Design - F2010
At Monash, we create the designers the world needs – inventive, purposeful and visionary.
Being a design professional is a creative and varied career with endless opportunities to work with different clients and projects and at Monash you will receive a design education that will enable you to make a sustainable difference and have impact.
You apply for the Bachelor of Design, and then choose your specialisation - Collaborative, Communication, Industrial or Spatial after first semester.
Our four specialisations build a high level of design expertise and you will graduate with a degree in your specialisation. All our design degrees are recognised by the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) and rooted in real world practices, much like our internship elective.
With no folio entrance requirement, this degree is open to anyone who is curious and passionate to make a difference and you will learn the technical capabilities and strategic skills to be a successful designer.
Through our interdisciplinary studio-based course you will gain the knowledge, skills and capability to create imaginative and effective solutions and design new possibilities.
You will be able to work across multiple scales from local to global design challenges. Our graduates are solving health problems, transportation issues, saving marine reefs and making the world more inclusive and liveable for everyone.
The Bachelor of Design is an integrated degree where all students have a common first semester, which includes a foundation studio and drawing unit. There is also a Theory of Design sequence of study and a professional practice unit in final semester to prepare you for your career.
The degree also includes electives in most semesters where you can choose from an extensive range of design subjects that develop and enhance the skills and capabilities of designers or an internship elective to build on the real-world skills you will learn within the degree. These include typography, animation, image making, computer aided design, advertising, 3D modelling, creative coding, mobility design, sensory design, digital font illustration, film and photography and many more. You can also venture into other areas of artistic practice like sculpture, painting, photography, or glass blowing, or you can go further afield with electives like a language or accounting, that are offered by other Monash faculties.
After the common first semester you select from the following specialisations:
Collaborative Design
Be the collaborative designer who works with other disciplines and communities to create solutions that only co-design can successfully generate.
Communication Design
Be the bold, imaginative communication designer who informs and motivates the world through creative media.
Industrial Design
Be the industrial designer who combines knowledge of manufacturing and human-centred design with innovation and aesthetics to create exceptional products.
Spatial Design
Be the spatial designer who designs experiences that set moods, communicate ideas and address social issues through the use of space, lighting, technology and form.
Select the tabs below for more detail on our specialisations.
At a glance
Subject prerequisites
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Please select a specialisation for more details:
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements (Domestic students)
There are many ways to be considered for entry to a Monash University degree depending on your educational background and history. The below options reflect the academic requirements for the different applicant categories (or the highest level of education previously completed) to be considered for this Monash course. All applicants must satisfy equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites or equivalent tertiary units including the English language requirements.
Qualifications
Equivalent Australian Year 12
Completing Year 12 in the Current Year or within the Last 2 Years
Applicants with Recent Secondary Education
Started or Completed a TAFE Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma
Applicants with VET Study
Started or Completed a Bachelor Degree
Applicants with Higher Education Study
Finished Year 12 More than 3 Years Ago with No Further Study
Applicants with Work and Life Experience
Alternative qualifications and prerequisites
For other domestic and international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course use the study credit and admissions eligibility search.
English requirements
Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.
University entrance requirements
Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.
Partner with another course
Double degree courses allow you to study towards two different degrees at the same time, and graduate with two separate qualifications. And because a required subject in one course can count as an elective in the other, our double degrees take up to two years less than if you studied for the two degrees separately.
Making the application
Future students
Semester one (February)
Apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).
Current Monash students
Current Monash students should apply for an internal transfer directly to the Faculty.
Self assess for credit eligibility
Check for study credit using the "Credit search" link on the Credit for prior study page.
Fees
Fees are subject to change annually.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
The average annual student contribution amount for 2026 is:
A$11,000
Note: see information on how fees are calculated.
Fee assistance
As a Commonwealth supported student, you may be able to either:
- pay all of your student contribution upfront, or
- defer payment through the HECS HELP loan scheme.
Full fee
Fees are per 48 credit points which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2026 are:
A$39,500
Scholarships
We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.
Other fees
The Student Services and Amenities Fee applies to some students each calendar year.