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'I originally chose a double degree for employability, and QUT had a great reputation for both law and business, as well as work integrated learning. I'm finding there's plenty of cross-over between work and uni. I'm using the skills and knowledge I've gained at QUT at work, and work has given me skills like professional writing that I’ve been able to use with my uni assignments.'
Recognising high achievers
The scholarship I received for academic excellence gave me access to a network of driven people as well as workshops for leadership and personal development, which helped me grow in my early years of university. The scholarship provides substantial support financially but the experiences that accompany it have benefited me the most. Some of my best friends are the people I met through my scholarship program.
A day in the life
'My business degree complements my law degree - one day I can be looking at financial litigation for a business, and the next day I can be looking at how those finances were actually calculated.'
Global opportunities
'I have always been passionate about law, media and politics, so a double degree in law and business was a no-brainer. The practical training at QUT prepared me for the challenges of my career. After graduating I moved to Qatar to work on one of the world’s largest road infrastructure programs. I’m now in Melbourne developing community and stakeholder engagement strategy for a major infrastructure project.'
Career oriented learning
'I originally chose a double degree for employability, and QUT had a great reputation for both law and business, as well as work integrated learning. I'm finding there's plenty of cross-over between work and uni. I'm using the skills and knowledge I've gained at QUT at work, and work has given me skills like professional writing that I’ve been able to use with my uni assignments.'
Recognising high achievers
The scholarship I received for academic excellence gave me access to a network of driven people as well as workshops for leadership and personal development, which helped me grow in my early years of university. The scholarship provides substantial support financially but the experiences that accompany it have benefited me the most. Some of my best friends are the people I met through my scholarship program.
A day in the life
'My business degree complements my law degree - one day I can be looking at financial litigation for a business, and the next day I can be looking at how those finances were actually calculated.'
Global opportunities
'I have always been passionate about law, media and politics, so a double degree in law and business was a no-brainer. The practical training at QUT prepared me for the challenges of my career. After graduating I moved to Qatar to work on one of the world’s largest road infrastructure programs. I’m now in Melbourne developing community and stakeholder engagement strategy for a major infrastructure project.'
Highlights
- Gain a valuable commercial perspective, ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance law, taxation law, insolvency practice and intellectual property law.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
- Benefit from meaningful connections with high profile industry employers and classes with leading and internationally renowned law experts.
- Attend classes with leading and expert teachers.
- Join work placements and hands-on learning experiences that will prepare you for the real world of law.
- Explore international study and placement opportunities during your studies.
- Enjoy inner city facilities including the QUT Law Library and courtrooms.
- Access a range of scholarships and support to assist you with your studies, life at uni and preparation for your career.
Highlights
- Gain a valuable commercial perspective, ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance law, taxation law, insolvency practice and intellectual property law.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
- Benefit from meaningful connections with high profile industry employers and classes with leading and internationally renowned law experts.
- Attend classes with leading and expert teachers.
- Join work placements and hands-on learning experiences that will prepare you for the real world of law.
- Explore international study and placement opportunities during your studies.
- Enjoy inner city facilities including the QUT Law Library and courtrooms.
- Access a range of scholarships and support to assist you with your studies, life at uni and preparation for your career.
Why choose this course?
This course is one of the most popular double degrees because of the variety of options it offers to graduates. A business and law double degree offers a powerful combination of business and law skills that provides a broad base of commercial knowledge and will enhance your career in the law or business environments. Your business knowledge and skills will provide a valuable commercial perspective ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law, company takeovers, corporate governance, taxation law and intellectual property law.
Business majors include accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, management, marketing, human resource management, international business and public relations, giving a broad range of specialty areas to focus your career on. Accounting is a popular complementary choice of major for business/law students, providing you with formal recognition from peak bodies in both professions.
QUT’s contemporary law degree prepares you to think ahead and allows you to take advantage of employment opportunities in growth areas or newly emerging sectors, such as intellectual property and technology.
QUT Law is also dedicated to your successful career in legal practice as we are Brisbane’s only university to offer a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice course.
Real-world learning
You will study a combination of business and law units in the first four years, with law and elective units only in the final three semesters.
Your business course consists of eight core units to give you a broad-based introduction to business principles and a chance to sample a major before you finalise your selection. You will study eight units of your chosen major.
Through the law component of your double degree, you will gain advanced knowledge and skills in commercial remedies, contract law, corporate law, real property law, dispute resolution, the law of torts (negligence, damages and no-fault compensation schemes), legal interviewing, problem solving, criminal law, equity and trusts, evidence, ethics and the variety of contexts in which Australian law operates.
You will also have a number of introductory, general and advanced law electives available to specialise in a certain area of the law and gain hands-on experience in the real world.
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Assessment items or practicum
Designed in consultation with industry to ensure you acquire a strong foundation of knowledge and experience, our law programs support and develop students to successfully transition from university to their legal career.
Students benefit from innovative, scholarly teaching and learning through:
- progressive assessments and open book exams
- an emphasis on independent learning and research skills
- small groups in core subjects
- practical skills and industry connections from work placements, industry projects, mock trials, mooting competitions and analysis of real cases and legislation.
Careers and outcomes
This double degree offers you the ultimate in career choice. You may find employment as a solicitor, in-house lawyer, Crown Law officer, corporate secretary, policy officer or public servant, or take on roles in business or industry such as an accountant or merchant banker. Your business degree will give you a broad base of commercial knowledge, making you more attractive to employers in legal environments.
Our graduates have an excellent track record of securing exciting positions. Legal career options include private practice, in-house counsel, government (local, state, federal), ministerial adviser, researcher in parliamentary libraries, court registrar, public prosecutor, public defender (Legal Aid), crown lawyer (civil litigation), community legal centres, alternative dispute resolution, legal academic, law librarian and legal publishing.
This course is ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance law, taxation law, insolvency practice and intellectual property law.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is accredited by the Legal Practitioners' Admissions Board (LPAB). To become a solicitor or barrister, you will need to complete practical legal training (PLT) and pass the Bar Exams. QUT offers PLT through our Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
Please refer to the Bachelor of Business online course information for professional recognition details on your intended business major.
Research pathways
QUT’s Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is a higher-level qualification than a bachelor degree, as it has honours-level content integrated throughout the course. The advanced knowledge and skills in this course will benefit your professional career, or future research and study.
Possible careers
- Accountant
- Advertising professional
- Banker
- Banking and finance professional
- Business analyst
- Commercialisation officer
- Corporate secretary
- Crown law officer
- Digital economy lawyer
- Economist
- Financial advisor/analyst
- Financial project manager
- Funds manager
- In-house lawyer
- International business specialist
- Investment manager
- Lawyer
- Manager
- Market research manager
- Marketing officer/manager
- Policy officer
- Risk manager
- Solicitor
- Stockbroker
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 84.00
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
- ID43
- QTAC code
- 419222
- CRICOS code
- 083022G
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- Online
- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 5.5 years full-time
- 11 years part-time
- 5.5 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)
And for Accountancy, Behavioural Economics, Finance, Financial Planning, Economics, and Marketing majors: General Mathematics, or Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C).
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 87.00 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
98.05
|
Selection rank
99.95
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
89.95
|
Selection rank
91.45
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
79.15
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Selection rank
87.00
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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).
I completed my studies outside of Australia
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
- 84.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 87.00 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
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2024 fees
2024: CSP $16,400 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $32,900 per year full-time (96 credit points)
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.
Corporate Partners in Excellence (CPIE) Scholarship - commencing students
A scholarship for future undergraduate students in business, seeking a competitive edge to launch their career.
- 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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