Not design as usual
Ranked #1 in Sydney and top #50 in the world*, the UTS School of Design delivers design education with a difference. Globally connected, socially engaged and shaped by technology, our practice-based degrees produce creative visionaries who leverage design as a force for change.
The UTS Design difference
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Hands-on
In design studios, fabrication labs and digital maker spaces, gain the practical skills to translate design concepts into tangible outcomes.
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Human centred
We are people designing for people. Become an expert practitioner in empathetic design solutions that have humans at their core.
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Socially just
Climate change, wealth inequality, gendered violence — design has a role to play in addressing the pressing problems of today. Work with real people and organisations to deliver design for a fairer world.
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Globally connected
From the international study tours to community collaborations, a UTS design degree can take you anywhere.
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Technology focused
As a university of technology, we pride ourselves on delivering tech-enabled teaching. Get to grips with the tools that sit at the cutting edge of contemporary design.
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Grounded in research
Course content is shaped by the findings from our world-leading research academics and centres, including the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, the Material Ecology Design Lab, and the UTS Visualisation Institute.
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Focused on the future
Harness the potential of innovation to design objects, spaces, systems and services that have the power to transform the way we live.
Three design disciplines
The UTS School of Design offers world-class degrees in three design disciplines:
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Product design
Create commercial and consumer products, objects and materials.
Also known as industrial design, product design is about the creation of physical and digital products that shape the way we live, work and play. Our Product Design program is all about ideating, iterating and prototyping your way to extraordinary design outputs. From household objects to wearable technologies, furniture to novel materials, transform your creative ideas into tangible products that put the human in human-centred design.
Career paths
Design products and experiences for manufacturing, industrial design or specialist design agencies in the commercial, industrial, sports technology, health, transport, packaging or humanitarian sectors. Work as a product designer (design physical and digital objects to meet user needs), exhibition designer (create exhibitions and exhibition spaces for museums, galleries, exhibitions and trade shows) or service designer (design the interactions between a service provider, a service and its end users).
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Fashion and textiles
Design clothing, fabric and wearable art.
Home to Australia’s leading fashion degree**, our Fashion and Textiles program produces graduates who are shaping the global fashion industry. Work in our industry-standard fashion studio and textiles workshop; gain world-class skills in patternmaking, textile fabrication and sustainable materials development; and become an adept and creative user of emerging fashion technologies. When you take advantage of industry internship and global learning opportunities, you can build local and international connections that could kickstart your career.
Career paths
Work as a fashion or textile designer, fashion producer, art/creative director, print designer, patternmaker, fashion stylist or fashion forecaster. Many of our graduates have gone on to work for major fashion houses including Jean Paul Gaultier, Oliver Theyskens and Yves St Laurent, while others ( have established labels that are putting Australian fashion on the map. Read more about our alumni here.
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Visual communications
Combine art, design and technology to tell visual stories.
Visual communication is about telling stories through imagery, from branding and publication design to graphic animation, illustration, photography, data visualisation and digital experience design. In our Visual Communication program, uncover your unique design identity by embracing both traditional and experimental design techniques and technologies. Combine your technical skills development with the study of sustainable design principles and emerge as a creative, inclusive and socially responsive practitioner.
Career paths
Work as a digital media specialist, interaction designer, interactive media designer, web designer, branding specialist, art director, motion graphics director, illustrator, exhibition designer or graphic designer.
* QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Art & Design
