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UNSW Art & Design is an UNSW Art & Design is the only creative
internationally recognised research faculty in Australia to be regularly
centre for excellence in art and awarded 5 Stars in the Excellence in
design practice, education and Research for Australia reports 2012-15.
pioneering research. Globally oriented, our community is
Part of the University of New South Wales made up of leading artists and designers,
(UNSW), one of the worlds top 50 universities, committed educators, innovative media Dr John McGhee Body Image Exhibition installation
view at UNSW Galleries. Photo: Brett Boardman
our creative faculty is ranked among the creators, scholarly researchers and Students working in the Black Box on campus.
global top 30 art and design schools in industry practitioners. Photo: Britta Campion
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Since 2009, UNSW Australia has invested well over
$1.2 billion in world-class facilities for students and research.
Rebuilt in 2012, the UNSW Art & Design Paddington Campus
incorporates an array of cutting-edge galleries and workshops,
Class working with chroma key. Photo: silversalt
private workspaces and open studios, research and digital labs,
Opposite: Bespoke City, 2015. A one night only art exhibition
hosted at UNSW Art & Design. Photo: George Popov student lounges, and spaces for innovation and collaboration.
Attributes like creativity, originality, critical
insight, empathy and foresight enable us
to share our diverse cultures and common
humanity, foster new industries, imagine
and build a better future.
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73 Research Degrees
20 Unmatched Networks, 74 Master of Design
Industry Links and by Research
Partnerships 74 Master of Fine Arts
by Research (MFA)
22 Careers Overview 75 Master of Philosophy
by Research (MPhil)
24 Studios, Workshops and
77 Doctoral Research (PhD)
Media Production
78 How to Apply
26 Campus Galleries
and Exhibition Spaces 80 Become a part of our
Art & Design community
30 Advanced Research
Centres, Laboratories
and Groups
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UNSW Art & Design 18 20+
creative cutting-edge
undergraduate digital media
At UNSW Art & Design we believe in the degree and production
pursuit of creative excellence. We lead combinations studios
Australia with a focus on media innovation
and emerging technologies. Our approach
is interdisciplinary, advancing tradition and
challenging existing thinking. 10 1,000+ 8art and design
flexible, internationally
Rated state-of-the-art
design studio
renowned and
prize-winning
galleries and
exhibition
number 1 environments
for graphics, textiles, objects,
graduates
spanning art, design,
spaces
creative research ceramics and jewellery design media technology, theory
faculty in Australia and creative inquiry
200+
international
exchange
opportunities
in 35 countries in every
region of the world
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Our campus buzzes with Our campus incorporates Featuring a dedicated network
live performances, an unmatched array of of University and student-led
screenings, exhibitions, state-of-the-art studios, galleries, public and student-
seminars and discussions media labs and making initiated performances,
created and programmed spaces for the widest range screenings and lecture
by staff and students of disciplines including programs, UNSWs dedicated
and frequently involving Ceramics, Design, Fabrication, art and design campus is
leading international artists, Media Production, Jewellery, an exciting and stimulating
designers, media creators, Painting and Drawing, precinct that is alive with
researchers and scholars. Printmaking, Photomedia, social and cultural activity.
Sculpture and Textiles.
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Dynamic International
Community Lifestyle
With students and staff from more than 50 Being a student at UNSW Art & Design doesnt
countries, UNSW Art & Design is a diverse, mean its all work. Sydney is renowned for
creative and scholarly community. We offer a its lifestyle and is rated one of the worlds
stimulating and collaborative environment to best cities for student life. One of the worlds
maximise your research, skills and knowledge most relaxed global cities, Sydney features
to ensure you reach your creative potential. beautiful and accessible beaches, quality food,
Our cosmopolitan international community endless options for sport and recreation, open
welcomes students from all cultures and spaces and national parks that will ensure
backgrounds and we encourage the free you integrate study, health and leisure. Our
expression of creativity within a supportive campus community offers a range of social
and safe environment. and cultural activities that enable students to
interact in a relaxed social setting away from
the classroom, studio or lab.
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Globally Engaged Learning
and Teaching Environment
UNSW Art & Design is deeply engaged in the creative
and cultural industries nationally and internationally.
We constantly adapt and enhance our At UNSW Art & Design you will learn through
coursework programs to ensure that we offer creative studio practice and industry
the highest quality experiences to reflect the engagement, as well as the facultys
best contemporary thinking and practice, pioneering research programs in fields
extensive industry engagement and leading- such as immersive interactive environments,
edge research. robotics and visualisation. Options to
undertake international exchange and to join
UNSW Art & Designs teaching and one of our classes at our Fowlers Gap Studio
supervision utilises the latest methods, on the edge of the outback are transformative
underpinned by cutting-edge technology experiences for many students.
and a supportive and challenging learning
environment, designed to inspire a new Our faculty staff is comprised of dedicated
generation of creative practitioners, educators, renowned practitioners, leading
researchers and scholars. researchers and scholars spanning
contemporary art, media and technology,
Intensive studio practice, individual and creativity and culture, design and innovation.
collaborative projects, technical training, industry
and real-life problem solving are just some of
the learning experiences shared by students.
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Research Culture
and Environment
At UNSW Art & Design we are driven by a passionate
commitment to creative inquiry and practice, research
and scholarship, experimentation and innovation.
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Leading Global Universities
Denmark
United Aarhus University Netherlands
Kingdom Willem de Kooning
Glasgow School Academy
USA of the Arts
School of the Arts Germany
Institute of Chicago Canada Berlin University
Nova Scotia College of the Arts
of Art and Design China
Central Academy Korea
United of Fine Arts, Beijing Seoul National
USA Kingdom India University, Seoul
The University USA University of National Institute
of California Art Center
the Arts London of Design,
Los Angeles College of Design, USA Ahmedabad
Pasadena Parsons The New
School for Design, Germany Singapore
New York City Bauhaus - National
University Weimar
USA France University of Japan
Berkley, cole Nationale Singapore Waseda
University of Suprieure des China University,
California Arts Dcoratifs Germany Hong Kong Tokyo
Mexico University of Polytechnic
Tecnolgico Media Art and University
de Monterrey Design Karlshrue
Switzerland
Zurich University
of the Arts
Argentina Singapore
Universidad de Nanyang
Belgrano, Buenos Aires Technological Indonesia
University University of Australia
Indonesia, UNSW Art & Design
Jakarta
South Africa
University of Cape Town
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Unmatched Networks,
Industry Links and Partnerships
Remix
UNSW Art & Design is deeply engaged in the creative and cultural industries nationally Artspace
and internationally. Our unmatched network of education, research and industry
partnerships extends across Australia and more than 30 countries globally. Dialogue
and collaboration with our partners provides a wide range of mutual benefits, contributes
to our curriculum and research and offers our students industry pathways.
Australian
Museum
Art Gallery of
New South Wales
Museum of
Contemporary
Art Australia Biennale
of Sydney
Ars Electronica
FutureLab,
Foundation Linz (Austria)
for Art and
Vivid
Creative
Technology
Powerhouse
(FACT),
Museum of
Liverpool
Applied Arts
(UK)
& Sciences
Our Sydney-based cultural partners and collaborators Over more than 20 years we have established a
include the Art Gallery of New South Wales, network incorporating more than 1,000 corporations
Artspace, Australian Centre for Photography, spanning small businesses and innovative starts-ups
Australian Museum, Biennale of Sydney, to global brands.
Carriageworks Carriageworks, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences,
UNSW Art & Designs network of international partners
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Object:
include leading institutions and centres such as Ars
Australian Design Centre, Remix and Vivid.
Electronica FutureLab in Linz (Austria), Foundation
Our major cultural philanthropic partners include the for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) in Liverpool
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and Kaldor (UK), MIT Media Lab in Cambridge (US) and ZKM
Sherman Public Art Projects. Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe (Germany).
Contemporary
Art Foundation
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Frost* Design Object: Australian Design Centre
Industry placements and internships are integrated into many of our Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
degree programs. These professional experience placements can Russh Magazine Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Gorilla Communications
Smithsonian Institution
engage industry, gain professional experience and launch your career
by working on live industry briefs, issues and projects with real impact.
UNSW Art & Design graduates are sought after by a wide
range of creative, cultural and media industries. Every one of the Walker Art Center
Wallpaper* Chee Soon & Fitzgerald
MIT Press
institutions, organisations and companies listed on the next page Harper Collins Publishing Animal Logic
employs our graduates.
Venice Biennale Longina Phillips Penguin Books
Recognise
Nike Puma Digital Jungle
Intel any of these
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R.M. Williams
Corban & Blair Dinosaur Designs
Warner Bros.
organisations?
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Warner Bros. Games Chalk Horse Gallery
FutureBrand
Cloth Fabric Niche Marketing Group Belvoir Leuver Design Cosmopolitan
Electronic Art
Qantas
Foxtel Microsoft
Corporate Culture Designer Rugs Zimmermann Funkis
Shanghai Biennale
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4 Swedish Forms Leo Burnett McCann Erickson
Dr D Studios
Inside Outside
Weibo Facebook
WOMADelaide
The Mint
Akira Isogawa TMOD FBi Radio Space BDMP Architekten & Stadtplaner, Germany
Instagram
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2 Jewellery design by Elke Kramer.
3 Russell Storer Senior Curator at the National Royal National Theatre Ksubi
National Trust of Australia Griffin Theatre Company
Gallery of Singapore. Photo: QAG/GOMA
4 Ruth McDermott and Ben Baxter Nimbus. Hopscotch Productions Australian Museum
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5 Portrait of Hugo Weaving, Del Kathryn Barton.
Mashable Droog Design Carla Zampatti Australian Institute of Architects
Korban/Flaubert Lucas Film Animation
Droga5 The Walt Disney Company
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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Eskimo Design
Studios, Workshops
and Media Production
Our students and researchers enjoy access to outstanding art and design
production facilities and equipment. This includes traditional workshops,
high tech media labs, analogue photography studios, and the latest laser
cutting and 3D fabrication equipment.
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UNSW Galleries
Campus Galleries UNSW Galleries presents an ambitious program of Encompassing three separate exhibition spaces,
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ADspace
ADspace is a unique on-campus As a valuable educational asset,
exhibition space where students can ADspace encourages discourse
showcase their art, design and digital between the creative arts community
media work to peers, teaching staff and and the public, and hosts a number
the wider public. The venue also offers of high quality annual events such as
students the chance to gain practical the Jenny Birt Award, Fowlers Gap
experience in professional gallery Field Trip Exhibitions, the Australian
management, including exhibition Decorative & Fine Arts Society
design, curatorial care, installation Scholarship Exhibition and the
and promotion. A&D Annual graduation exhibition.
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Advanced Research Centres,
Laboratories and Groups
UNSW Art & Design is internationally recognised for the quality of its
pioneering scholarship and research and for the establishment of a series
of leading art, design and media research centres and laboratories.
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Laboratory for
Innovation in
Galleries, Libraries,
Creative Robotics 3D Visualisation Archives and
Laboratory Aesthetics Lab Museums
Founded and led by Associate The 3D Visualisation Aesthetics The Laboratory for Innovation in
Professor Mari Velonaki, the Lab (3D-Vis AL) is an inter- Galleries, Libraries, Archives and
Creative Robotics Lab (CRL) disciplinary research lab that Museums (iGLAM) researches
explores innovative forms of explores arts-led approaches intersections of emerging
interaction between human to visualising data. The team, technologies, tangible, intangible
and robotic agents. As a led by Dr John McGhee, uses and natural heritage. Established
cross-disciplinary research the creative methodologies and by Professor Sarah Kenderdine
environment, the CRL advances narrative approaches seen in in collaboration with iGLAM
the fields of media arts and video game, film visual effects communities and a range of
social robotics through the (VFX) and interaction design museum partners, iGLAM develops
presentation of robotic systems fields to challenge established new forms of interactive and
in public settings and the aesthetics. The lab is a custom immersive visitor experiences.
development of original, built facility at UNSW Art & Design UNSW Art & Designs Paddington
ground-breaking technologies consisting of 3D visualisation campus hosts iGLAMs recently
and interface designs. CRL workstations, virtual reality (VR) launched LUXLAB, Australias first
partners with the Australian suite and render farm. ultra-high resolution analytical
Centre for Field Robotics at the scanning technology for art and
It brings together arts-led
University of Sydney and the cultural heritage objects.
researchers, biomedical
University of Tokyo (Japan).
scientists, clinical imaging Principal partnerships currently
professionals, 3D computer include: Museum Victoria,
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visualisers and health service National Museum of Australia,
researchers. Collaborative Australian National Maritime
Porosity Studio partners include Garvan Institute; Museum, Smithsonian Institution,
Lowy Cancer Research Centre; Washington DC (US), Hong Kong
Linking international partner universities, students and St Vincents Hospital, Sydney; Maritime Museum, Chronus Gallery,
academics through public art and design at an architectural Childs Cancer Institute Australia; Shanghai (China), and the Prince of
scale, UNSW Art & Designs Porosity Studio challenges and the ARC Centre of Excellence Wales Museum, Mumbai (India).
the city through interventions with urban landscapes. in Convergent Bio-Nano Science
Led by Professor Richard Goodwin, the Porosity Studio and Technology, Monash Institute
promotes the idea that cities, as built forms, are plastic and of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
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Scholarships
As a UNSW Art & Design student, you may be eligible for a scholarship
through UNSW Australia.
Postgraduate Postgraduate
Scholarships Scholarships
(Coursework) (Research)
The UNSW Art & Design International Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
Prizes
Scholarship Coursework and University Postgraduate Award (UPA)
The Georgina and Max Melville The UNSW Art & Design
Every year UNSW Art & Design
Memorial Scholarship Top Up Scholarship (APA) works in partnership with
The Nick Waterlow Scholarship in UNSW Art & Design Research Scholarship
industry to recognise the
Curating and Cultural Leadership International Postgraduate Research
achievements of students
Scholarship (IPRS) / University through awards and prizes.
International Postgraduate Award (UIPA)
1 These awards are supported by
Planex Scholarship
our industry partners and leading
The UNSW Art & Design employers such as Animal Logic,
International Scholarship Research Dinosaur Designs, the Australian Centre
The Viktoria Marinov Award in Art for Photography, Frost*, NAVA, Kayell
Australia, Longina Phillips, Space and
Object: Australian Design Centre.
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These prizes and awards are a testament
to the art, media and design industrys
regard for UNSW Art & Design
graduates and they provide invaluable
support for emerging talent just as
students commence their careers.
1 Students in the learning commons. Photo: silversalt
2 Motion capture session in the Black Box.
Photo: Britta Campion
Opposite: Neil Brandhorst, Segue, 2014, installation
view in the Black Box.
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Creative Staff
UNSW Art & Design attracts committed educators, leading artists and designers,
innovative media creators, scholarly researchers and industry changing practitioners.
Our staff combines extensive industry and professional practice experience with strong academic
credentials. Drawn from across Australia and internationally, our faculty, visiting fellows and industry guests
comprise well over 150 dedicated educators, renowned creative practitioners, pioneering researchers and
scholars spanning contemporary art, design, media innovation, creativity and visual culture.
Here is a very small sample of our inspiring team. To get to know us better please visit our website and Scientia Professor Associate Professor
UNSWs Research Gateway for staff profiles, summaries of current creative activities and research interests. Karen Kriss Dennis Del Favero Paul Thomas
Artist and animator, Karens Founder and Director of UNSW Paul is a pioneer of transdisciplinary
experience in the animation and iCinema and Deputy Director of practice. His art work takes not
visual effects industry includes NIEA, Dennis is an ARC Australian only inspiration from nanoscience
Head of Production Management, Professorial Fellow and artist. He and quantum theory, but actually
Visual Effects Producer, Digital is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at operates there. He has exhibited
Producer (Mr X, Toronto, Canada), ZKM, Germany; Visiting Professorial extensively nationally and
Senior Production Coordinator Fellow at Academy of Fine Arts internationally and his current
(Animal Logic, Sydney, Australia) Vienna, Austria; and is Visiting publications are Nanoart: The
and Animator and CG Artist (BII / Professor at City University of Hong immateriality of art and Relive:
BDE, Sydney, Australia). She has Kong, SAR. Dennis work has been Media Art Histories, co-edited with
worked on both short form widely exhibited in solo exhibitions Sean Cubitt. Paul was the founding
Professor animation and major feature films. in leading museums and galleries Director of the Biennale of
Marie Sierra Karens research lies with the and he is a member of the Electronic Arts Perth 2002, 2004.
boundary between new media Australian Research Council College
Deputy Dean, award-winning art and animation. of Experts and the prestigious
artist, writer, educator, board EUREKA Prize for Excellence in
director and cultural advocate, Interdisciplinary Science.
Marie is Chair of the
Australian Council of University
Art and Design Schools.
Her work has been exhibited
Professor
in numerous solo exhibitions
Jill Bennett
across Australia and has
featured in over thirty group Associate Dean
shows in Australia, the US Research, founder and
and France. Active as a writer, Director of the National
Marie also publishes regularly Institute for Experimental
in the fields of contemporary Arts (NIEA), Jill is a
art and design. leading international
researcher whose many Associate Professor
books, exhibitions, media Leong Koon Chang
projects and art-science
Leong teaches design studies and
collaborations investigate
Associate Professor Anna Munster aspects of memory
has led a series of major international
projects such as Design Asia
and cognition.
The author of several books, a practicing media artist and leader of a series Project (DAP) a cultural history of
of international projects, Annas current research interests are: networked iconography, materiality and national
experience, media arts and theory, data and radical empiricism, non-human experience across the region.
perception, new pragmatist approaches to media and art. She regularly
His research focuses on design
collaborates artistically with her UNSW Art & Design colleague, Dr Michele Barker.
and national experience, design
history and the visual cultures of
East Asia.
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Dr George Professor Associate Professor
Poonkhin Khut Douglas Kahn Mari Velonaki
George is an artist and Douglas is a leading historian Founding Director of UNSWs
interaction designer working and theorist of media arts, sound Creative Robotics Laboratory,
across the fields of electronic and music in the arts, energy Mari works in interactive
art, design and health. In 2012 in the arts, and science in the installations that incorporate
Professor movement, speech, touch,
he was recognised with the arts from the late 19th century
Sarah Kenderdine breath, electrostatic charge,
National New Media Art Award. to the present, with an emphasis
Sarah researches at the forefront Georges research interests on the traditions of the avant- artificial vision and robotics.
of interactive and immersive include tangible and embodied garde and experimentalism. He Mari leads a major Australian
experiences visualisation, digital interaction, participatory art, is the author of several influential Research Council art/science
heritage and digital humanities. and experimental art and books including Earth Sound research project in collaboration
Shes a regular keynote speaker interaction design in health Earth Signal: Energies and with robotics scientists at the
at related forums internationally and medicine. Earth Magnitude in the Arts; Australian Centre for Field Robotics.
and a regular contributor to the and Source: Music of the Avant- Her work has been exhibited
World Economic Forum. In the last garde, edited with Larry Austin. globally in major museums,
ten years, Sarah had produced Douglas is a recipient of both galleries and exhibitions.
Professor Richard Goodwin over 80 exhibitions and installations a Guggenheim Fellowship and
for museums worldwide. In these an Australian Research Council
With over 40 years of practice as an international artist and architect, works, she has amalgamated cultural Future Fellowship.
Richard has sustained a prolific and award-winning practice provoking heritage with new media art
boundaries between art and architecture. Richard teaches via intensive, practice, especially in the realms
international and multi-disciplinary studios providing a unique context for of interactive cinema, augmented
the renegotiation of delineations between art, architecture and urbanism. reality and embodied narrative.
He is the winner of numerous national and international awards.
Associate Professor
Dr Felicity Fenner Dr Rochelle Haley Fang Xu
Director of UNSW Galleries, Rochelle is an artist and With twenty-five years experience
leading curator of contemporary researcher working with as a practicing designer and
art including Australias experimental drawing, movement tertiary educator both in Australia
representation at the 2009 Venice and spatial performance practice. and overseas, Fangs research
Biennale, Felicity is a writer, media Her current projects involve live interests benefit from his cross-
Dr Alex Davies Dr Zanny Begg Wendy Parker commentator and lecturer in drawing and dance to explore cultural experience and reflect
UNSWs Curating and Cultural space structured around the his multi-discipline practice
Alex is an award-winning media Zanny is an artist, curator, theorist Wendy is a designer, artist, and
Leadership program. sensation of the moving body. in the design industry. In his
artist whose practice spans a and lecturer. Her work has been program coordinator for jewellery
Rochelle completed a PhD at practice he investigates the
diverse range of media and exhibited in Artspace, Sydney, the and object design. Her practice
UNSW Art & Design in 2009. diverse features and multi-layered
experiments with interaction, Istanbul Biennale, Turkey, Taipei has included collaborations with
Recently Rochelle has been artist meanings of urban public space.
technology, perception, mixed Biennial, Taiwan, Sharjah Biennale, celebrated architect
in residence at Artspace, Sydney, As a practicing designer, he has
reality and illusion. His work has UAE, and the National Centre for Peter Stutchbury.
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, gained professional recognition by
been exhibited widely across Contemporary Art, Moscow. France; and Drawing Spaces, continuously winning a number of
Australia and internationally. Lisbon, Portugal. significant national-level urban design
and architectural design projects.
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Our Alumni
When you choose UNSW Art & Design, 5
2 6 8
Encompassing graduates of organisations Michael Baldwin, Assistant Director of the Internationally acclaimed artists such as under 40 designers, Wesley Liu, principal of
including, Alexander Mackie College, Sydney National Gallery of Australia; Alexie Glass- Newell Harry and Fiona Hall were exhibited P+P Design in Hong Kong; Lorna Diwa,
CAE and the City Art Institute among other Kantor, Executive Director of Artspace; Lisa at the 56th Venice Biennale 2015; Shaun Customer Experience Designer, Google;
antecedents, the UNSW Art & Design Alumni Havilah, Director of Carriageworks; Victoria Gladwell, whose work was exhibited in the founders of Dinosaur Designs, Stephen
community spans contemporary art, design Lynn, Director of the TarraWarra Museum of Venice Biennale in 2007 and 2009; Gordon Ormandy, Louise Olsen and Liane Rossler;
practice, communications and advertising, Art; Russell Storer, Senior Curator at the Hookey international artist and Waanyi man; Elke Kramer, jewellery and wearables designer;
digital and media industries, art education, National Gallery of Singapore; Wayne Tunnicliffe, Hany Armanious, represented at the Australia and Jasmine OLoughlin, Senior Designer,
research, academia, and the galleries, Head Curator of Australian Art at the Art 54th Venice Biennale 2011; Del Kathryn Jewellery, Watches, Eyewear at Marc Jacobs,
libraries, archives and museums sector. Gallery of NSW; and Nisa Mackie, Director Barton, Archibald Prize in Winner in 2008 New York.
and Curator of Education and Public Programs and 2013; Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro
Strongly represented in Sydney and in other Theorists, critics, commentators and academics
at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. exhibited in Venice in 2009; Angelica Mesiti;
major capital cities across Australia, the such as Associate Professor Anthony Gardner,
David Haines; Joyce Hinterding; Jonathan
UNSW Art & Design alumni diaspora includes Hundreds of our graduates are building Oxford Universitys Ruskin School of Art; Dr
Jones, winner of the Kaldor Public Art Projects,
communities in Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, successful careers across the advertising, Andrew Frost, critic for the Guardian Australia,
Big Idea initiative; and Fiona Lowry all studied
Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, New York, media communications and entertainment ABC broadcaster and commentator; Professor
at UNSW Art & Design.
Seoul and Singapore. industries nationally and internationally Tim Marshall, Provost and Chief Academic
including Laura Jordan Bambach who has Our outstanding design graduates work Officer of Parsons New School, New York;
UNSW Art & Design alumni are leading,
been voted a digital icon by her UK peers, internationally spanning spatial and and Professor Graeme Sullivan, Director,
managing and curating arts and cultural
Dan Bolton, Creative Group Head, Doga5; environments, interior, graphics, communication, School of Visual Arts, Penn State University
institutions across Australia and around
Peter Nizic, Lead Designer, Foxtel; objects, jewellery, fashion and textiles, lighting, are all UNSW Art & Design alumni.
the world. Examples include: Melissa Chiu,
Yosuke Ando, Senior Designer M&C Saatchi; set design, events, customer and user
Director of the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum
Lisha Tan, Art Director, Mill+, Los Angeles; experience. The list includes Trent Jansen, 1 Kirin Cider, 2013 Gemma OBrien.
and Sculpture Garden Washington DC; 2 Casettas Bed. Client: Mogg Srl (Italy) Nathan Yong.
James Kape, Designer, Wolff Olins, New York; sustainable designer; Lucy Simpson, leading 3 Shaun Gladwell Interceptor Surf: Daydream Mine Road (detail), 2009
Andrew Moffitt and Mark Moffitt, principals, emerging Indigenous designer; Jamie Perrow, Production still. Videography: Gotaro Uematsu. Photography: Josh
Raymond. Courtesy: The artist & Anna Schwartz Gallery.
Moffitt.Moffitt, Sydney. designer and artist, Urban Art Projects, 4 Angelica Mesiti Citizens Band (still), 2012.
Shanghai; Nathan Yong, leads his Singapore- 5 Melissa Chiu, Director, The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden. Photo: Ashley Gilbertson
based multidisciplinary design consultancy 6 Lisha Tan, Art Director / Director.
practice; recognised as one of Asias top 40 7 Iigo Manglano-Ovalle Redberg (r11io1), installation view, Shenyang Forum
66, China, 2012, stainless steel and 2 pack, auto paint, 472-1/2 x 387-3/4
x 277-1/4 inches, 1200 x 985 x 704 cm, 2012, Shenyang Forum 66, China.
42 Urban Art Projects - Jamie Perrow.
8 Andrew Frost, Broadcaster and Cultural Commentator.
Postgraduate
Degrees
UNSW Art & Design constantly adapts 47 Coursework Degrees
and enhances our degrees to ensure that 47 Master of Art
we offer the highest quality experiences 55 Master of Curating and
to reflect the best contemporary Cultural Leadership
thinking and practice, extensive industry 65 Master of Design
engagement and leading-edge research.
73 Research Degrees
74 Master of Design
by Research
74 Master of Fine Arts
by Research (MFA)
75 Master of Philosophy
by Research (MPhil)
77 Doctoral Research (PhD)
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Art
COURSEWORK DEGREE
Master of Art
The Master of Art is an innovative coursework and
studio-based program that provides a comprehensive
interdisciplinary postgraduate experience in
contemporary fine arts practices.
At UNSW Art & Design we foster a In the art core component of the program,
studio culture that is challenging and our students learn about the key and
supportive of the development and evolving concepts and practices of
growth of experimental, critically contemporary art studio practice.
informed creative practices, produced
Our rigorous, engaging and supportive
in the context of contemporary ideas
studio environments will enable you
and alert to the continuing influence of
to develop a professional approach
historical precedent.
and skill set to underpin your research
This program provides pathways for development and to fulfill your creative
both those with backgrounds in art aspirations. This process leads the
and those who wish to enter art from transition from student to self-aware
other professional environments. practicing artist.
Graduates of the Master of Art
The studio-based courses will enable
are prepared to be independent
you to either focus on a specific area
contemporary visual artists, with the
of practice, or to put together your own
capabilities to undertake leadership,
suite of courses.
research and innovation roles across
a wide range of professional creative The Master of Art program culminates
and cultural environments. in a major project, which will enable you
to integrate your creative practice and to
The Master of Art has two main
develop as a creative arts professional.
components: a unique core program of
practical and contextual art courses and
studio-based courses offered across a
UNSW Handbook Code 9314
number of specialisations.
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ART
Studio Specialisations
Studio-based art specialisations available at UNSW include:
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ART
Career Opportunities
Our graduates work professionally in international contemporary art and
related creative fields.
UNSWs outstanding Master of Art UNSW Art & Designs Master of Art
graduates are exhibited and collected equips students with both practical
widely in Australia and internationally, and transferable skills and insights,
including in some of the worlds leading so that graduates also find employment
art museums, galleries and major across the creative and cultural
biennales. For example, a significant industries including:
number of UNSW Art & Design
Advertising, art direction and
graduates have represented Australia at
communication
the Venice Biennale.
Arts and cultural administration,
Our graduates have consistently management and policy making
achieved national recognition by
Commercial and news photography
winning Australias most prestigious
art prizes including the Blake and Curating and program management
Archibald Prizes, the Helen Lempriere in festivals, museums, galleries and
Travelling Art Scholarship and public spaces
the Samstag Award. A number of Exhibition planning, design
graduates have also been awarded and installation
Fulbright and other notable international Entertainment, media
scholarships and residencies. and technology industries
Many of our graduates are practicing Theatre, film and television production
artists in their fields of expertise, such Urban planning, site activation
as professional photographers, textile and public art
artists, sculptors, painters, printmakers,
ceramicists, video and media artists,
jewellers and fine artists.
Admission Requirements
The Master of Art makes provision for Honours degree in a related field (visual
three entry points depending on the arts or media) are eligible for admission
level and nature of prior qualifications. into the one year advanced disciplinary
component of program.
Applicants who have a completed
Bachelors degree in any field (related Those applying without a Bachelors
or unrelated) are eligible for admission degree may be admitted into the
into the full two year program. The Graduate Certificate of Art on the
two-year program includes foundational basis of a portfolio and relevant
disciplinary courses in art. professional experience.
Applicants with a completed Bachelors Students who complete the
degree in a related (visual arts or requirements for the Graduate
media) field with a Weighted Average Certificate or Graduate Diploma with a
Mark (WAM) of 65 or equivalent are WAM of 65 are eligible for admission
eligible for admission into the 1.5-year into the Masters program with full credit
program. Applicants with a completed for courses already completed.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Elephant Island
2014, installation view, Artspace, Sydney.
Apply online at apply.unsw.edu.au Photography: Zan Wimberley, Image courtesy
of the artist and Gallery 9, Sydney.
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Master of Art
Session 1 UOC Session 2 UOC Session 3 UOC Session 4 UOC
SART9001 6 SART9002 6 SART9003 6 SART9204 12
Studio Process and The Capstone
Core Art Studio Concepts and Materiality Consolidated Project
Practices Studio
UOC 24 24 24 24
Entry with
related Honours
Entry with Pass Entry with related degree, related Pass *Students with
advanced standing for
degree or no degree Pass degree or degree + Recognition
Professional Practice
but Recognition of Graduate Certificate of Prior Learning must undertake a
Prior Learning or Graduate history/theory course.
Diploma
Studio Specialisations
Planar Practices Temporal and Spatial Practices Future Making
SART9203 Chromatic & Tonal SART9102 Lens and Studio Craft ADAD9211 New Technologies,
Approaches to Contemporary Art Traditional Techniques: Hybrid Crafting
SART9206 The Serial Image: SART9104 Additive Approaches to Art ADAD9212 Material Thinking
Making Prints
SART9207 Line & Mark: SART9106 Temporal Approaches to Art ADAD9215 Crafting a
Past & Futures Sustainable Future
SART9209 Figure & Figuration: SART9108 The Laptop Atelier ADAD9216 Society, Collaboration
Mapping the Body and Cultural Practices
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Curating
and Cultural
Leadership
COURSEWORK DEGREE
Master of Curating
and Cultural Leadership
UNSWs Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership
(MCCL) is designed for graduates and career professionals
who aim to play a leading role in shaping the creative and
cultural landscape of the future.
Specialisations
Students within the MCCL are able to explore a wide range of
areas of study across:
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CURATING AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership
Program Structure Session 1 UOC Session 2 UOC Session 3 UOC Session 4 UOC
SAHT9138 6 SAHT9110 6 SAHT9113 6 SAHT9115 6
Art After Australian Cultural Internship
The Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership offers a customisable structure Postmodernism Arts Ecology Heritage,
with flexible entry points and incorporates both full time and part time options. Core OR SAHT9204 Ethics and
Knowledge Contemporary the Law
Creative
Practices:
A core curriculum of knowledge acquisition In the final year all Masters students are able Methods
and skills development guides progression to undertake an industry-based internship
ADAD9113 6 ADAD9114 6 SAHT9112 6 SAHT9118 6
through the three key stages of the degree: tailored to develop their practical skills, build Communication Research Art Writing Capstone
their professional network and open up future Skills for Foundations and Publishing Project
Students entering the 96UOC (two years full Core Skills Creative in Art & Design
employment opportunities.
time) pathway will be introduced to the field Disciplines
in their first semester through a grounding in Students with an interest in and demonstrated (S1 & S2)
art and cultural history, theory and policy as capacity for high-level research complete a SAHT9310 6 Specialisation 6 SAHT9117 6 Specialisation 6
well as writing skills; supervised major research paper, providing Exhibiting Option Contemporary Option
Students entering the 72UOC (1.5 years them with an opportunity to deeply investigate Cultures OR Curating:
a pressing issue or topic. SAHT9124 Arts Theories &
full time) pathway join at the intermediate & Cultural Policy Practices OR
level, with a core focus on developing Curating ADAD9312
All students undertake a capstone project that & Cultural
research skills and building a sophisticated Leadership in
enables them to employ and extend the skills Leadership the Cultural
knowledge of the forces shaping the and knowledge they have gained during the Specialisations and Creative
Australian and international cultural landscape; program through developing and delivering an Industries
Students entering the 48UOC (one year independent or collaborative cultural initiative.
Specialisation 6 Specialisation 6
full time) pathway join the program at the Option Option
This core sequence is complemented by
advanced level, with a core focus on high-
numerous specialisation options (see Studios
level writing and research skills, ethics and Electives Elective 6 Elective 6
and Areas of Study).
legal considerations and advanced theory in UOC 24 24 24 24
curating and cultural leadership. Students can also graduate with a
Graduate Certificate (24UOC) or
Entry
Graduate Diploma (48UOC). Entry with with related
Entry with Honours degree,
unrelated Pass
related related Pass degree
degree, or no degree
Pass degree, + Recognition of
but Recognition of
or Graduate Prior Learning,
Prior Learning
Certificate or Graduate
Diploma
1
Specialisation Options
ACCT5906 Financial Literacy SAHT9131 Visual and Museum SAHT9212 Right Here Right Now:
for Business Decisions Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Contemporary Issues in Aboriginal Art
2 ACCT5949 Managing Agile SAHT9201 Conservation, SAHT9311 Curatorial Studio:
Organisations Registration & Handling Social Space
ADAD9311 Designing the Experience: SAHT6700 World Biennales SAHT9312 Curatorial Studio:
Exhibitions and Beyond Site and Situation
1 Amnesia Lab at UNSW Galleries, 2014.
Photo: Britta Campion
ADAD9312 Leadership in the SAHT9111 Strategic Management of SAHT9313 Curatorial Studio:
2 Seoul Sydney: Contemporary Korean and Cultural & Creative Industries Arts Organisations Collections & Re:collections
Australian Prints artist talk at UNSW Galleries.
SAHT9123 Marketing and SAHT9117 Contemporary Curating: SAHT9116 Research Paper
Photo: Britta Campion
3 Visitors at UNSW Galleries. Photo: Britta Campion Communication: Publics and Theories & Practices
Communities
SAHT9128 Histories of Australian SAHT9122 Audience Engagement:
*Not all courses may be offered
Art Exhibitions Education & Public Programs in any particular semester
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CURATING AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
1 2
4 Opposite:
Bespoke City 2015. A one night only art
exhibition hosted at UNSW Art & Design.
Photo: George Popov
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CURATING AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
Career Opportunities
Our graduates play leadership roles in the arts, cultural
and creative industries across Australia and internationally.
Admission Requirements
The Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership Applicants with a completed Honours degree in a
makes provision for three entry points depending related field will be granted admission into the one-
on the level and nature of prior qualifications. year advanced disciplinary component of program.
Applicants who have a completed Bachelors Those applying without a Bachelors degree or a
degree in any field (related or unrelated) are Bachelors degree completed more than 10 years
eligible for admission into the full two-year program. ago can be admitted into the Graduate Certificate
The two-year program includes a foundational course of Cultural Leadership by the Program Director on
component in Curating and Cultural Leadership. the basis of relevant industry experience. Students
who complete the requirements for the Graduate
Applicants with a completed Bachelors degree in a
Certificate or Graduate Diploma with a WAM of 65
related field with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
are eligible for admission into the Masters program
of 65 or equivalent will be granted admission into
with full credit for courses already completed.
the 1.5-year program.
Apply online at apply.unsw.edu.au
Student explores an
exhibition in UNSW Galleries. Rosie Deacon, Candy Shop 2015, as part of
Photo: Britta Campion Winter Wonderland Saturday 6 June, 2015.
Photo: Alex Wisser
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Design
COURSEWORK DEGREE
Master of Design
UNSW Art & Designs Master of Design degree is an interdisciplinary
industry-engaged program that integrates technology, design-thinking,
conceptual exploration, strategy and communications with practical skills
to focus on the role of design in innovation and the global economy.
This intensive program provides pathways for Our degree is focused around integrated and
those both with backgrounds in design and multidisciplinary studios that underpin the
media practice and those who wish to enter development of professional skills, capabilities
these fields from other professional backgrounds. and confidence needed for leadership roles
and to dynamically support innovation in
During the program you will extend and develop
freelance, project or design, media and
your theoretical, research, professional and
technology business contexts.
practical design knowledge and skills to an
advanced level. Studio-based courses enable you to choose to
either focus on a specific area of design and
digital media practice, or to put together your
own suite of courses from across dynamic fields
UNSW Handbook Code 9313
of design, material practice and digital media.
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DESIGN
Studio Specialisations
Experience Graphic
Design 3D Visualisation Communication
Engages with the design Focusing on designing Addresses graphic design
of products, processes, for animation, 3D, sound, for paper and print, motion
services, events and film, video, illustration graphics for screen and
environments, with a and computing. broadcast, contemporary
focus on the quality of typography, graphic
the user experience. Future Making design and cross-cultural
Addresses the making of communication strategies,
Interaction Design objects using advanced designing for different
new materials and digital audiences.
Interactive visual
communication and user- technologies along with
experience spans graphics, traditional methods and
multiplatform, cross media craftsmanship. This suite
and emergent technologies. of courses focuses on the
integration of technical
knowledge and skills with
material and contextual
understanding. Future
Making works with ceramics,
jewellery, metal, textiles,
furniture and lighting.
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Master of Design
Session 1 UOC Session 2 UOC Session 3 UOC Session 4 UOC
SDES9204 6 SDES9210 6 SDES9211 6 12
Core Design Insights, Critical Culture & Identity SDES9212
Studio Processes & Approaches Studio Project
Communication to Practice
UOC 24 24 24 24
Studio Specialisations
Experience Design Interaction Design 3D Visualisation
SDES9300 Transforming the SDES9311 Interaction SDES9320 Exploring 3D
Everyday: Domestic Futures Design Foundations Visualisation
Disciplinary
ADAD9311 Designing the SDES9312 Interaction Design: SDES9321 3D Visualisation
Experience: Exhibitions and Human Centred Design Methods Aesthetics
Beyond
SDES9305 Participatory Design SDES9315 Tangible Interfaces SDES9324 3D Visualisation
for Commercial Contexts and Interactive Displays and Rendering
Advanced
SART9209 Figure & Figuration: SDES9316 Wearable and SDES9325 3D Real-time
Mapping the Body Bio-Sensing Interactions Visualisation
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DESIGN
Career Opportunities
UNSWs Master of Design graduates are highly sought after across a broad
range of professional design disciplines in media and technology industries,
global institutions, major corporations, creative and bespoke agencies.
Admission Requirements
The Master of Design makes provision for three Applicants with a completed Honours degree
entry points depending on the level and nature of in a related field will be granted admission into
prior qualifications. the one year advanced disciplinary component
of program.
Applicants who have a completed Bachelors degree
in any field (related or unrelated) are eligible for Those applying without a Bachelors degree
admission into the full two-year program. may be admitted into the Graduate Certificate of
Design by the Program Director on the basis of
The two-year program includes a foundational
a portfolio and relevant professional experience.
disciplinary course component in design (or a
Students who complete the requirements for
semester of foundational disciplinary courses
the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma
in design).
with a WAM of 65 are eligible for admission into
Applicants with a completed Bachelors degree in a the Masters program with full credit for courses
related field with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) already completed.
of 65 or equivalent will be granted admission into
Apply online at apply.unsw.edu.au
the 1.5-year program.
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Research
Recognised as a national leader These research areas are driven The Postgraduate Research
for several years running in the by research hubs led by Culture and Environment of
Excellence in Research for internationally renowned UNSW Art & Design supports a
Australia (ERA) rankings, the researchers, which include the dynamic series of events,
Faculty is also ranked in the Creative Robotics Laboratory, the including early career research
worlds top 30 art and design Centre for Interactive Cinema seminars, conference presentations,
institutes by the QS rating system, (iCinema), the Laboratory for workshops, experimental labs,
which evaluates research impact Innovation in Galleries, Libraries, talks and forums. At the heart of
and academic reputation. Archives and Museums (iGLAM) our vibrant research culture are the
the 3D Visualisation Aesthetics Postgraduate Conferences where
The strengths of the Facultys
Lab, and the National Institute for postgrads present their research
research culture lie in
Experimental Arts. to colleagues in the Facultys
transdisciplinary explorations of
research community. Postgraduate
theory and practice at the World-class facilities provide
researchers can also exhibit their
intersections of art, design and unique research opportunities.
work in the Facultys AD Gallery
media arts. With a passionate EPICentre, the Expanded
Space and through application,
commitment to engaging with Perception and Visualisation
in the world-class UNSW Galleries.
contemporary social, cultural, Interaction Centre, now under
They also have access to a Research
and environmental issues, our key construction, represents the next
Commons with spectacular views
research areas include immersive generation in medical imaging
over Sydney Harbour.
interactivity, creative robotics, fine technologies. It will revolutionise
art, 3D-visualisation, curating and 2D and 3D imaging, with ultra-high
cultural leadership, experimental resolution photography and digital
sound, and visual anthropology. laser scanning creating immersive
environments at the boundaries
art, science and medicine.
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RESEARCH DERGEE RESEARCH DERGEE RESEARCH DERGEE
UNSW Handbook Code 2266 UNSW Handbook Code 2245 UNSW Handbook Code 2267
2 years full-time and 4 years part-time 2 years full-time and 4 years part-time 2 years full-time and 4 years part-time
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RESEARCH DERGEE
1 Students in class with artist and lecturer Dr Alex Davies. UNSW Handbook Code 1292
Photo: Brett Boardman
3 years full-time
Opposite: Student in the studio. Photo: Brett Boardman
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How to Apply
Admission to UNSW Art & Design
Whether you are building on an undergraduate degree in art, design or media, or in a similar
discipline, or seeking a new career path or area of interest, UNSW Art & Design welcomes
you to apply for admission to one of our internationally recognised Postgraduate degrees.
Postgraduate Graduate
Coursework Research School
Domestic Students International Applicants UNSW Art & Design English Waivers The Graduate Research
Postgraduate School (GRS) is the central
Applications for admission International students who Coursework Program Applicants who are not able to administration and support unit
into Postgraduate Coursework wish to study a Postgraduate English Language demonstrate that they meet the for all higher degree research
programs must be submitted Coursework program at requirement Universitys standard English candidates at UNSW. Detailed
directly to UNSW via the UNSW UNSW Art & Design apply language requirements, but advice for prospective research
Apply Online webpage using the UNSW Apply Online Applicants to UNSW Art & Design who, nevertheless, believe that degree candidates can be
apply.unsw.edu.au webpage apply.unsw.edu.au programs must meet the they satisfy the Universitys located on the GRS website.
Universitys English language English language requirements,
All students who apply will Postgraduate Coursework This includes guidance
requirements of an Academic may apply in writing to the
be sent an acknowledgement International applicants on determining eligibility,
IELTS score of 6.5 overall with respective Admissions Office
once their application has been should consult with the establishing a research area,
no sub-test score (in speaking, for consideration of a waiver.
received. Students will also be UNSW International website identifying a supervisor,
listening, reading and writing)
advised of any outstanding international.unsw.edu.au/ Such applicants must justify the development of a research
below 6.0. IELTS tests must be
information or documentation study/applying/ for information request and provide evidence proposal, collation of supporting
taken no more than two years
that may be required for regarding admissions that they meet a combination of documentation and preparation
prior to the commencement
consideration and be provided requirements, English language at two or more of the conditions of your application.
of the program at UNSW. For
with instructions on how to requirements and a guide on outlined on the Universitys
further details see: unsw.edu. At UNSW postgraduate
submit this. how to apply. website: unsw.edu.au/
au/english-requirements-policy researchers enjoy personalised
english-requirements-
Domestic applicants should also Applicants should also refer to support and service from
policy#english-waivers
refer to the Entry requirements the Entry requirements section GRS, access to funding for
section for each UNSW for each UNSW Art & Design conference travel, opportunities
Art & Design Postgraduate Postgraduate Coursework to acquire enhanced skills and
Coursework program. program. training through coursework
options, tailored seminars
artdesign.unsw.edu.au/
in research management,
future-students/how-apply
career development, and the
opportunity in many disciplines
to obtain teaching experience.
For advice on how to apply
to undertake a postgraduate
research degree at UNSW visit
Brad Miller, plasma_flow, 2012, Interactive Installation, Custom research.unsw.edu.au/how-
Software, Audio: Ian McArthur, China Millennium Monument apply-enrol-research-degree
Museum of Digital Arts, Beijing. Photo: Brad Miller
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