Faculty of Design and Creative TechnologiesTe Ara Auaha

AUT’s Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha recognises that design as a discipline is central to advancing transdisciplinary learning and research at university level. The faculty houses five very distinct discipline areas: architecture and built environment, art and design, creative technologies, communication studies, and engineering, computer and mathematical sciences.

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Senior Lecturer Priscila Besen smiling for photo outside of AUT City Campus.

AUT’s Priscila Besen at COP30

Architecture and built environment
The senior lecturer in sustainable architecture spoke to the Science Media Centre ahead of attending the 30th UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
City Campus at AUT in summer

AUT Marsden and Mana Tūāpapa success

Business
AUT academics have been recognised in 2025’s Marsden Fund and Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowships.
AUT Dr Hazel smiling with blue sky backdrop.

$820k fellowship for Dr Hazel Abraham 

Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
AUT’s Dr Hazel Abraham is “humbled” to be the recipient of a Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Displaced Palestinians in Al-Mawasi crowd to get rice meals from (Al-Takiya) due to the lack of flour and also the lack of entry of aid, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 29, 2024.

AUT disaster response expert on Gaza

Architecture and built environment
AUT’s Professor Regan Potangaroa, a global expert in humanitarian engineering, has been involved in more than 200 UN deployments in 22 countries.

Research within our schools

At AUT's Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, we believe in high-quality research that has impact, and have world-class researchers and research strengths across the following areas:

Residency programme for creative practitioners from France

The Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies hosts a French art or design professional each year under the Te Ataata Residency programme. Learn more about the faculty's residency programme and its aims on the link below.

Te Ataata Residency programme

Contact details

Find contact details and location information for the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies on the link below.

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Courses offered

AUT's Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies offers a wide range of world-class creative, engineering and technology programmes at all study levels, from certificate to doctoral degree.

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Celebrating Māori & Pacific success

Our Mana tangata, Mana whenua, Mana moana website celebrates Māori and Pacific success in our faculty. It showcases both academic and professional staff, and our connection to the communities we come from and serve.

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