Our School is located in Launceston, the third oldest city in Australia, in the heart of the city’s arts and cultural precinct, in the north of Tasmania. Tasmania has a temperate climate and provides access to some of the most beautiful mountains, beaches and national parks in the world.
Our School is located in an award-winning and environmentally sustainable building, which is one of our most effective teaching tools. It offers students large studios and workspaces, world-class facilities and advanced technologies.
Our School is a consultative and collegial design community that involves and respects the active participation of staff, students and postgraduates.
Our School has a national and international profile in terms of teaching and sustainability initiatives, and an outstanding success rate with national awards and scholarships won by students, staff and graduates.
Our Degree Programs
Our School offers degree programs in Architecture, Interior Design, Furniture Design and, from 2012, Landscape Architecture, each with a strong focus on environmentally sustainable design.
Our degree programs are recognised by the Australian Institute of Architects and the Commonwealth Association of Architects, by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and by the Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association.
Our Staff
Our academic staff have extensive experience in teaching and supervising students from Australia and many other countries, including Malaysia, China, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, as well as many European countries.
Our staff are involved in research in diverse areas, ranging from art and architectural history and theory to sustainable technologies. Many of our staff members are also practising designers and architects, and published historians, theorists and building scientists.
Our Teaching and Learning Initiatives
Our School provides students with real projects for real clients, with an emphasis on social agency.
Our staff have won national and international awards for teaching and practice excellence.
Our Research
Our School is an active and renowned centre for interdisciplinary design research in collaboration with a variety of disciplines, including engineering, philosophy and the visual and performing arts.
Our School hosts Sustainability Incubator: Research, Design, Action (SI:RDA), which undertakes advanced research in a range of areas relating to the four disciplines and provides an interface between new scientific research on sustainability and design.
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