Program Overview

Architecture Pathways

Architects guide, plan and shape the world around us.

Pathway Details

An Architecture degree sets you on the path to conceptualise and design buildings, urban configurations and landscapes in response to economic, technical and social needs and desires. At UWA you’ll benefit from intensive teaching with a low student-to-staff ratio in design studios. Practical studies are supported by investigating design communication, sustainable design and historical, theoretical and ethical aspects. You also have the opportunity to exhibit your work at the Cullity Gallery.

Graduate Architect

To become a graduate architect, you need to study a minimum of 5 years.

Pathways for Mature-Age Students

If you will be aged 20 years or older on 1 March (for Semester 1 entry) or 1 August (for Semester 2 entry) you qualify for our mature-age-entry pathways.

Related Pathways

You may also like to consider a Landscape Architecture Pathway.

Assured Pathways for High School Leavers

• Minimum ATAR: 92.001
• TISC Codes: UK011 (via the Bachelor of Environmental Design), UK005 (via Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours))
• Qualifications: BEnvDes + MArch, BPhil(Hons) + MArch
• Duration: Three-year Bachelor of Environmental Design degree plus a two-year master's degree.
• Limited places: No
• Selection criteria: ATAR only
• Undergraduate major: Architecture (extended major)
• Conditions for progress to postgraduate study: Completion of a UWA bachelor’s degree with a WAM of 60 per cent and extended major in Architecture.

Standard Entry

You can study architecture by completing a bachelor's degree with an extended major in Architecture. This requires a minimum ATAR of 75.00, and you will need to achieve a weighted average mark (WAM) of 60 per cent to qualify for entry into the Master of Architecture.

Entry for Holders of Other Degrees

Considering a career change? If you have completed an undergraduate degree without the required architecture studies, you may still gain entry to a Master of Architecture. You'll take conversion units that will make the course duration up to 3.5 years.

Course Accreditation

The Master of Architecture (25520) is accredited by the Architects Board of Western Australia through a process administered by the Architects Accreditation Council Australia. Following completion of the course, graduates will be required to complete a minimum 3,300 hours (approximately 2 years) of professional experience, usually under the supervision of an architect and pass the national Architecture Practice Examination (ACE) before being eligible to apply for registration as an architect in Australia.