Built Environment

Where innovation meets infrastructure

Learn the skills needed to build a career in the evolving world of Built Environment at ACTs #1 uni for teaching quality and skill development.*

UC is Canberra’s only university to offer courses in Architecture, Building and Construction Management and Landscape Design. Our industry-accredited degrees are taught by the best in the business and developed in collaboration with industry partners, meaning you’ll graduate job-ready and with an incredible edge.

There is no better place to study the Built Environment, than right here in Canberra. Our nation’s capital will inspire you with some of Australia’s most iconic buildings and stunning architecture, and you can look forward to strong career outcomes thanks to a booming job market.

*Good Universities Guide, 2022

#1 in Canberra for Fulltime Employment

In Architecture and the Built Environment

(Good Universities Guide, 2022)

Canberra’s home of Built Environment

The only university in Canberra offering industry-accredited degrees in built environment

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Our learning spaces

3D Printing Lab

Situated in Workshop7 our 3D printing lab is equipped with a range of small and large-scale printers to help you bring your creative ideas to life.

Robotics Lab

Explore the future of automation in design and manufacturing with our Universal Robots UR10e robot arm. This technology will allow you to construct models that would otherwise be to complex using manual techniques.

Laser Lab

Equipped with a large and a small format laser cutter, our Laser Lab will allow you to quickly turn sheet material into a kit-form model. This is ideal to bring your architectural models to life.

Computer Lab

Bring your deigns to life in one of our several computer labs equipped with industry standard design software required for 2D and 3D modeling allowing you to develop your technical skills.

CNC Routing

The Mulitcam CNC Router can process a large variety of materials to produce 2D “profile cuts” which form kit models as well as 3D route shapes such as landscape contour models with complex 3-dimensional curvature.

Composites Lab

Design and manufacture advance composite objects and structures in our Composites Lab. With facilities for processing "prepreg" carbon fibre and other fabrics, you can produce industry standard, high quality composite parts in house.

Explore Workshop 7

Develop your talents and get industry ready in UC’s state-of-the-art Workshop7. You will have access to an expansive suite of technology, materials and equipment to help you bring your ideas to life.

Portfolio entry

Do you have personal or school-based projects you’re proud of? Bypass standard university admissions by submitting five pieces of your most accomplished work in architecture, landscape design or building and construction management.

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Get industry ready

Immerse yourself in practical learning from day one of your degree thanks to our work-based approach to learning. Get your hands-dirty with work-based projects and Work Integrated Learning that will teach you technical skills alongside soft skills such as communication, presentation and managing stakeholders.

From the second half of your study, you’ll take your classroom knowledge to the workplace in a real-life industry setting, giving you the chance to make industry contacts and network with potential employers.

UC’s Creative Competition

Each year the Faculty of Arts and Design give students from Year 11 and 12 the chance to showcase their creative skills as part of the Creative Competition. Prizes vary from year-to-year.

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Studying at UC gave me the confidence to try different disciplines within interior architecture – I’ve since worked on commercial, residential and industrial architecture projects. I feel I’m a well-rounded practitioner within my profession – thanks, in large part, to the study methods at UC.

Alana Ring

Bachelor of the Built Environment (Interior Architecture)