Course General Description

The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Design (GCED) is a flexible course that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to assess and improve environmental performance in the built environment. This is a flexible course that offers multiple streams across all disciplines in the built environment, allowing you to tailor the course to your specific needs. The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council and the Green Building Council of Australia support the GCED and its interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to environmental performance in the built environment by providing data for assignments, contributing to course content and lectures, and providing opportunities for research.

School General Description

When the University of Melbourne was established in 1853, it was a mere cluster of buildings in a large park on the fringe of the city, with four professors and 16 students. The university now sits at the heart of a thriving international city and is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world and number one in Australia. Over 8,000 academic and professional staff support a vibrant student body of more than 48,000, including 13,000 international students from over 130 countries around the world. Four Australian prime ministers and five governors-general have graduated from the University of Melbourne, located in the city dubbed Australia’s “cultural capital”. Indeed, Melbourne is a seven times winner of the Economist’s World’s Most Livable City award, and is a UNESCO City of Literature, as well as the birthplace of Australian rules football and a major center for street art, music, and theatre.