Bachelor of Design 36 months Undergraduate Program By The University of Auckland |Top Universities
Subject Ranking

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

46,883 NZDTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

08 Dec, 2025Application Deadline

Program overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

BDes

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The world is changing, almost faster than we can keep up with. While we can’t accurately imagine future realities, we can develop skills that will help us adapt to them.

The Bachelor of Design uses a combination of case studies and real-world project briefs to enable your experimentation in making and prototyping. You will investigate the potential practical, social, political and environmental impacts of different design outcomes, using both digital and material technologies. Your learning will be supported by research academics and specialists drawn from industries relevant to contemporary design.

You can also study the BDes alongside another discipline as part of a conjoint degree, which means you can take two undergraduate programmes at the same time. You can do a conjoint with Advanced Science (Honours), Arts, Commerce, Engineering (Honours), Fine Arts, Global Studies, Health Sciences, Law (including Law (Honours), Music, Property or Science.

Program overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

BDes

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The world is changing, almost faster than we can keep up with. While we can’t accurately imagine future realities, we can develop skills that will help us adapt to them.

The Bachelor of Design uses a combination of case studies and real-world project briefs to enable your experimentation in making and prototyping. You will investigate the potential practical, social, political and environmental impacts of different design outcomes, using both digital and material technologies. Your learning will be supported by research academics and specialists drawn from industries relevant to contemporary design.

You can also study the BDes alongside another discipline as part of a conjoint degree, which means you can take two undergraduate programmes at the same time. You can do a conjoint with Advanced Science (Honours), Arts, Commerce, Engineering (Honours), Fine Arts, Global Studies, Health Sciences, Law (including Law (Honours), Music, Property or Science.

Admission Requirements

6+
69.6+
3+
1150+
24+
24+
80+
169+
7+
50+
You must have completed one semester of successful bachelors degree study at a New Zealand tertiary institution, or one year of successful study as part of an acceptable sub-degree qualification from a New Zealand tertiary institution.

08 Dec 2025
3 Years
Mar

Tuition fees

Domestic
9,583 NZD
International
46,883 NZD

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