Design

Bachelor degree

With specialisations in Communication Design, Industrial Design, Spatial Design or Collaborative Design, our Bachelor of Design degree responds to the increasing global demand for designers who can respond to the complexity of contemporary global society, be inclusive and ethical and contribute sustainably. Our most complex challenges are a call to action for all designers.

Monash is committed to admissions transparency

ATAR & SEAS Calculator

ATAR

70.00

Note Lowest Selection Rank to which an offer was made in 2023

70

Note Monash guarantee for 2023 entry

61.30

Note Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made in 2023

You are here:

Home
Courses
Find a course
2023
Design - F2010

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 - Communication, Industrial or Spatial after first semester, or you can change to Collaborative Design after second year.

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:

Communication Design
Become a bold, imaginative communication designer who shapes the visual language of contemporary society through creative visual storytelling.

Industrial Design
Create beautiful, functional objects by combining your knowledge of materials, manufacturing and human-centred design with innovation and aesthetics.

Spatial Design
Design new experiences that set moods, communicate ideas and address social problems through the innovative use of space, lighting and objects.

Or you can change after second year and select:

Collaborative Design
Bringing together elements from Communication Design, Industrial Design and Spatial Design this specialisation enables you to forge new career possibilities in emerging fields of design

Select the tabs below for more detail on our specialisations.

At a glance

Subject prerequisites

English	Maths	Sciences / Other
Tick	N/A	N/A

View specific scores and subjects

Location	On-campus at Caulfield: Full time & part time
Duration	3 years (full time) 6 years (part time)
Start date	First Semester (February), Second Semester (July) and November intake

Fees

Information about fees

Course Handbook

Overview
Entry requirements
Course structure
Double degree
Applications and Fees

Please select a specialisation for more details:

Collaborative design
Communication design
Industrial design
Spatial design

Entry Requirements (Domestic students)

You need to satisfy all of the following requirements to be considered for entry into this course.

Qualifications

Equivalent Australian Year 12

Recent secondary education

ATAR requirements

ATAR

70.00

Note Lowest Selection Rank to which an offer was made in 2023

70

Note Monash guarantee for 2023 entry

61.30

Note Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made in 2023

ATAR explained

Monash is committed to admissions transparency. View the ATAR and student profiles for this course.

Subject prerequisites

All applicants must satisfy the following prerequisites or their equivalents.

Australian VCE subjects

English

Units 3 & 4: a study score of at least 27 in English (EAL) or 25 in English other than EAL

Maths

N/A

Sciences/Other

N/A

IB subjects

English

At least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL

Maths

N/A

Sciences/Other

N/A

VET Study

All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites.

VET Certificate IV, diploma or advanced diploma graduates: To be considered, applicants will normally require at least 60% average. Preference will be given to students whose prior studies are related to the course in which they are seeking admission. Programs that involve competency-based assessment without grades or marks will not meet the admission requirements.

Entire academic record
This course uses the entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.

Higher education

University: Two single units at an Australian higher education institution satisfy minimum entry requirements, but more units may be useful for selection, especially in areas of study related to the course in which admission is being sought.

All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites

Entire academic record
This course uses the entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.

Work and life experience

Multiple pathways to this course

Applicants who have successfully completed Year 12 are eligible to apply for this course.

Applicants with no formal secondary or tertiary qualifications are not eligible to apply for this course. This course uses the entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.

There are many ways to gain entry to a course at Monash. If you don't meet our entry requirements, there are pathways to help. More about alternative pathways...

Additionally, we recognise that some applicants may have experienced difficulties that have disadvantaged them when applying for university. We offer a range of special admissions schemes that may help you gain entry to your chosen course, including pathways for Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students. .More about special admissions schemes...

All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites

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.

All Bachelor of Design students study the same first semester where you will develop the design foundation and drawing skills to prepare you for success in the degree, regardless of specialisation or previous design experience. It also enables you to spend time gaining more information about the different specialisations and professions to support you to make an informed decision in second semester.

The degree has four components:

Design studios which account for nearly half of your degree and are specific to each of the specialisations
Design theory sequence which connects you to the important ideas of the professions
Professional practice subject to prepare you for your career
Electives which enable you to develop your design capabilities and skills or select from the vast array offered across the University.

There are also opportunities for overseas study, including Monash Prato and with our overseas partner institutions.

Design theory

Design Theory is a sequence of study that spans across all years and semesters (except Year 2 Semester 2 and final semester) and starts with Introduction to Visual Culture in Year 1.

Design theory is vital to enriching your design practice to ensure you are the thoughtful and responsible designer the world needs.

This study sequence connects you to the broader historical and critical contexts of design and how these are applied to practical studio work. Through the sequence you will explore how social and political frameworks relate to design practices, historically and as we move into the future and contemporary practice.

Discover how Indigeneity, gender identity, socio-economic privilege and environmental concerns impact on design and how it is operationalised in the world.

Drawing foundation

All students study Drawing in first semester and this subject has been developed to accommodate all levels of ability. So even if you have not drawn since primary school, this subject will help you develop the capability to draw manufactured and natural form, investigating proportion and structure through line, tone, shape and texture. Those with highly developed drawing skills will develop the capabilities to apply that to design and making.

Design studios

Electives

Electives are where you can build your design skills and professional capabilities. You can select from a vast range that includes photography, exhibition design, brand strategy, 3D modelling, animation, furniture and transport design or our internship elective to get some real-world design experience.

You can even choose electives like a language, IT or accounting that are offered by other Monash faculties.

Double degree students use their electives for their partner degree studies to complete two degrees in four years.

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).

Apply through VTAC

Semester two (July)

Apply directly to Monash using course code F2010.

Apply directly to Monash

November intake

Apply directly to Monash using course code F2010.

Apply directly to Monash

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 is:

A$10,000

Note: see information on how average fee is 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.

A$33,600

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.