Bachelor + Masters

Know where you’re headed? Stay on track with Bachelor + Master’s degrees.

To help you pursue your career goals through your study path, RMIT offers Bachelor + Master’s degrees. These can either help you meet accreditation requirements to pursue professional practice, or equip you with a skill set and body of knowledge that sets you on the first step of your professional journey.

Bachelor + Masters packaged degrees

A packaged bachelor plus master’s degree allows you to apply for both your undergraduate and postgraduate study at once, via VTAC. You will also benefit from a tailored curriculum that helps establish specialist knowledge to support further learning.

Program

Bachelor + Masters for professional accreditation

Some professions require practitioners to be registered and accredited by a professional accrediting body. In order to be eligible for accreditation and to begin professional practice you must successfully complete both your bachelor and master's degree in these fields.

Architecture

In order to be professionally recognised as an architect, you must complete the Master of Architecture. After two years of professional experience, you will be able to sit the Architects Registration Board examination and register as an architect.

Program

Landscape Architecture

To be eligible for accreditation as a landscape architect, you must complete the Master of Landscape Architecture and apply for registration with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).

Program

Postgraduate study: 4+1

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An engineering honours degree and a master’s in five years? At RMIT? Yes, you can!

Once you’ve completed your Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at RMIT you may be eligible to complete a Master by Coursework degree in your related area in only 12 months.

Frequently asked questions

This will depend on the duration of each degree as well as your study load. Most undergraduate degrees span three years of full-time study, and most master's degrees require two years of full-time study. 

Domestic students can apply for Bachelor + Masters packaged degrees through VTAC.

For all the other degrees, you first apply for the bachelor’s degree, and upon completion of your undergraduate study, you can apply for the related master's degree. Further information about the application process is available on the program page and its apply page.

If upon completing your undergraduate study you no longer want to progress into postgraduate study, you can opt out of studying your master's. Depending on professional accreditation requirements, this may mean that you will not be able engage in professional practice.

Career opportunities for graduates of your bachelor degree can be found on the program page.

Impacts of failing a subject will vary course by course, however you may need to go back and successfully complete that subject in order to graduate. RMIT Student Connect will be able to advise on your best way forward should this be the case.  

There may be WAM, GPA or additional requitements (e.g. Casper) which must be completed prior to application into your postgraduate degree. This varies based on entry requirements. Contact Study@RMIT or the program page for more information.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.