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- Equip yourself with theoretical and practical knowledge across various business disciplines to develop a deep understanding of your chosen Business speciality.
- Further your data analytics skills and become proficient in processing, analysing, and visualising complex data sets, using various data analytics tools and techniques.
- Graduate from this course with a wide range of career opportunities in industries such as banking and finance, media, and communications.
Highlights
- Equip yourself with theoretical and practical knowledge across various business disciplines to develop a deep understanding of your chosen Business speciality.
- Further your data analytics skills and become proficient in processing, analysing, and visualising complex data sets, using various data analytics tools and techniques.
- Graduate from this course with a wide range of career opportunities in industries such as banking and finance, media, and communications.
- QUT is Australia's top research institution for Data Mining and Analysis (Australian Research Magazine 2024).
Why choose this course?
By pursuing this double degree, you can combine your business acumen with advanced skills in data analytics. The program provides a strong foundation in business and will allow you to choose your specialisation from a list of 12 majors.
In your final year, you will gain proficiency in various data analytics tools and techniques, empowering you to generate insights that drive decision-making and optimise business performance. The ability to harness data for strategic decision-making is increasingly valuable in today's data-driven business landscape.
Real-world learning
As part of our Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program, you'll have the opportunity to work on real-world projects, engage with industry professionals and complete professional work placements. Experience can make a big difference when entering the industry. With real-world client projects and the assistance of our WIL team, you'll graduate with a portfolio of valuable, real-world experience to impress any potential employer.
QUT Business School currently has more than 1,200 active partners across all sectors and is well known for its strong industry connections to local, national and international business communities. These connections mean learning experiences are designed and delivered in partnership with teaching, research and industry experts. As a business student, you'll engage in authentic and innovative learning experiences that translate to real-world business environments, reflecting a variety of current business settings. You'll also pitch to real businesses, explore live cases, apply insightful frameworks and generate solutions to contemporary business problems.
Get a taste of groundbreaking research during your degree
During this degree, you can try your hand at research by undertaking a paid project for approximately 6-10 weeks under the Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES). This allows you to contribute to a real research project, collaborate with active researchers, gain first-hand experience and decide if a research career is for you.
Learn from the best
This course is designed to specifically meet industry needs. Our academics are world leaders in research and have strong industry ties that ensure the relevance of teaching material and high-quality learning experiences for students.
Academics teaching in this course also work on ground-breaking research in the QUT Centre for Data Science and have a wide range of real-world experience in finance, government policy-making and in industry, so their teaching reflects current thinking and is based on practical situations and outcomes. These links also provide access to guest lecturers, who add their own experiences and challenges to your learning and thinking.
Explore this course
This vertical double degree will provide you with a comprehensive Business and Data Analytics education. You will acquire a solid foundation in business during your undergraduate studies and enhance your analytical skills in the postgraduate component.
This course will equip you with the skills to generate valuable insights that drive decision-making and enhance business performance in diverse sectors.
Business component
Prepare yourself to thrive in the changing world of business with a future-focused degree from a business school in the top one per cent worldwide. A business degree from QUT Business School is the perfect place to start your journey. Our real-world courses will equip you to confidently step into your career and explore new opportunities. You will engage with authentic and applied learning from your first semester with QUT Business School and our partners. You’ll develop skills, gain valuable experience and build confidence throughout your course to transition to your professional career.
Explore the Bachelor of Business
Data Analytics component
The postgraduate component will prepare you for a future-focused career in the fast-paced, ever-changing world of data analytics. With a collaborative curriculum across disciplines, you’ll learn theories and methods and apply that knowledge to predict, forecast, visualise and make decisions in a range of applied areas. You will study specialist units in advanced statistical data analysis and stochastic modelling, data manipulation and transformation, data mining and machine learning techniques, and analytics for information professionals.
Customise your degree
This course offers you the flexibility to customise your degree based on your interests and career goals.
Bachelor of Business majors:
Accounting
Advertising
Behavioural Economic
Economics
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Finance
Financial Planning
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management
Marketing
Public Relations
Master of Data Analytics majors:
Biomedical Data Science
Statistical Data Science
Computational Data Science
Plus a "No Major" option.
Careers and outcomes
With a growing demand for data-savvy business professionals with strong analytical skill sets, as a graduate of this course, you'll enter the job market with a competitive edge.
You will have diverse career opportunities in industries such as banking and finance, media, and communications. You will be well-equipped to work in roles that require a combination of business knowledge and data analytics skills.
Professional recognition
Of the 13,670 schools offering business degree programs worldwide, QUT is one of only three Australian business schools to be awarded triple international accreditation. Less than 1% of all business schools globally have achieved triple accreditation, and we're proud to be part of this distinguished group. With this stamp of approval, you’ll be connecting with a business school that delivers recognised and exceptional real-world opportunities.
Early exit
For those who wish to exit the course early, there are two options available. Upon completion of the required units, students can exit with a Bachelor of Business degree. Alternatively, students may be able to exit with a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics, which provides a recognised qualification in the field of data analytics.
These early exit options provide flexibility for students who may wish to enter the workforce or pursue further studies at different stages of their academic journey.
Possible careers
- Business analyst
- Business development officer
- Business intelligence specialist
- Data analyst
- Financial analyst
- Management analyst
- Marketing analytics manager
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 80.00
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
- BV06
- QTAC code
- 419762
- CRICOS code
- 114469D
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- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 4 years full-time
- 8 years part-time
- 4 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 84.00 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
As this is a new course, Semester 1, 2023 information is not available.
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
- 80.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 84.00 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 $13,100 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $35,100 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.
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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