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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 Architecture staff shortlisted for international Beazley Designs of the Year Awards
Architectural researchers from Monash University have been shortlisted for the international Beazley Designs of the Year awards for their collaboration with Parlour on the WikiD: women, Wikipedia, design campaign, which aims to increase the representation of women in the built environment on Wikipedia.
PhD scholarship opportunity in Architectural and Curatorial Practices
The Critical Practices Research Laboratory invites scholarship applications for a new PhD specialisation at the intersection of Architectural and Curatorial Practices.
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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The 'Design for Sustainability' class teaches our art, design and architecture students how to integrate sustainability processes into their designing, and how to confidently make a compelling case and presentation to stakeholders. . As part of this class, @bmwau visited our Caulfield campus and spoke to our students on the companies approaches to sustainability in design. The company then led the students through the design and development of an Electric Vehicle using the BMW i3 as a case study. . #MonashADA #SustainableDesign
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Our Art, design and architecture students learn how to integrate sustainability processes into their design process… https://t.co/aSIKqhEash
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Join us for our annual Monash University #Architecture #PhDSymposium, featuring a guest lecture from Rob Freestone… https://t.co/IXTUwpICav
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... Congratulations to Monash University XYX Lab named a finalist in the 2019 Premiers Design Awards for their SHEcity project. Led by Associate Professors of Design Nicole Kalms and Gene Bawden, SHEcity is an ongoing project building the case for civic interventions by women for women. . SHECity allows for the voices of many young women (and those who identify as women) to put their ideas about civic safety into a public forum such that they can be heard and responded to. Read more about SHEcity and the amazing work being undertaken by XYX lab. monash.edu/mada/research/labs/xyx-lab-monash-space-gender-communication-lab/past-projects/the-shecity-exhibition . #MonashADA #XYXLab #PremierDesignAwards #ChangeIt
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Nine talented @MonashUni #CommunicationDesign students named finalists in the 2019 @AGDA_national awards. View the… https://t.co/6iUugpD5LH
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... Congratulations to nine talented Monash University Communication Design students who have been named finalists in the 2019 Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Design Awards. The industry awards highlight every generation of talent, from students at colleges and universities, through to the long-established leaders of our profession. To see more work from these students and others across design, fine art and architecture join us at MADA Now, our graduate exhibition from 22 - 30 November at Caulfield campus. monash.edu/mada/events/mada-now-2019 #MonashADA #AGDA
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100 Objects – Australian Design in the Home opened last week in Robin Boyd’s seminal Walsh Street house, Melbourne.… https://t.co/sX6rjTmHSY
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100 Objects – Australian Design in the Home exhibition launched last week celebrating Australian designers and their work. . The exhibition is held in architect Robin Boyd’s seminal Walsh Street house in Melbourne and is filled with iconic Australian design pieces It's a fantastic insight into our history. . Curated by Monash University senior lecturer in Design Ian Wong, the exhibition pays homage to Boyd's legacy and is a celebration of Australian Design. . The exhibition user experience features a machine learning artificial intelligence application developed by Monash Industrial Design lecturer Dr Indae Hwang. . Open till Sunday 27 October. Entry is only via ticket - robinboyd.org.au/event/100-objects #MonashADA #MonashDesign #IndustrialDesign The Robin Boyd Foundation
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Objects – Australian Design in the Home. Australia’s most celebrated designers and their work will be featured in this exhibition held in Robin Boyd’s seminal Walsh Street house in Melbourne. Visitors can roam through the rooms of Boyd's house and discover up to 100 significant pieces of Australian design history from the Sabco timer tap to the Décor BYO wine cooler and more. Curated by Monash University senior lecturer in Design Ian Wong, the exhibition pays homage to Boyd's legacy and is a celebration of Australian Design. Open from 12-27 Oct. Entry is only via ticket: robinboyd.org.au/event/100-objects/ #MonashADA #MonashDesign #IndustrialDesign The Robin Boyd Foundation
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Join us today for our ten pin bowling for change game and help knockdown prejudice. 12.30 - 1.30 pm Building D courtyard, Caulfield Campus. Part of #DiversityandInclusion week. #MonashADA
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Join us today for our ten pin bowling for change game and help knockdown prejudice. 12.30 - 1.30 pm Building D co… https://t.co/zG5aQruPWu
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Today, Wed 9 Oct. Building G courtyard Caulfield campus. 12.30 - 1.30 pm part of #DiversityandInclusion week. Don't miss Zaynab Farah, Somali Melbourne-based spoken work artist sharing her stories. $5 Buddha bowls from ASRC available. #MonashADA
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・・・ Introducing the first Melbourne #arttram of 2019! Designed by @monash_uni Industrial designer @nyein_aung - the tram is a reimagining of The Last Supper, proudly celebrating our city's 24-hour dining culture. . Find it using tramTRACKER and tram ID 3532. . . 📸 @morgophoto @yarratrams @creative_vic @melbfestival . Full story monash.edu/mada #MonashADA
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Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion this week with @monashada on the Caulfield campus. Traditional Owners and an Elder of the Wurundjeri will deliver a Welcome to Country and Didgeridoo performance. . Zaynab Farah, a Somali Melbourne-based Spoken word artist will share her stories. Knockdown prejudice and win a prize by playing our ten pinbowling for change game. . #MonashADA #DiversityandInclusion
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Annual Design Research Conference . Day 2. Floor talks . ・・・ Over it all hangs @future_method’s banner exhibit - posing its very pertinent question #ADR #RESEARCH #Design #architecture #MonashADA 📸 @naomistead