Graduate certificate in architectural science (building services)

The Building Services program at the University of Sydney recognises the integration of the performance, design and management of a building. As the only Building Services program taught by an Australian faculty of the built environment, this program embeds high level integration across our building services units. Your knowledge is not limited to 'trade-skills' endorsed by other programs. Instead, our first-principles approach, backed by the latest research and advanced equipment, ensures that you gain the understandings necessary to become a leader in this growing field.

Our program focuses on the management and science that enables great advances in building services. By studying the operation of plant, equipment, machinery and other services, you gain the detailed technical knowledge that underpins successful building services. You will understand these systems holistically, with reference to their financial, environmental and social impacts, and will learn how to work alongside architects, designers, facilities managers and building tenants to produce plans that are site specific, appropriate and responsive.

As the sustainability agenda focuses on optimisation of the carbon footprint of buildings, both initial and ongoing, it is essential that building services are understood by all stakeholders in the built environment. The Building Services program’s key objective is to impart this knowledge through a suite of core, optional and elective units of study that can be tailored to general or specialised interests.

The program is presented by a team comprising both industry and research leaders, and caters for graduates and practitioners wishing to advance their careers. Building services units of study include mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, fire safety, energy performance and Indoor Environmental Quality. Flexibility of the Building Services program allows units from cognate programs such as Sustainable Design, Illumination Design, and Facilities Management, to be incorporated as Optional components. Furthermore Elective units may be taken from any other program offered within this Faculty, or from programs offered elsewhere within the University of Sydney.

A successful applicant for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Architectural Science will have a bachelor's degree or possess experience, which is considered to demonstrate the knowledge and aptitude required to undertake the course.
Students may apply to upgrade at the completion of their program from the Graduate Certificate, through to the Diploma and then to the Masters by maintaining a credit average over the course of study. Masters and Diploma students may also opt to graduate with a lower level of certification once the required units are complete.

IELTS: A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band TOEFL paper-based: A minimum result of 592 overall including a minimum result of 4.5 in Writing TOEFL IBT: A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing

If you commence your studies after 1 January 2016, the indicative fee is $29,000.00 per year of full-time study of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL).