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
Storyteller and Spotify music champion named Outstanding Indigenous Australian Alumnus
Writer, director, producer and music curator Dr Alethea Beetson has been named the 2026 QUT Outstanding Indigenous Australian Alumnus for her contribution to arts, culture and storytelling, and her work amplifying young First Nations voices.
Outstanding Alumnus award for global clean energy and road safety leader
International business executive Ravin Mirchandani has been named a 2026 QUT Outstanding Alumnus for his leadership across the technology, clean energy, manufacturing, infrastructure and road safety sectors in Australia, Asia and Europe.