About
Design improves the quality of work and life, brings social and economic advantages to industry and community, and is central to the development of fulfilling citizenship and social innovation.
Our students and researchers are part of a sustainability-focused, multidisciplinary school with close connections to the design profession. Our courses explore new digital technologies within well-equipped workshops and studios that offer a unique hands-on university experience.
Study
Learn from the best, develop your skills in real industry settings and build connections for your future.
Engage
Gain access to our expertise, find next-generation talent or join our thriving alumni community.
Our people
Our staff collaborate on projects that lead to real-world impact and help shape the future.
Our research
Design Lab
We provoke, challenge and question the status quo, with our vision and mission to reimagine and redesign the future.
TextileR: Future Textile Industries
We seek to develop the cultural, technical, business, and social change needed to transform the way we produce and live with textiles.
More than Human Futures
We are a transdisciplinary research group leading a proactive, creative response to the unfolding planetary ecocide.
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
Our researchers collaborate in specialised groups and facilities across disciplines and institutions.
Creative Industries Precinct
The Creative Industries Precinct has been designed to shine a light on the creative process.
The precinct houses purpose-built teaching and learning spaces, including performance spaces, visual art galleries and music studios.
News and events
QUT and CareerTrackers collaborate on real-world learning for Indigenous students
A decade since becoming the first Australian university to sign a 10-year agreement with CareerTrackers, QUT is committing another three years to the national non-profit organisation which links Indigenous university students with private sector internship opportunities.
Concrete plan needed for Brisbane 2032 housing legacy
New QUT research has called for a formal Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games housing legacy plan to help ease the region’s housing crisis by prioritising increased social and affordable housing before and after the Games.