Graduate Diploma of Design

Yes, the Graduate Diploma of Design is FEE-HELP approved. You can choose to pay your tuition fees via HELP Assistance (previously known as FEE-HELP Assistance), upfront, or a combination of both. For 2026, the HELP loan limit for most students is $129,883.

To be eligible for HELP you must be an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen eligible for a Special Category visa or hold a permanent humanitarian visa whilst remaining a resident in Australia, or a permanent visa holder who is undertaking study for overseas-trained professional and will be a resident in Australia for the duration of studies.

Whitehouse Institute of Design, Australia offers its programs at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane campuses.

The next intake for the Graduate Diploma of Design is June 2026, and 2026 enrolments are now open.

Whitehouse offers atelier styled workshops with small class sizes, one-to-one engagement with students and the nurturing of each individual student's strengths to enable them to be employable and make a significant contribution to the future of the industry. In the Bachelor of Design, Whitehouse students are provided with 22-24 hours of face to face teaching each week, which is around double the amount of teaching and learning time that most other higher education providers in Australia offer.