Overview

Study at the art and design school ranked in the top 150 in the world*

Design has the power to shape our understanding of the world and our experience within it. Our Bachelor of Design will arm you with broad design skills in typography, brand and identity design, and more. Make your degree custom-fit by choosing a future-focused major. Emerge ready to transform lives and empower society towards a brighter (and even more beautiful) future.

With an ATAR of 95+ you’ll receive a scholarship. Learn more

Bolster your CV with real industry experience while you study through our Work Integrated Learning programs – a guaranteed part of all our bachelor degrees. This can include placements, internships or industry-linked projects. This degree includes a capstone project which could see you working with places like City of Melbourne, and more.

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*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL or at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL); Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Art Creative Practice, Product Design And Technology, Media, Creative And Digital Media (VCE VET) I, Art Making And Exhibiting or Visual Communication Design.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

As for Year 12 or equivalent.

Majors

Branded environments, Communication design, Motion design, Photomedia, UX Interaction design.

Potential Career Outcomes

The type of careers this qualification leads to may include communications designer, exhibition designer, graphic designer, multimedia developer, advertising consultant, design consultant, user experience designer, photographer. 

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer97.9598.80
Median rank to receive an offer71.5078.35
Lowest rank to receive an offer52.6562.00

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Swinburne University of Technology website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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