The Graduate Certificate in Urban Design is offered by the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts and delivered by The Australian Urban Design Research Centre (formerly the Urban Design Centre of Western Australia).

The course provides students with a premilinary overview of the discipline of urban design and an introduction to its core practices, theories and methods.

Course outline

The Graduate Certificate in Urban Design comprises:

one of the following core design units:

• URBD8802 Urban DesignStudio
• URBD8804 Urban Design Workshop

two of the following units, selected to complement but not repeat previous relevant coursework, as recommended by the UDP Academic Committee:

• ARCT5515 High Density: the Urban Model 
• ARCT5585 City as Site
• PLNG4401 Planning Theory and Practice
• URBD8805 Contemporary Urbanism (Twentieth and Twenty-first Century)
• URBD8807 The Forces that Shape Cities
• URBD8820 Urban Design Research Methods 

Admission requirements

An applicant must have a relevent undergraduate degree in a field relating to urban design with a weighted average mark of at least 60% or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty on the recommendation oif the UDP Academic Committee.

English Language Competence

All applicants for UWA coursework programs must demonstrate a minimum level of English Language Competence. 

Course enquiries

Faculty Administrative Officer

Telephone: (+61 8) 6488 1550

The Australian Urban Design Research Centre

Telephone: (+61 8) 9226 0777

Enquiries on-line: askUWA