Dean's Welcome

Welcome to the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at The University of Sydney

I would like to welcome you to the University of Sydney and to introduce you to the range of programs offered in the Faculty of Architecture. We are committed to improving the quality of designed environments, both digital and physical, by providing you with a high level education, to help you gain professional and intellectual insight into the vital and current debates in the future of environments in which we live, work and play.

The faculty offers a leading range of undergraduate, coursework and research degrees in Australasia dealing with the designed and built environments. We have always had a strong presence in the field of architecture and architectural sciences, urban planning and urban design and, in recent years, established ourselves as the leading centre for the design of digital environments.

Currently we have close to 1300 full-time and part-time undergraduate, postgraduate coursework and research students, post-doctoral fellows and visiting scholars studying and working with us. We welcome your decision to join us. There are a number of different paths you may take on your way to several possible fields of practice.

The faculty offers undergraduate qualifications in architecture through the accredited contiguous degrees of Bachelor of Design in Architecture/Master of Architecture. In these degrees you may wish to choose a stream in allied arts in architecture, digital architecture, urban design and planning. Alternatively you may wish to pursue studies in the design of digital environments in the Bachelor of Design Computing. We encourage the best in these programs to undertake the Honours program and pursue further research qualifications. Your study towards these degrees can be supplemented by units from another faculty to broaden your intellectual experience.

If you wish to specialise after your undergraduate studies, our coursework masters degrees, graduate diplomas and graduate certificates are offered in a wide range of programs: architecture, audio design, building, building services, design computing, digital media, facilities management, heritage conservation, illumination design, sustainable design, urban design and urban and regional planning. Graduates of these programs have become leaders in their fields throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific region.

The faculty also offers the opportunity to pursue research degrees, both MPhil and PhD, in four disciplines – architecture and allied arts, architectural science, design computing and cognition, and urban and regional policy and planning.

You may elect to study in any of these fields, or to pursue interdisciplinary coursework or research studies in a combination of fields within the faculty or between the faculty and elsewhere in the university. We support these degrees with a wide range of resources, including extensively equipped laboratories and comprehensive workshop facilities. My colleagues in the faculty include world-renowned researchers and educators in each of these areas, ready to assist and mentor you in your learning.

I look forward to welcoming you as you join our academic family.

Professor Warren Julian,
Dean
PhD, MSc(Arch), BSc, BE(Hons), DipBdgSc, LFIESANZ, IALD
Director of Lighting Studies
Coordinator, Building Services Program and Illumination Program
Vice-President of the CIE
Chair, Lux Pacifica
Editor of the journal Lighting



Postal Address
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
148 City Rd
University of Sydney
NSW 2006