Arts, Design & Architecture Short Courses

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UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture short courses offer flexible pathways to expand your thinking and strengthen your professional capability. Led by experts across six schools and six research centres, these courses combine academic rigour with real-world insight to help you build skills, deepen understanding and prepare for your next step.

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School of Art & Design

UNSW School of Art & Design is one of Australia’s largest, most dynamic and most diverse creative art, design and media schools. They offer more disciplines and interdisciplinary study opportunities than any other Australian creative school.

Browse our range of short courses delivered by academic and industry experts from the UNSW School of Art & Design:

Foundations of 3D Biomedical Animation
Immersive Technology for Simulation-Based Educators
Learning Science for Simulation-Based Educators
Design for Everyone: Bridging the Gap Between Desirable Designs and Accessibility Series

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School of Built Environment

UNSW School of Built Environment's focus is to create sustainable, liveable cities. They are home to global leaders in architecture, planning, construction and design, connecting world-class knowledge with leading practice.

Browse our range of short courses delivered by academic and industry experts from the UNSW School of Built Environment:

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School of Education

UNSW School of Education is driven by dynamic initial teacher education programs, acclaimed research innovations, professional learning opportunities and commitment to improving education.

Browse our range of short courses delivered by academic and industry experts from the UNSW School of Education:

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School of Humanities & Languages

UNSW School of Humanities & Languages is one of Australia’s leading centres of teaching and research excellence in humanities and languages. Their mission is to educate students to become global citizens through critical thinking skills, historical, cultural and linguistic understanding, language learning, and an informed engagement with the world.

In partnership with Multicultural NSW through the Multilingual Academy program, we offer short course training for future interpreters and translators.

These short courses include:

Introduction to Interpreting Fundamentals
Introduction to Translation Fundamentals
Introduction to Legal Interpreting

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Research Centres

UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture host and participate in a number of world-leading research centres and institutes recognised for their high-impact research and engagement, locally and globally. Their investigations advance understanding of cities, people, places and technology. They conduct critical social enquiry into the intersections between inequality, wellbeing and justice, or use arts-led approaches and thinking to generate new insights into globally important issues.

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In Conversation

Explore the ideas behind our short courses in our In Conversation series, featuring insights from academic convenors, guest speakers and students that connect research with real-world questions. Learn their unique perspectives and the themes that shape our courses.

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GERRIC

GERRIC contributes to many aspects of the education and development of gifted students. Whether you’re a teacher interested in helping gifted students thrive, a parent wanting to understand how to support your talented child or an advanced student looking for a greater challenge, GERRIC is for you.

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What we can do for your business

We partner with professional bodies to deliver short course training.

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Why do an Arts, Design & Architecture short course

Gain practical skills, critical perspective and creative confidence to shape the future through impactful design and cultural innovation.

Shape the future
Social impact
Microcredentials
Digital badging

Flexible study options

Invest in your career without putting your life on hold. Short courses provide flexible options so that those with jobs, caregiving responsibilities, or other commitments can study at their own pace.

Fast-track your learning

Our short courses offer an immersive, fast-track to learning, equipping you with advanced skills and knowledge so you can return to your professional role ready to ‘level up’.

Study online

Benefit from UNSW’s innovative online platform designed to provide a seamless and engaging learning experience.

Lifelong networking

Strong professional networks are key to providing you with insights, mentorship and support throughout every stage of your career.

Students and teachers from the ADA Short course, Introduction to Interpreting.

Responsible learning

Courses engage directly with social, environmental and cultural challenges, preparing learners to apply skills thoughtfully and in the public interest.

Knowledge shaped by practice and experience

Teaching is grounded in professional contexts and lived experience, strengthening how learning translates across organisations, sectors and communities.

Shaping resilient futures

Analytical, creative and human-centred approaches are developed to influence policy, place, systems and long-term change.

Access that extends impact

Flexible formats and equitable pricing widen participation, amplifying the reach and effectiveness of learning beyond the classroom.

Extend your accredited professional learning course

Microcredentials are a way for professionals to expand their knowledge with flexible study options.

Microcredentials enable you to extend one of our accredited professional learning courses into 6 Units of Credit (UOC), which can be used towards a postgraduate degree. You’ll apply what you‘ve learned from your professional learning course, engage with online resources and complete two assessments to demonstrate your learning. Upon successful entry to one of our postgraduate programs, you can use this credit to accelerate your studies and complete a Masters or Graduate Certificate in less time.

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Earn a digital badge

Upon successful completion of our short courses, you will receive a digital badge as a record of your course learning. This badge verifies your achievement and can be shared with your professional network to highlight your new skills and commitment to continuous learning.