DIRECTOR'S WELCOME

Professor Philip Goad

'THE AIM IS TO DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE,
TO PRODUCE LEADING SCHOLARS AND
PRACTITIONERS ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER,
ABLE TO CRITICALLY REFLECT AND ACT
ON SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL
DEMANDS, AND THUS ABLE TO PROPOSE
MORE AESTHETIC AND MORE APPROPRIATE
URBAN AND LANDSCAPE FUTURES.’

The Melbourne School of Design (MSD) is the graduate school within The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at The University of Melbourne. The School’s launch in 2008 was the next stage in the evolution of teaching and research in the built environment disciplines, which began in 1919 with the formation of the Melbourne University Architectural Atelier. MSD is emerging as a vibrant community of exceptional staff and students whose interests and expertise focuses on exploring and shaping the habitable environment. Our graduates discover how space affects the human experience and how to shape the modern physical world in positive, sustainable ways.

Sited in the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and within the intellectual and cultural centre of this cosmopolitan city, MSD is a stimulating place to study and research. Inspired by the urban forms and spaces around them – from the historic and cinematic to the cutting-edge and intimate – our students can draw upon their immediate environment to inform their work. The city becomes a laboratory for local stimuli and a means for creating dialogues with other regional and international sites. Our aim is to position MSD at the nexus between teaching excellence, research and industry, by offering a portfolio of graduate programs that result in world-class professional qualifications and post-professional enhancement programs.

WHY CHOOSE MSD

• Innovative And Diverse Graduate Programs
• Vibrant Community Of Exceptional Staff And Students
• Professionally Relevant And Industry-Focused

Simply put, you can ‘Design Your Own Future’ at MSD.

Our graduates are recognized as leading, adaptable professionals in their fields, knowledgeable across a range of disciplines. This forms part of the University of Melbourne’s strategic vision is to create graduates who are academically excellent; knowledgeable across disciplines; leaders in communities; attuned to cultural diversity; and active global citizens.

MSD is committed to producing world-class graduates in the built environments. Our students transition smoothly from the classroom to leadership roles in practice. We achieve this by creating programs that are intellectually rigorous, industry-relevant and global in their perspective. The profile of our programs is based on high levels of interaction between staff and students, the caliber of our academics, the innovation of our research and industry-linked projects, and our connections with similar built environment schools and leading international practice.

Throughout our website you will find profiles of our alumni who are currently shaping the world we live in.

We encourage all prospective students to talk to us regarding their study plans and aspirations; to initiate a dialogue you can call us on + 61 3 9035 5044, email us at msd-info (@unimelb.edu.au) or fill out the form below and we will contact you.

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