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We're a connected community of creative thinkers, makers and professional practitioners.
Why study at MADA?
Creativity will become one of the top three skills workers will need in the future. At MADA you’ll be guided by industry practitioners to develop the skills valued by employers such as critical and reflective thinking, problem solving and mental agility.
Undergraduate
Turn ideas into reality. There’s nothing like the feeling of seeing your vision come to life. Explore new concepts and develop key technical skills. Our undergraduate courses provide the foundation for any creative career.
Postgraduate
Take the next step. Amplify your creative potential with a masters by coursework. You'll develop new skills, enrich your expertise and enhance your career options.
Fine Art
Fine Art provokes thought, inspires action, and responds to the important challenges of our time. We find meaning in a complex field of visual information and experiences, igniting discussion and creating unique perspectives on the complex problems of society.
Design
Design is the means to navigate complex business, environmental and social problems, and stay on the leading edge of change. Designers are concerned with the expanded practice of making human-centred solutions that are both tangible and intangible. Designers make the future possible.
Architecture
Architecture at Monash focuses on the bigger picture. We see architecture, urban design, and urban planning as an integrated whole. We understand buildings within their larger urban or regional environment, and consider cities in the context of a changing planet. Architects imagine the new environments of the future.
Research
At MADA, we provide a lively and supportive environment for individual and collaborative research projects to be realised.
Student work
Be amazed by a kaleidoscope of projects. Experience diverse views of the world through the eyes of our students and staff.
Latest news from MADA
Monash University architects win at the 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards
Staff, adjunct professors and students from Monash University Architecture have been honoured at the prestigious Australian Institute of Architects 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards.
Monash University pilots ‘art tourism’ model to reinvigorate regional towns
Monash University will transform a rural court house into a gallery and exhibition space that doubles as an artists’ residency and unique Airbnb property in Warracknabeal, over 300 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
Image (Why study at MADA?): Tegan Bell, 2009-2016 (installation view), 2016
Image (Postgraduate): Samantha Barry, Sean Malikides, Din Hearth, and MADA students, THRIVE, 2016
Image (Research): Peter Wang, An Autonomous Driverless Public Transport
Image (Student work): Rosina Prestia, I Adjust to Orange (detail), 2016
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Congratulations to Australian artist and Monash University Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Emily Floyd, who will create a major sculptural installation that playfully engages with the cultural fabric of Sydney's Curtin Place and neighbouring Australia Square. Part of the Adina Hotel development at 280 George Street by TFE Hotels and Johnson Pilton Walker (JPW) Architects, Open Space is a text-based installation that responds to the Modernism of Australia Square, Harry Seidler's 1960’s icon of the International Style of architecture. Emily Floyd’s project is produced in partnership with Monash University Art Projects and is curated by Amanda Sharrad. #MonashADA @emilyfloyd0 Anna Schwartz Gallery @mapstudio12 TFE Hotels City of Sydney #adinahotels #jpwarchitects
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5-minute read: Urban Planning and Design. There is a vision for Melbourne to become a network of connected “20-minute cities”, where people will be able to walk or cycle to shops and services, reducing cross-town traffic. But what about new neighbourhoods that are springing up on the edge of Melbourne? Can a 20-minute city be created on a greenfields site? Monash University academics Prof Carl Grodach and A/Prof Liton Kamruzzaman (Urban Planning and Design) and A/Prof Rebecca Wickes (Deputy Director for the Centre for Social and Population Research), are tackling the question. Read the full article: https://lens.monash.edu/2019/07/09/1375076/mambourin-from-greenfields-to-a-20-minute-city #MonashADA #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDesign #SocialSciences Monash Arts Wyndham City Living
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Congratulations to Monash University Architecture staff, adjunct professors and students who have been honoured at the prestigious 2019 Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Architecture Awards. Practice Professor Nigel Bertram, lecturer Timothy Moore, PhD candidate Justin Mallia and Adjunct Professors Peter Elliot, Kerstin Thompson, John Denton and Rob McGauran were all recognised for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture. Read the full story: https://www.monash.edu/mada/news/articles/2019/monash-university-architects-win-at-2019-victorian-architecture-awards #MonashADA #MonashArchitecture #MonashResearch #MelbourneArchitecture
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Congratulations to Monash University's Professor Mark Armstrong, Director Health Collab and Practice Professor in Design, who was awarded the 'Australian Design Prize', at the 61st annual Australian Good Design Awards ceremony. The Australian Design Prize was established to recognise individual designers who are making or have made, a significant impact in Australian design over the course of their career. Professor Armstrong was also part of the design teams that won two further awards, - Good Design Award, Gold Winner: Cadence Suction Irrigator, and - Good Design Award Winner: The Aria Smart Bench. Australia’s Good Design Awards is the oldest and most prestigious international awards for design and innovation in the country. Read about Professor Armstrong's work at Monash and career achievements here: https://www.monash.edu/mada/about-us/people/academic-staff/design/mark-armstrong #MonashADA #MonashDesign #MonashResearch Good Design Australia
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Ciao from Italy. Our students are enjoying the Italian summer while getting some study done too! From this week, our Art, Design and Architecture students will commence studying the Industrial Revolution, as part of a study tour at our Monash University Prato Centre in Italy. As a Monash student, you have the option to undertake study tours or field trips for 2 to 4 weeks or complete a semester exchange studying at our campus in Italy (or other destinations around the world!) Find out what our students have been up to. http://monash.it/news-and-events/news/show/2019/despite-heat-studying-prato-has-never-been-so-cool #MonashADA #MonashStudyTour
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Congratulations to Monash University PhD Curatorial Practice candidate Anca Rujoiu, who has been announced as co-curator of the forthcoming ArtEncounters Biennial in Timișoara, Romania. The third edition of the Biennial will run from September 20 to October 27. Curated by Maria Lind and Anca Rujoiu, the event will feature work by sixty local and international artists, including Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Halil Altındere, Forensic Architecture, Anne Low, Trevor Paglen, and Ana Maria Millán. Anca is currently undertaking her PhD in Curatorial Practice at Monash. She is a curator and editor based in Singapore and Timișoara. As curator of exhibitions and later head of publications (2013–18), she was a member of the founding team of the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. Details: https://2019.artencounters.ro/en/home_en/ Artwork by Agnieszka Polska, The Wayward Pigeon, 2019. Image courtesy of artist and Art Encounters Biennial 2019. #MonashADA #MonashFineArt #MonashResearch
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Congratulations to Australian artist & @MonashUni Senior Lecturer in #FineArt Emily Floyd, who will create a major… https://t.co/O5wld7AKhp
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The #Mambourin model: from fields of green to a '20-minute city' where everything is in reach. @MonashUni… https://t.co/4OSfAHjcdQ
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Bookworks exhibition opens next week. Organised by Warren Taylor, our Program Coordinator, Communication Design deg… https://t.co/G40t7YnOb9