The Master of Architecture at the University of Sydney builds on the skills acquired in undergraduate degree and prepares students for registration as an architect. This degree produces graduates who are forward thinking, adaptable and at the forefront of the changing trends of the architecture industry. Students will be challenged to expand conceptual and creative skills while being grounded in the professional requirements essential for practice after graduation.This degree operates around a series of studios that require students to engage at a graduate level with projects with an emphasis on research, design and vision. Student work is defined by the rigours of industry practice and surveys the social, environmental, practical and aesthetic needs of the brief while working within the larger context of architectural theory and philosophy. Students will also develop expertise across design, technology and theory which will form the basis of approach and response to architectural projects and practice. There is one studio per semester as follows:Urban Architecture, Sustainable Architecture, Digital Architecture and a Graduation Studio.The first three studios lead to the Graduation Studio in the final semester of study which is a based around a largely self-driven project. Students also undertake subjects that explore the historical, technological and theoretical aspects of architecture and investigate the critical issues facing contemporary architectural design.