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Creative Industries faculty member Dean Brough introduces you to the Bachelor of Creative Industries. Learn more about what this course offers you.
Student showcase highlights
Explore the imagination of our Bachelor of Creative Industries graduates, as they work together to produce experiential prototypes at the nexus of art, technology and science.
On-the-job learning
Film making, digital marketing, branding...it’s all part of QUT Creative Industries student Felicity’s on-the-job degree learning at radio station 96five.
Real-world projects
Our Bachelor of Creative Industries students worked together to create exciting ideas for a Brisbane creative site, and pitched to an industry partner, Economic Development Queensland.
From creative industries to 'Girl Geeks'
Girl Geek Academy Co-Founders Sarah Moran and Lisy Kane are on a mission to improve gender equality in tech start-ups and the gaming industry.
Business skills for the creative world
Dead Puppet Society fuses traditional and modern creating deeply imaginative theatre where old school meets the modern. Pioneered by QUT alumni David Moreton and Nicholas Paine, DPS is a production house and design company that divides it’s time between Brisbane and New York City.
Introduction to the Bachelor of Creative Industries
Creative Industries faculty member Dean Brough introduces you to the Bachelor of Creative Industries. Learn more about what this course offers you.
Student showcase highlights
Explore the imagination of our Bachelor of Creative Industries graduates, as they work together to produce experiential prototypes at the nexus of art, technology and science.
Real career outcomes
'As a graduate, I always envisioned a career in marketing and communication, and my passion for films and the entertainment industry perfectly aligned with securing a job at The Walt Disney Company in Singapore. I highly recommend QUT to others based on the valuable learnings I gained and the connections I made. My favourite aspects of the course included the learning and application components, industry project experiences, and the final year capstone project.'
Bachelor of Creative Industries graduate
Equipped for the workforce
'QUT really prepared me well for my career as I now work as a producer on a number of popular TV programs at ViuTV in Hong Kong. I was looking for a high-ranking university to start a career path in television and movie production, and that's what QUT delivered. QUT's courses are both theory based and industry focused, training students to be all-round professionals, including movie analysis, cinematography, lighting, colour, sound, directing, production and much more. I completed my course internship in my home city and it was great to apply what I'd learnt in a real-world industrial setting as well as interacting with professionals in the workplace.'
Bachelor of Creative Industries
Real-world experience
'I loved that QUT provided me with the knowledge and skills that will benefit me in the real world. I enjoyed the work integrated learning units because I got to use my skills in a practical setting which gave me a better understanding of the industry.'
'Now that I have graduated my dream is to open my own photo studio in the future somewhere along the Australian coast.'
Bachelor of Creative Industries graduate
On-the-job learning
Film making, digital marketing, branding...it’s all part of QUT Creative Industries student Felicity’s on-the-job degree learning at radio station 96five.
From creative industries to 'Girl Geeks'
Girl Geek Academy Co-Founders Sarah Moran and Lisy Kane are on a mission to improve gender equality in tech start-ups and the gaming industry.
Highlights
- Study online or on campus.
- Build a unique creative career that taps into your passions and aspirations.
- Prepare to turn creative employment and entrepreneurial opportunities into real career outcomes.
- Learn through industry partnerships and networking, and interdisciplinary work.
- Choose from one of eight first majors to develop your creative thinking and innovation.
- Tailor your degree to suit your area of interest.
Highlights
- Build a unique creative career that taps into your passions and aspirations.
- Prepare to turn creative employment and entrepreneurial opportunities into real career outcomes.
- Learn through industry partnerships and networking, and interdisciplinary work.
- Choose from one of eight first majors to develop your creative thinking and innovation.
- Tailor your degree to suit your area of interest.
Why choose this course?
Problem solving, critical thinking and innovation are now the top three skills employers look for and these vital skills can be applied to a wide range of commercial organisations. The first degree of its kind, our Bachelor of Creative Industries (BCI) allows you to develop your own creative niche by providing diverse knowledge, creativity and practical skills across a range of selected creative disciplines.
The Bachelor of Creative Industries can help you to develop your own creative niche across a range of majors, with the agility you need to keep creating, adapting and innovating as the world continues to evolve.
Real-world learning
You’ll be prepared for the real world with studio-based learning, skills in entrepreneurship, real industry challenges, work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities and links to creative start-ups. With a focus on transferable skills in enterprise and entrepreneurship, working on projects with industry partners like the World Science Festival, Brisbane Open House, Beyond Zero Emissions, Starlight Children's Foundation Australia and Australian Parents for Climate Action in a common final year capstone experience, you’ll have a head start to succeed in a career with flexibility.
Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it’s like to study creative industries and where a QUT degree can take you.
Explore this course
You can’t pigeon-hole creativity. That’s why QUT has designed a degree that combines a range of interdisciplinary skills. The Bachelor of Creative Industries lets you dive into a melting pot of amazing possibilities and absorb the aspects of creativity that are right for you. It sets you up with skills and experiences to create your own opportunities and career outcomes in the creative sector and beyond.
Flexible delivery
The course offers flexibility by allowing you to choose a combination of study areas to suit your individual creative interests and career aspirations.
Early in your degree, you’ll choose introductory units that will help you experience your preferred majors or explore Indigenous perspectives. Using this experience, you then decide upon a Bachelor of Creative Industries major from:
- creative and professional writing
- drama and performance
- entertainment (discontinued)*
- fashion communication
- interactive and visual design
- media and communication
- music and sound
- screen content production
To complement your chosen major, you may select a second major. All the primary majors listed above can be studied as second majors as well as animation, architectural studies, art and design history, industrial design studies, interiors, journalism, landscape design or visual communication.
Alternatively, you can add minors electives from across QUT (such as advertising, entrepreneurship, integrated marketing communication, marketing, online environments or public relations) to your chosen major to develop a wide breath of knowledge across several discipline areas. *No commencing students will be admitted to this major beyond 2023.
Double degrees
Combine two bachelor degrees into a single course of study. A double degree allows you to specialise in two fields and pursue different interest areas, gaining a broader range of skills and knowledge, and giving you a competitive advantage and greater career flexibility. This is a popular option for students seeking careers in support roles within the creative industries, or those wanting to work in creative, design or communication roles within other industries.
Consider a double degree with Creative Industries in:
- Business to gain knowledge and skills to add business acumen to creative endeavours, and creative flair to traditional organisations. Careers include entertainment industries producer, events manager, creative entrepreneur or social media marketer.
- Law where your creative industries and legal qualifications position you for a career as an in-house lawyer for cultural institutions, government or regulatory bodies, or as a lawyer with special interests in creative industries.
- Human Services (Health) and use your expertise in careers in youth arts, disability arts, rehabilitation in corrective services, or community and cultural development.
- Information Technology merging your creative and imaginative skills with sophisticated and innovative critical thinking will give you opportunities in content production, communications, graphic design and games development.
- Data Science to use knowledge of data science tools and techniques to develop your own creative entrepreneurial niche.
Careers and outcomes
This course equips you with the creative skills, knowledge and connections to pursue a career in the creative industries and beyond. Some career options are:
- events and festivals coordinator/producer—an entertainment major with additional studies in film, entrepreneurship, public relations, or tourism and entertainment marketing
- digital communicator—majors in interactive and visual design, and advertising, or media and communication
- fashion marketer—a major in fashion communication with additional studies in media and communication, digital media, marketing or public relations
- media producer—a major in media and communication with additional studies in digital media, entertainment, management or interactive and visual design
- qualified teacher—studies in dance; drama; film, television and screen; music; visual arts; combined with a Master of Teaching.
Possible careers
- Branding specialist
- Campaign manager
- Communication strategist
- Creative entrepreneur
- Creative writer
- Digital communication specialist
- Digital content producer
- Drama teacher
- Entertainment entrepreneur
- Events and festivals coordinator
- Fashion marketer
- Graphic designer
- Media producer
- Media or communications adviser
- Multimedia designer
- Music agent
- Music publisher
- Organisational communication specialist
- Publicist
- Stage manager
- Theatre professionals
- Web designer
Your course
The core of the program centres on Creative Enterprise studios that offer authentic, problem-based activities, coupled with work integrated learning, skills in entrepreneurship and commercial links that engage in creative start-ups. Early in your degree, you choose 24 credit points of introductory units to experience your preferred majors, with the option to undertake defined breadth units in other relevant areas. Using this experience, you then decide upon a creative industries major, and from there you may select a second major to develop a significant depth of knowledge and skill in two discipline areas. Alternatively, you might prefer to develop a wide breath of knowledge across several discipline areas by adding minors and unit options (electives) to your chosen creative industries major.
To meet the course requirements of the Bachelor of Creative Industries, you must complete:
- Core units - 72 credit points
- Creative Industries introductory units - 24 credit points
- A Creative Industries major - 96 credit points from one of the specified majors including: Creative and Professional Writing; Media and Communication; Drama and Performance; Entertainment; Fashion Communication; Interactive and Visual Design; Music and Sound; and Screen Content Production.
- Complementary studies - one 96 credit point second major, or two 48 credit point minors, or one 48 credit point minor and four unit options (electives).
Please note:
- Online units may require participation in online activities scheduled Monday to Friday, 8am to 10pm Australian Eastern Standard time.
- Not all units are available via the online mode.
- Students with advanced standing may not be able to complete via the online mode until end 2022.
Study overseas
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area, depending on how they match with your QUT course. Saving your electives for exchange will allow you the most flexibility.
Your course
The core of the program centres on Creative Enterprise studios that offer authentic, problem-based activities, coupled with work integrated learning, skills in entrepreneurship and commercial links that engage in creative start-ups. Early in your degree, you choose 24 credit points of introductory units to experience your preferred majors, with the option to undertake defined breadth units in other relevant areas. Using this experience, you then decide upon a creative industries major, and from there you may select a second major to develop a significant depth of knowledge and skill in two discipline areas. Alternatively, you might prefer to develop a wide breath of knowledge across several discipline areas by adding minors and unit options (electives) to your chosen creative industries major.
To meet the course requirements of the Bachelor of Creative Industries, you must complete:
- Core units - 72 credit points
- Creative Industries introductory units - 24 credit points
- A Creative Industries major - 96 credit points from one of the specified majors including: Creative and Professional Writing; Media and Communication; Drama and Performance; Entertainment; Fashion Communication; Interactive and Visual Design; Music and Sound; and Screen Content Production.
- Complementary studies - one 96 credit point second major, or two 48 credit point minors, or one 48 credit point minor and four unit options (electives).
Study overseas
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area, depending on how they match with your QUT course. Saving your electives for exchange will allow you the most flexibility.
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 70.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- KK43
- QTAC code
- 421192
- CRICOS code
- 056186M
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- Online
- Kelvin Grove
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- Kelvin Grove
- 3 years full-time
- 6 years part-time
- 3 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
Year 12 early offer scheme
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student, you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12, before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Helping you to get into your course
If you don't think your ATAR or selection rank is high enough to get into this course, you can guarantee your entry with guaranteed advanced standing by upgrading through one the following programs which you can select as one of your QTAC preferences:
QUT College Diplomas
As a QUT College Diploma in Entrepreneurship (creative industries pathway), or Esports (creative industries pathway) graduate you will automatically receive an offer to start the Bachelor of Communication within one week after completion of the diploma. You will also automatically receive up to 1.0 year (96 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 2 years as a full-time student (or equivalent part-time).
Find out more about the QUT College Diploma in Entrepreneurship
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 70.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2023
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
99.20
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Selection rank
99.95
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
80.53
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Selection rank
82.33
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
70.30
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Selection rank
70.30
|
You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
- ATAR/selection rank
- 70.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 70.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTE Academic/PTE Academic Online | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| IELTS Academic / IELTS Online / IELTS One Skills Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| TOEFL iBT / Home / Paper | 79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP fees available from September
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. (Screen Content Production students only). Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. (Screen Content Production students only). Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
2024 fees
2024: CSP $11,700 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. (Screen Content Production students only). Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
2024 fees
2024: $34,700 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. (Screen Content Production students only). Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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