The School of Architecture & Urban Design is a multidisciplinary, multi-level design school undertaking research in Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design.
The School of Architecture & Urban Design is a multidisciplinary, multi-level design school undertaking research in Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design.
It is recognised as the world leader in Design Practice Research (that is research through design and by designing) with distinguished practitioner PhD cohorts geographically clustered around activities in Melbourne, Barcelona and Ho Chi Minh City.Â
Research through design practice is at the centre of our activities. Design is seen as a tool for speculating, reflecting and then proposing solutions. There is a strong emphasis on the notion of the practitioner-academic as a model for carrying out the research through the medium of design.
We undertake collaborative projects that range in scale from design studios, where students and industry partners engage in speculative design projects and prototypes, to Australian Research Council funded projects, national Collaborative Research Centres and global partnerships. Based in Melbourne Australia, we operate internationally through RMIT locations in Vietnam and Spain as well as through wider networks within Asia, Europe and North America.
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Design Practice Research at RMIT is a longstanding program of research into what venturous designers do when they design. Commencing at RMIT Architecture over 35 years ago, it is an enduring and sustained body of research: empirical, evidence-based and surfacing evidence about design practice.Â
The School of Architecture & Urban Design offers design practice research PhDs through practice-led and practice-based approaches. The School’s PhD candidates are practitioners from a range of career stages, many of whom have already developed a substantial and distinctive body of work. The design practice research undertaken by candidates is through reflective or generative modes of practice research, or a hybrid of these.Â
The School of Architecture & Urban Design now delivers our international design-practice PhD Program which involves bi-annual Practice Research Symposia in Melbourne, Europe (Barcelona, Spain) and Asia (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Unlike a traditional PhD, the School of Architecture & Urban Design PhD Program is conducted through practice-based research and is assessed by examiners through several components: an exhibition, a presentation and a written dissertation.Â
Candidates, examiners and critics from across the globe participate in each of these events. The emphasis of the Program is peer-to-peer development creating an international network of peers and producing graduates with a global perspective. Several Architecture staff are active supervisors in the RMIT PhD Program in Australia, Europe and Asia.Â
Potential applicants are expected to familiarise themselves with the School research culture. An outline of our practice research culture, including videos of past candidates’ examinations, is available at the Practice Research Portal.Â
Prospective practice research applicants should attend a PRS in order to become informed of our research culture, to determine whether it suits you, and to meet prospective supervisors. Further information and dates for the PRS series can be found on the Practice Research Portal.
The School of Architecture & Urban Design does not accept applications to its research programs before an applicant has satisfied pre-application presentation requirements. The pre-application process must be completed before a successful applicant will be invited to lodge a formal application. Please do not apply directly to RMIT’s School of Graduate Research, or with RMIT International. Please refer to Guidelines for prospective HDR applicants (PDF 113 KB) for more detailed information.
If you have further questions, please contact the Higher Degrees Research Coordinator, School of Architecture & Urban Design at aud.hdr@rmit.edu.au.
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Corner Victoria and Swanston Streets, Carlton
Phone: Call +61 3 9925 5000 and select the option to 'Speak to your School' then 'College of Design and Social Context'.
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Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia
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Australia
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