Bachelor’s degree · BDes
Bachelor of Design
Swinburne University of Technology · Design · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Official award
- Bachelor of Design
- Subject
- Photography
- Format
- On campus3 years full-time or equivalent part-time
- Tuition
- A$9,880per year, 2027
About this program
A three-year design degree with majors including Photography and Motion Design.
- Department
- Design
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Bachelor of Design
- Award family
- BDesA Bachelor of Design.
- Academic level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Photography | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | PhotographyHow students choose it is not published“Prepare yourself for practice as a visual artist or photographer with our Photography major.”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
Verified in official recordTertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)Institutional accreditation or recognitionFull statusAU
Scope: TEQSA National Register provider page for Swinburne University of Technology: category Australian University; self-accrediting authority: Yes. Institution-wide, not program accreditation.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time
- Intakes
- 01-March-2027, 02-August-2027
- Campus
- Hawthorn campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio depends on routeDigital portfolio is required of some applicants (last enrolled more than five years ago, work experience or STAT test entry); ATAR-based entry otherwise.
- Portfolio details
- Platform: Digital Portfolio
- Written components: Responses to four design-related questions
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly fee 2027, Commonwealth Supported PlaceTuition | A$9,880per year, 2027 | Domestic students | 23 October 2026Source |
| Yearly fee 2027, international (indicative)Tuition | A$45,460per year, 2027 | International students | 23 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, compulsory travel, residencies and exhibition charges are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; art students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: whether a previous degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)