F5002 Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development (F5002) is a 1 years full-time, 48-credit-point, graduate diploma course from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, taught at Indonesia. Map your units semester by semester with the MonMap planner.
- Credit points
- 48
- Duration
- 1 years full time
- 2 years part time
- Campus
- Indonesia
- On campus
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.
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Overview
Complex urban challenges require design, development and planning professionals who are skilled, creative and entrepreneurial
The Urban Design and Development course at Monash Indonesia focuses on complex urban challenges involving climate change, environmental sustainability, social equality and technological transformations. It provides students with an opportunity to cultivate informed visions, practical projects, and strategic proposals that address such challenges in Indonesia and other parts of the rapidly urbanising world.
Real world projects
The course is powered by a transdisciplinary ethos and multisectoral outlook that keeps the real world firmly in view.
The curriculum is centred around experimental studio projects integrating environmental sciences, social sciences, data analytics, and humanities areas with design and development practices. The studios address pressing global, regional and national issues, and are coordinated with specialised lecture and seminar-based units on topics such as ecology, urban theory, smart cities, technology, governance, policy and regulation.
This approach is anchored in the everyday life and empirical realities of the city of Jakarta itself, and the towns, and extended settlement systems that surround it. The course works actively with governmental, industry, and civil society stakeholders to generate innovative projects that are tailored to local living environments.
Flexible study options
The Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development may be taken flexibly in full-time or part-time durations, with units delivered in hybrid, online and on-campus modes.
On completion of the Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development, you may progress to the Master of Urban Design and Development.
As a graduate of the Master of Urban Design and Development, you will be equipped with the conceptual, creative and technical skills to develop integrative solutions to the complex urban challenges resulting from climate change, environmental degradation and development inequalities.
Multidisciplinary participants
The course welcomes applicants with strong undergraduate and/or equivalent industry experience in relevant backgrounds such as architecture, urban design, urban and community development, urban planning, landscape architecture, environmental science, geography, and civil engineering.
Graduates will be equipped for employment in government departments, public enterprises, private development companies, and civil society organisations.
Course structure
Part A. Foundation24 credit points
Part B. Exploration24 credit points
The handbook's description of this structure
The course comprises studios, undertaken in project mode and in collaboration with local government agencies, and supporting study units that provide knowledge of urban planning and design contexts, regulations and techniques, including mapping tools, AI and data analytics.
The course is structured in two parts:
Part A. Foundation
A studio-based unit titled Design, development and other city-making practices provides foundations for the course. Units on regulatory systems, city and ecology, and smart city technologies, provide complementary interdisciplinary principles and critical skills.
Part B. Exploration
Exploration focuses on climate sustainability, resilience, and technological transformation. The studio tackles specific issues such as urban density and congestion, tropical urban environments, the integration of smart technologies, and active mobility. It is supported by a Social impact lab unit.
Course progression map
The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.
The course comprises 48 points structured in two parts:
Part A. Foundation (24 points)
Part B. Exploration (24 points)
You must complete two 24 point semesters, which can be taken flexibly.
Units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.
Part A. Foundation (24 points)
You must complete:
- UDI5501 Studio 1: Design, development and other city-making practices
- UDI5601 Governance and regulation
- UDI5602 City and ecology
- UDI5603 Smart city technologies
Part B. Exploration (24 points)
You must complete:
- UDI5502 Studio 2: Climate resilience and smart cities (12 points)
- UDI5701 Social impact lab (12 points)
Learning outcomes
These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.
Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:
- 1
Apply knowledge and skills to translate urban design and development strategies into city-based spatial plans, from a perspective of environmental systems and climate resilience;
- 2
Collaborate and communicate in multi-disciplinary teams and undertake stakeholder engagement for successful urban design and development solutions;
- 3
Identify and apply Big Data and data science platforms to urban design and development processes;
- 4
Apply the necessary research and practice skills for an urban designer / planner in Indonesia’s public, private or civil society contexts;
- 5
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of Indonesian planning discourses and practices, as well as urban design, planning and development regulations.
Entry requirements
English language
Monash Level A, that is: IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no band lower than 6.0); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 58 overall with no band lower than 50; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 79 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 21, Listening: 12, Reading: 13 and Speaking: 18; or Equivalent approved English test
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Progression to further studies
If you successfully complete the Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development (F5002), you will be eligible for admission at entry point 2 into the Master of Urban Design and Development (F6006).
Other information
Complex urban challenges require design, development and planning professionals who are skilled, creative and entrepreneurial
The Urban Design and Development course at Monash Indonesia focuses on complex urban challenges involving climate change, environmental sustainability, social equality and technological transformations. It provides students with an opportunity to cultivate informed visions, practical projects, and strategic proposals that address such challenges in Indonesia and other parts of the rapidly urbanising world.
Real world projects
The course is powered by a transdisciplinary ethos and multisectoral outlook that keeps the real world firmly in view.
The curriculum is centred around experimental studio projects integrating environmental sciences, social sciences, data analytics, and humanities areas with design and development practices. The studios address pressing global, regional and national issues, and are coordinated with specialised lecture and seminar-based units on topics such as ecology, urban theory, smart cities, technology, governance, policy and regulation.
This approach is anchored in the everyday life and empirical realities of the city of Jakarta itself, and the towns, and extended settlement systems that surround it. The course works actively with governmental, industry, and civil society stakeholders to generate innovative projects that are tailored to local living environments.
Flexible study options
The Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development may be taken flexibly in full-time or part-time durations, with units delivered in hybrid, online and on-campus modes.
On completion of the Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development, you may progress to the Master of Urban Design and Development.
As a graduate of the Master of Urban Design and Development, you will be equipped with the conceptual, creative and technical skills to develop integrative solutions to the complex urban challenges resulting from climate change, environmental degradation and development inequalities.
Multidisciplinary participants
The course welcomes applicants with strong undergraduate and/or equivalent industry experience in relevant backgrounds such as architecture, urban design, urban and community development, urban planning, landscape architecture, environmental science, geography, and civil engineering.
Graduates will be equipped for employment in government departments, public enterprises, private development companies, and civil society organisations.
Common questions
How long is Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development?
1 years full time, 48 credit points. At 24 credit points a semester, that is 2 semesters of full-time study.
Where can I study Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development?
At Indonesia.
How do I plan my Graduate Diploma of Urban Design and Development units?
Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.