Course Details

Qualification

Bachelor Degree

Study Load

Full Time

Study Mode

In Class

Course Location

New South Wales

Applications Close

May 8, 2025

Duration

4 Year(s)

Course Code

UAC code 421051, Program code 3342

University of New South Wales

Bachelor of Design / Media

With the UNSW Bachelor of Design/Media double degree, you’ll blend your creative insight with influential skills in business and communication. Understand what individuals and societies want and need to engage, enrich, challenge and drive change.

Overview

The Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Media is a four-year double degree that shows you how to enlighten others with creative thinking and persuasive communications. Learn strategies to interest, inform, and inspire others while challenging conventions and designing new solutions to old problems.

Whether your interest is in graphics, textiles, visualisation or object design, creating spaces or user experiences, rethinking everyday products and services, or writing code to develop future focused design ideas – you’ll see how design can influence the future.

Blend your creative insight with influential skills in public relations and advertising, communications and journalism, screen production, cinema studies, or media studies. You’ll build real industry knowledge, learning from experts in practical and theoretical classes. And with solid opportunities for work experiences, you’ll unlock the expertise needed to establish a career far beyond your first job.

Key features

World-leading researchers and practitioners  
Learn from teachers who are also world-leading researchers, breaking new ground in understanding how media work, from artificial intelligence to activism, to the politics of race and gender. Have your skills honed by experienced practitioners, many of whom still make films, grow brands, and write for leading publications. Glean deep insights from industry leaders who appear as guest speakers in the classroom.

Personalised skillset 
Build a unique combination of skills in distinct specialisations that define your skills and interests. Choose from three design specialisations, and five media specialisations that include the freedom to explore topics outside your main study area. See ‘What will I study’ for more information.

Real work experience  
What happens when you combine professional development, specialist facilities and industry-standard technologies with experienced, well-connected educators? Your career begins before you even graduate. This degree includes industry experiences such as internships, work placements, studio projects and industry networking opportunities.

World-class technologies  
Bring your ideas to life in state-of-the-art facilities with support from our technicians. Discover the Design Futures Lab, opens in a new windowThe Making Centre, opens in a new window, fully equipped creative workshops, and digital studios across our Kensington and Paddington campuses. You’ll also have an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription throughout your studies.

For more information, visit University of New South Wales

Course Fee

$12,500