Graduate Certificate of Design
Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Design is tailored to students who want to unleash their creative potential. If you have an interest in pursuing meaning and usable design concepts, this course will expand on your current qualifications. You’ll explore the connection between research and practice and develop design solutions through complex problem solving. You’ll learn about interdisciplinary collaboration while practising in a studio-based environment to prepare you for further professional work.
Upgrade your skills
- Principle-led design
- Data analysis skills
- Problem solving skills
- Communication skills
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
Stretch your career further
Students can enhance their career opportunities by gaining additional leadership and management skills – an important asset in a today’s complex and changing business environment. The below examples demonstrate the types of roles graduates can attain.
- Design lead
- Strategic design lead
- Design consultant
Key codes
International student visa
International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.
Strong industry connections and co-creation
- Australian Centre for Inclusive Design
- No Vacancy Gallery
- Pretzel Lab
- Boroondara Council
- Uniting Age Well
- City of Casey Smart Cities and Innovation
Why Swinburne?
Top 150 for Art and Design
Graduate employers include Ford, Telstra, and Blackmagic Design.
The median income for PG graduates five years out is $89K
