设计学科作为一门复杂的交叉型学科,其学科体系复杂而庞大,要学好这样一门学科,在教师讲解课程项目的练习之外,参与设计讲座无疑是最为普遍、最有收获的学习方式。处于不同文化背景、不同教育环境下的中国和澳洲院校,在设计教育讲座的开设上也同样表现出了各自的特点:澳洲院校对于专业能力的侧重,以及中国院校对于人文素养的注重。本文通过对中澳设计讲座学术交流的差异性进行客观比较,希望挖掘藏于其下的深层次意义。 Design disciplines as a complex cross-disciplinary, its subject system is complex and huge, to learn such a discipline, in addition to the teacher to explain the practice of the curriculum, the design lecture is undoubtedly the most common and most rewarding way of learning. Chinese and Australian institutions in different cultural backgrounds and different educational environments also exhibit their own characteristics in the opening of design education lectures: the focus of Australian institutions on professional competence and the emphasis placed on humanistic accomplishments by Chinese institutions . This article objectively compares the differences in the academic exchanges between China and Australia in designing lectures and hopes to find out the deep meaning hidden under them.