are two interviewers smiling and going through a printed folio. PHILLIPA SPEAKS: I really understand that the interviewing process can be quite intimidating, I usually get nervous in interviews, myself. But what I think is really important, is to remember that we're humans on the panel and actually, we're just really interested in you and what your interests are and how you might imagine yourself as part of the course that we’re running. VISUAL: Craig standing the a lecture theatre, addressing the camera. A caption reads: “Craig Douglas, Senior Lecturer, Landscape Architecture, RMIT University”. As he speaks the words ‘Have an opinion’ appear on the right side on the screen. CRAIG SPEAKS: In the interview process, it’s important to have an opinion. So it might be that you don't like some things and you like other things but the important thing is that you can tell us, maybe, why. VISUAL: Close up of keyboard as someone types and images laid out on a table, intercut with Phillips addressing the camera. The text: ‘Research your area’ appears to her right. PHILIPHA SAYS: Do some research, go and see exhibitions, go and see films, research different projects online whatever it is, be curious Explore things and come prepared to tell us about what excites you. VISUAL: Eliza facing the camera. Intercut with scenes of young male showing his folio in an interview. ELIZA SPEAKS: The advice that I’d give would be to just be confident about your work and be proud of what you’ve done because I think that’s something that a lot of people forget about, they’re just focused on yeah, will they like it? But, I think, you should be proud of your own work and I think you should like your own work and I think if you give off that confidence, you’re more likely to get in than if you’re not confident about your work. VISUAL: Return to Phillipa facing the camera. As she speaks the words ‘Include work from outside of school’ appear to her right. Intercut with more interview and folio footage. PHILLIPA SPEAKS: A thing that a lot of prospective students think, when they’re applying for a course, is that they really should focus on their VCE subjects. But when I’m sitting on a panel, I’m actually really interested in you