School of Architecture and Urban Design

School of Architecture and Urban Design

RMIT's School of Architecture and Urban Design is an acknowledged world leader in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design education. We focus on ideas-led, venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our disciplines and an increasingly complex world.

RMIT's School of Architecture and Urban Design is an acknowledged world leader in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design education. We focus on ideas-led, venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our disciplines and an increasingly complex world.

RMIT's School of Architecture and Urban Design is an acknowledged world leader in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design education. We focus on ideas-led, venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our disciplines and an increasingly complex world.

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The school is primarily focused on design with an international reputation for design excellence. We focus on research through design practice which is at the centre of our activities.

As a multidisciplinary design school, the School of Architecture and Urban Design understands design practice as an agent of change. We engage in design through the lens of venturous practice, social change, and emergent technologies. We are industry-engaged, practice-led and through project-based learning, create readiness for work and best practice industry engagement. Our School aims to address compelling, contemporary issues including climate change, globalisation, and rapid urbanisation, in ways that help drive change through design.

RMIT is ranked #1 in Australia and #21 in the world for Architecture / Built Environment (2025 QS Rankings).

Placing the School of Architecture & Urban Design in the top echelon of the world’s leading Architecture and Built Environment schools.

Our disciplines

RMIT's School of Architecture and Urban Design is an acknowledged world leader in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design education. We focus on ideas-led, venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our disciplines and an increasingly complex world. The school is primarily focused on design with an international reputation for design excellence. We focus on research through design practice which is at the centre of our activities. 

Architecture

RMIT Architecture is a platform for practice-based experimentation on architecture and the built environment.

Interior Design

RMIT Interior Design is concerned with the social, cultural, material, technological, and temporal conditions of the spaces we inhabit.

Landscape Architecture

RMIT Landscape Architecture addresses emerging global urgencies through design.

Urban Design

RMIT Urban Design addresses the future of cities through the medium of design.

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Our facilities and resources

The School of Architecture and Urban Design is centred on design teaching and provides a wide range of facilities to support student learning and research. All our disciplines are located in the Design Hub, and students and researchers can model, prototype, and refine projects using diverse processes, materials, and technologies. The Design Hub houses high-quality on-site workshops that accommodate both traditional methods of making and emerging technologies, all staffed by expert technicians who provide guidance and support. In addition, students have access to dedicated learning studios equipped with computers, as well as open-access computer labs, large-format printers, shared study areas, and modelling spaces across three levels. 

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Location

Melbourne City campus, Building 100 (Design Hub)

Address

Corner Victoria and Swanston Streets, Carlton

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Email

aud.he@rmit.edu.au

Current student enquiries

RMIT Connect Student Portal

Phone: Call +61 3 9925 5000 and select the option to 'Speak to your School' then 'College of Design and Social Context'.

Operating hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, excluding public holidays.

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School of Architecture and Urban Design
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia

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School of Architecture and Urban Design
RMIT Central Mailroom
Building 66
15-21 Earl Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Australia

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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