Do you see the world differently?
Or maybe you see how you can
create a better world?

MADA (Monash Art Design & Architecture) is a place of excellence and innovation across art, architecture and design. With courses at Caulfield and Gippsland, our vibrant faculty is at the forefront of education in the creative arts and design disciplines. The faculty fosters a spirit of enquiry and collaboration, and is widely respected for its excellence in education, practice and research.

By studying art and design, you can develop the knowledge and skills to enact your vision. Art, design and architecture students have designed products to help people with disabilities, created installations that comment on social issues. and developed emergency relief structures. The applications are limitless.

Art and design studies lead to careers that are flexible and dynamic. Graduates across all art and design disciplines have strong visual communication skills and the ability to think creatively. As inquisitive individuals, they develop innovative solutions to improve the world around them, and contribute to the social discourse.

Our People

Our lecturers are creative professionals, leading practitioners and renowned researches who are at the top of their game, nationally and internationally. They bring their innovative contemporary practice and advanced industry experience in your classroom, so you develop cutting-edge knowledge and real world skills throughout your studies.

Why Monash?

We’re part of Monash University, Australia’s largest university and one of its most prestigious. As a Group of Eight institution with an international reputation for high quality research and teaching, Monash is ranked among the top universities in Australia. The university has 60,000 students and 8000 staff across eight campuses and one education centre, and has a presence on four continents. More about Monash...

Our staff focus on critically informed creative activity of tile highest order. As highly regarded industry professionals and theorists, they bring to their teaching and research a level of expertise and dedication that reflects the diversity of contemporary visual culture and the built environment.

Under the experienced guidance of these lecturers and studio coordinators, you learn to put your knowledge and ideas into practice. You benefit from our highly interactive courses, which are delivered with a strong emphasis on studio-based learning. Unlike the more traditional lecture mode, studio-based learning enables you to actively participate in problem solving and the practice of creating and making, which are integral to the learning process.

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