Master of Design (Intelligent Systems Design)

Common admission requirements

A standard recruitment and intake procedure is conducted to advise students on the appropriateness of particular specialisms for their personal and career development. Applicants for individual specialisms must also undertake specialism-specific interviews and meet some specialism-specific requirements (see below). Applicants are required to indicate their choice of specialism upon application.
If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the “Admission Requirements” section for details. Applicants are normally also required to demonstrate oral competence in English by means of an interview.

Specialism-specific requirements

Master of Design (Innovative Business Design)

• Educational Background: A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in design, business, humanities, or a technological field is required. Preferably, applicants should have at least two years of relevant professional experience.
• Alternative Qualifications: Applicants with other tertiary qualifications and substantial relevant professional experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Portfolio Submission: Applicants must provide portfolios of their professional work. It is essential to read the section titled “Additional Documents Required,” which includes Guidance Notes on Design Portfolios, before submitting.

• Educational Background: A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Design, STEM, or a related discipline, such as communication, psychology, or anthropology, is required.
• Professional Experience: Applicants with tertiary qualifications complemented by international or relevant professional experience will be considered at an advantage.
• Portfolio Submission: Applicants must submit portfolios of their design work. It is important to review the section titled “Additional Documents Required,” which includes Guidance Notes on Design Portfolios, before submission.

• Educational Background: A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in design, business, humanities, or a technological field is required.
• Alternative Qualifications: Applicants with other tertiary qualifications complemented by substantial relevant professional experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Portfolio Submission: Applicants must submit portfolios of their professional work. It is essential to review the section titled “Additional Documents Required,” which includes Guidance Notes on Design Portfolios, before submission.

• Educational Background: A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in spatial design, architecture, landscape design, urban and rural design, or a related discipline is required. Applicants with degrees or equivalent in related fields, such as environmental studies, ecology, biology, or urban studies, as well as interdisciplinary areas like ecological economics, environmental sociology, or environmental management and technology, will also be considered.
• Professional Experience: Applicants with other tertiary qualifications complemented by substantial relevant professional experience may be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• Portfolio Submission: Applicants must submit portfolios of their professional work. It is important to review the section titled “Additional Documents Required,” which includes Guidance Notes on Design Portfolios, before submission.