Degree courses
Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Bachelor of Social Science
Through UNSW Bachelor of Social Science you'll gain the skills you need to impact policy and drive social change. Social scientists inform public debate, influence policy and have careers through which they make a real difference in the world.
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
Help change lives by solving problems in human relationships, promoting social change and enhancing the wellbeing of others.
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Bachelor of Food Science (Honours)
Food scientists study the properties of food and ingredients to ensure their safe use and consumption. The Food Science (Honours) degree is designed to provide you with a solid background in mathematics, natural and applied sciences to equip you for a career in a variety of professions.
Bachelor of Public Health
The Bachelor of Public Health will provide you with an understanding of the key issues impacting the health of populations around the world. It will prepare you to design and implement new public health approaches for emerging social issues.
Bachelor of Nutrition / Master of Dietetics and Food Innovation
Build healthier communities with a comprehensive education in nutrition, health and food systems. With interdisciplinary courses ranging from agriculture to inclusive eating practices, the Bachelor of Nutrition / Master of Dietetics and Food Innovation will prepare you for a wide range of careers in health and non-health industries.
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Bachelor of Medical Studies/Doctor of Medicine
The Bachelor of Medical Studies/Doctor of Medicine program is renowned for its dynamic blend of hands-on clinical experience and research-focused learning. It will prepare you for your medicinal studies using a series of practical and clinical training methods, mixed with in-person research tasks, allowing you to graduate a skilled doctor of medicine.
Bachelor of Public Health
The Bachelor of Public Health will provide you with an understanding of the key issues impacting the health of populations around the world. It will prepare you to design and implement new public health approaches for emerging social issues.
Bachelor of Medical Science
The Bachelor of Medical Science provides the basis for a career in biomedical research and is also an appropriate first degree if you’re planning to progress to graduate medical or paramedical degrees.
Master of Public Health
Develop an advanced and integrated understanding of public health practice. The Master of Public Health will prepare you to identify, understand, prevent and contain disease in populations. You’ll also learn to identify and address the social determinants of population health inequities to improve collective health outcomes.
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Bachelor of Education (Secondary Honours)
The Bachelor of Education (Honours) is a one-year advanced undergraduate degree for high achieving students which may be taken upon completion of an undergraduate degree in Education. The focus of the Honours year is on the further development of analytical and research skills, deepening of knowledge, and application of methods specific to educational research. The program may be a pathway into a graduate research degree (MEd Research; PhD).
Master of Educational Leadership
The Master of Educational Leadership is a one-year postgraduate degree provides aspiring and current educational leaders with an understanding of theory, research, and practice in educational leadership.
Masters of Teaching (Secondary)
The UNSW Master of Teaching (Secondary) is a full-time postgraduate teacher education course that will provide you a fast-track to employment as a secondary school teacher. This is an accelerated teaching degree, which includes practical in-school experience. After one year of full-time study, you’ll be eligible for employment as a secondary school teacher.
Development studies at UNSW
Development studies is essential for providing answers to the world’s most complicated questions in a time when urbanisation is accelerating, environmental health is declining, disparities are widening and communications and technologies never stand still. Students learn the conceptual and analytical tools required to understand and negotiate the complexity of global development in order to add to the conversation in a meaningful way.
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Bachelor of Arts
The UNSW Bachelor of Arts is a three-year, full-time degree that prepares you for a career in a variety of industries and roles. It provides you with a broad education that will give you the ability to hone your interests and passions. Ultimately, it’s a dynamic, exciting degree that equips you to turn your passion into action.
Master of Laws
The UNSW Master of Laws (LLM) is a one-year full-time postgraduate degree that offers you the opportunity to develop an advanced and contemporary understanding of one or more areas of legal study, acquire further expertise and enhance your career prospects.
Gender Studies
Gender studies at UNSW is a vibrant, cross-disciplinary area of study that situates women, feminism, gender, sex and sexualities at the centre of academic analysis. An understanding of gender issues will benefit graduates in a wide range of careers, especially those concerned with social policy and justice.
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Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering)
UNSW Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree that’s professionally accredited by Engineers Australia. This degree includes an integrated industrial training component and courses to develop your technical knowledge and skills in engineering management, analysis and design to ensure you graduate career-ready and accredited.
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Chemical)
Chemical Engineering bridges the study of the chemical and physical sciences with engineering. You'll learn how to design and develop chemical processes and equipment, optimise and control industrial operations, plan plant operations, tailor management strategies, work with nanoparticles, look into environmental effects and pollution control, and more.
Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours)
Biotechnology takes our understanding of cell biology and chemistry to create a range of products and solutions to problems in medicine, food and energy. The Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours) includes fundamental teaching in the life sciences, explores current trends and issues in the industry and tackles key focus areas including synthetic biology, bioprocessing, medical applications and commercialisation. It also incorporates a research-based honours year, providing you with greater experience and confidence in the practice of scientific methods.
Master of Engineering Science (Water Engineering: Catchments to Coast)
This degree is designed for practising Water Engineers and graduates pursuing career in large-scale water engineering. You’ll develop knowledge and skills in the full cycle of water in natural and engineered systems. You can tailor this degree to your own passion and career aspirations as you undertake an extensive research project in a specific area of interest to you.
Master of Engineering (Environmental Engineering)
UNSW Master of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) is a two-year degree that enables you to develop your technical knowledge and skills with Australia’s leading School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This program allows you to gain a depth of knowledge across a broad range of areas including project management, transport engineering, pollution control and water resources with a strong environmental focus.
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Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Photovoltaics and Solar Energy)
When you study this undergraduate degree you'll explore the best ways to make use of renewable energy technologies, including solar thermal systems, photovoltaics, wind and biomass. The degree borrows much of its structure from other areas of engineering, drawing resources from all around UNSW into a consolidated degree supporting learning for this growing industry.
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Renewable Energy)
This degree explores the best ways to make use of renewable energy technologies, including solar thermal systems, photovoltaics, wind and biomass. It borrows much of its structure from other areas of engineering, drawing resources from all around UNSW into a consolidated degree supporting learning for this growing industry.
Master of Engineering Science (Energy Systems)
The Master of Engineering Science (Energy Systems) is designed to provide a deep, broad range of knowledge about a variety of energy and power systems.This postgraduate degree offers a wide range of theoretical and applications-based electives and is ideal for electrical engineers wishing to upgrade their skills in the ever-developing energy engineering sector.
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Bachelor of Commerce
UNSW's Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) is an innovative business degree that has been designed alongside industry to ensure you are one of Australia's most employable graduates. You’ll learn in the classroom and the boardroom through experiences that are unique to UNSW’s BCom.
Graduate Certificate in Social Impact
The Graduate Certificate in Social Impact focuses on building the professional capacity of social managers and entrepreneurs across the corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors. This program teaches you how business, social enterprise, government, foundations and community organisations can work together.
Sustainable Tourism in Regional Australia
This course offers an introduction to concepts and tools necessary for understanding the challenges of sustainable development in the transport-environment-tourism nexus. Students will develop skills in comprehending and assessing the environmental, social and economic sustainability of societal decisions in the context of tourism.
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Bachelor of Construction Management and Property
This degree is one of the most respected in Australia and will prepare you to meet the demands of a constantly evolving industry. You'll develop broad knowledge and skills for the management of property development, construction site management, project management and quantity surveying.
Bachelor of City Planning (Honours)
City planning is an exciting, varied and progressive profession. UNSW’s planning degree will equip you to work at the interface between development, land use, environment and urban design. You’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and career focused experience to turn creativity and critical thinking into real-world solutions - shaping the future of our cities and regions.
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil)
Civil engineering involves the design, construction and management of modern infrastructure. Roads, railways, tunnels, buildings, bridges, airports, mines, dams, ports and harbours, water supply and sewerage systems and flood mitigation works are all shaped by civil engineers.
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Bachelor of Social Work
The Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) is a four-year, full-time degree with an integrated honours component. As a social worker, you’ll change lives by solving problems in human relationships, promoting social change and enhancing the wellbeing of others. This degree emphasises practical skills, with guidance from social workers and industry professionals. You’ll gain expertise in a variety of areas, including mental health, social work counselling, community work, sociology, psychology and working with Indigenous communities.
Bachelor of Laws
At UNSW, you’ll study undergraduate law as part of a double degree. You’ll choose a second degree from a wide range of UNSW degrees to pair with the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and graduate with two qualifications.
Master of Public Health
Develop an advanced and integrated understanding of public health practice. The Master of Public Health will prepare you to identify, understand, prevent and contain disease in populations. You’ll also learn to identify and address the social determinants of population health inequities to improve collective health outcomes.
Bachelor of Arts
This degree gives you the licence to explore your specific interests and broad career aspirations. It will open up a world of opportunities, helping you to define your career pathway. In whichever area you choose to study, you’ll develop transferable skills and the tools to think critically, communicate effectively and conduct independent research.
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Bachelor of Design (Honours)
Advance your design knowledge and understanding by developing a significant practice-led research project in the Bachelor of Design (Honours). Access leading research labs and a selective professional placement program to explore the potential of contemporary design.
Bachelor of Architectural Studies
Learn how to design buildings and their settings to meet the needs of individuals and communities, taking sustainability, culture and economy into consideration. Lectures and design studio sessions cover architectural design, architectural communications, architectural history and theory, architectural science, the environment and technologies, and architectural construction and structures.
Master of City Planning
The Master of City Planning at UNSW is a two-year, professionally accredited postgraduate degree that allows you to bring experience from previous study to launch a career in urban and regional planning. City planning is an exciting, varied and progressive profession that plays a pivotal role in decisions shaping the future of cities and regions. Through a career in planning, you’ll improve lives by designing cities that are sustainable, equitable, healthy and inspiring.
Master of Landscape Architecture
As a Registered Landscape Architect, your professional practice will combine art and science to plan, design and manage landscapes that conserve and celebrate ecology and cultural values. You’ll be equipped to work with cities and communities around the world, designing open spaces in response to issues such as urbanisation, migration, sustainability and climate change.
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Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
The Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) degree gives you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of Industrial Design by undertaking a significant research project. In this intensive, year-long program you will sharpen and integrate all of your previously learned skills to one major design project.
Bachelor of Environmental Management
Environmental issues such as climate change and sustainability are at the forefront of modern world challenges. The Bachelor of Environmental Management will equip you to make a positive impact by creating sustainable solutions. This degree explores how environmental science relates to the regulation, economic and social dimensions of environmental policy and management.
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Materials Science)
Materials science is the foundation for creating high-performance materials such as metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. In this degree, you’ll learn about developing high-performance materials that are lighter, greener and stronger – for use in every aspect of technology. You’ll also develop the theoretical and practical skills to improve materials for aerospace, automotive, biomedical and information technology-based industries.
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Bachelor of Engineering (Renewable Energy)
The Bachelor of Engineering (Renewable Energy) degree explores the best ways to make use of renewable energy technologies, including solar thermal systems, photovoltaics, wind and biomass. It borrows much of its structure from other areas of engineering, drawing resources from all around UNSW into a consolidated degree supporting learning for this growing industry.
Master of Commerce (Global Sustainability and Social Impact)
The Global Sustainability and Social Impact major in the Master of Commerce degree allows you to explore the latest business thinking in order to improve sustainability and social impact on a global level. You will build real-world expertise and career opportunities with practical experience, workplace connections and a comprehensive understanding of the business environment in your chosen field.
Master of Engineering Science (Chemical Process Engineering)
When you choose a degree in chemical process engineering as part of a Master of Engineering Science, you’ll explore efficient process design and look at robust, objective analyses of chemical plants, industrial processes and general operations in the chemical industry. Your studies will include extensive coverage of current business and environmental issues in the chemical and food industry.
Certificate in Climate Risk & Response: Governance, Reporting & Assurance
This short course in in Climate Risk & Response: Governance, Reporting & Assurance is delivered by an internationally renowned team of experts in climate change, risk analysis, accounting, audit, and governance. Drawing on UNSW’s multi-disciplinary expertise from the Faculties of Science, Business, and Law & Justice, and with extensive experience of supporting organisations - both private (ASX 200) and public sector – the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response (ICRR)’s team is uniquely placed to help you understand, design, and execute effective climate strategies and disclosure into an organisation’s operations.
Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management
The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management offers transformative thinking at local and global scales to prepare graduates to become reflexive leaders, change-agents, and advocates. You'll rigorously, critically, and creatively engage with sociocultural and political-economic causes of, and responses to, today's human-inclusive environmental challenges.
Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management
The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management's interdisciplinary and applied set of courses outline some of the main decision-making frameworks and tools related to environmental management. You'll also gain discipline-specific knowledge for a range of environmental professions.
Master of Environmental Management
In the Master of Environmental Management, you’ll learn to think about environmental problems through a number of lenses, forming a deep understanding of the socio-political influences that drive them. In addition to the program’s key focus on conceptual tools, you will also develop experiential and practical skills to inform ethical and restorative sustainability leadership in a range of professional contexts.
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Bachelor of Science
From oceanography to neuroscience, biotech to quantum physics, a science degree unlocks a world of career possibilities. This bachelor’s degree gives you the flexibility to explore different disciplines to find the field that sparks your passion.
Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours)
Discover solutions to the world’s biggest challenges with the Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours). This advanced-level degree caters to talented students and innovative thinkers. It’ll prepare you for a career at the forefront of scientific discovery and innovation.
Bachelor of Life Sciences
Discoveries in life sciences are integral to the advancement of our world and society. The Bachelor of Life Sciences is a generalist degree that brings together the biological, environmental and medical sciences to answer fundamental questions. This degree will equip you with transferable skills that can be applied to a wide range of industries. This program also provides a pathway to postgraduate study, especially in health and medical fields.
Master of Marine Science and Management
The Master of Marine Science and Management is multidisciplinary and cross-institutional, giving you access to a comprehensive set of approaches and methods unique to the field. Your study will explore information systems and remotely sensed data analysis. It also covers the impact and use of marine science on legislation and management in marine and coastal zones. You’ll learn about coastal management and engineering, climate change, marine ecology and conservation, physical oceanography and modelling.
Master of Engineering Science in (Water, Wastewater and Waste Engineering)
The Master of Engineering Science in (Water, Wastewater and Waste Engineering) is designed for students who already have an engineering degree and want to broaden their job prospects through cross training, re-training or specialisation. This degree will cover current and future technologies for water usage, wastewater treatment and waste disposal. You’ll learn the fundamentals of current practices in this field and engage with existing and future technologies ensuring your degree is relevant today and tomorrow.
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Bachelor of Science
From oceanography to neuroscience, biotech to quantum physics, a science degree unlocks a world of career possibilities. This bachelor’s degree gives you the flexibility to explore different disciplines to find the field that sparks your passion.
Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours)
Discover solutions to the world’s biggest challenges with the Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours). This advanced-level degree caters to talented students and innovative thinkers. It’ll prepare you for a career at the forefront of scientific discovery and innovation.
Bachelor of Life Sciences
Discoveries in life sciences are integral to the advancement of our world and society. The Bachelor of Life Sciences is a generalist degree that brings together the biological, environmental and medical sciences to answer fundamental questions. This degree will equip you with transferable skills that can be applied to a wide range of industries. This program also provides a pathway to postgraduate study, especially in health and medical fields.
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Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics
The UNSW Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) is a three-year, full-time degree that will equip you with a depth of knowledge in three varied, yet highly influential academic areas. UNSW is the only university in Sydney and one of a handful in Australia to offer this exciting degree that examines current global concerns. Your unique, interdisciplinary understanding of these fields will equip you with the experience and critical thinking skills to effect important global and social change through your career.
Bachelor of Laws
At UNSW, you’ll study undergraduate law as part of a double degree. You’ll choose a second degree from a wide range of UNSW degrees to pair with the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and graduate with two qualifications.
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice degree looks at the big picture of crime by bringing together cross-faculty knowledge from the School of Law, Society and Criminology and School of Social Sciences. Through innovative teaching that focuses on real-world case studies and experiences outside the classroom, you’ll gain critical insights into all aspects of the justice system.
Master of Policy and Governance
The UNSW Master of Public Policy and Governance is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree, that applies a social science perspective to real-world questions of policy, research and management in modern organisations. Through this master’s degree, you’ll prepare for roles that require research and analytical skills, and a practical appreciation of the processes of policymaking, policy analysis, and policy implementation.
Environmental Law & Sustainable Development
Environmental Law & Sustainable Development is a Master of Laws specialisation that will provide you with a strong understanding of the environmental legal system, the frameworks of and tools for sustainable environmental management, and the complex policy issues presented by the environmental challenges of the 21st century. Environmental law encompasses a wide and diverse range of issues: energy, climate change, biodiversity conservation, water and oceans, agriculture, finance and international development, but also issues like city planning, commons, platform and sharing economies, transport, housing and corporate social responsibility.
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Bachelor of Arts and Business
The UNSW Bachelor of Arts and Business is the only three-year single degree of its kind in Australia. Through this degree, you’ll combine your passion for arts, social sciences and humanities with an understanding of business fundamentals. You’ll learn to think critically, creatively and strategically while gaining expertise in key areas of business studies, including marketing, management and business law.
Bachelor of Architectural Studies (UNSW / Tongji)
UNSW has partnered with Tongji University in Shanghai to offer you an architectural education with a global focus. This unique dual degree, taught in English at both universities, prepares you for practice in both China and Australia, and provides a distinct advantage to progress your career at a global level.
Master of Translation and Interpreting
Facilitate cross-cultural communication. The Master of Translation and Interpreting at UNSW is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree that allows you to specialise in an area relevant to your professional translating and interpreting ambitions.
