Bachelor of Arts

UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture offers more than 80 study areas across Built Environment, Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, Design, Media and Fine Arts, allowing students to explore a wide range of passions and disciplines.

The Bachelor of Arts is taught at UNSW Sydney, with campuses located at Kensington and Paddington, both built on Aboriginal Lands of the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.

UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture has 9 subjects ranked top 5 in Australia (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026), is ranked #27 in the world for Social Science and Management, and #33 in the world for Architecture and Built Environment.

Students have access to a range of support services including The Nucleus: Student Hub, UNSW Support Services, wellbeing and mental health support, ADA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Support, peer mentoring, academic skills support, and learning abroad and exchange opportunities.

Yes, Arts, Design & Architecture is committed to creating a faculty where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff feel culturally safe and supported to pursue their dreams and goals. The faculty is developing an Indigenous Strategy that is collaboratively developed, productive and purposeful to affect long-term change in the educational outcomes of Indigenous students and the intellectual and cultural integrity of Indigenous teaching and research across the faculty.