Highlights

  • Australia's no. 1 - QUT has been rated Australia's #1 university for media and communications studies (based on the QS World University Rankings by subject for communication and media studies, 2020-2023).
  • Cutting-edge course content - You'll learn all the latest skills in used in communications roles, such as understanding different audiences, digital media, understanding data and analytics, and plenty more.  
  • Tailor your degree - Choose the major that appeals most to you, combined with the second major, minor and electives that will steer your career in the right direction.  
  • Get real-world experience - You can work in industry to earn credit points towards your degree. You’ll also study with teachers in QUT’s world-leading Digital Media Research Centre. 

How to apply for the Bachelor of Communication

Our majors are all designed to help you harness the power of new and emerging communication platforms. Once in your degree, you'll be able to choose which of the following majors you'd like to pursue:

Why study a Bachelor of Communication?

The QUT Bachelor of Communication enables you to harness the power of media and communication platforms for meaningful global impact across a range of professions and industries. A career in communication changes the world.

Real-world learning 

Emerging media and communication technologies, like artificial intelligence, are rapidly changing job titles and career opportunities. In our degree, you not only develop a sophisticated understanding of the latest digital trends, platforms and technologies, but also cultivate a suite of highly transferable capabilities that strengthen your employability no matter what the future holds.

You’ll be working with industry experts as teachers, real-world clients providing briefs for assessment, and collaborating with other students as you will in the field. Along the way, you’ll learn from industry experts within the world-leading Digital Media Research Centre – QUT's home of groundbreaking insights and strategies in digital media and communications. 

As you work on assignments and projects, you can even submit your university works for recognition through industry partners. 

You’ll even be given a deep understanding of communicating and collaborating in the workplace, so you’ll have the professional skills necessary for a long and successful career. 

Flexible course options

With modern communications roles and career paths growing by the day, the demand is there for graduates with any number of specialisations and skill sets. To help support a diverse, strong cohort of graduates with unique capabilities, QUT lets you tailor your communication degree to suit your interests. 

You’ll be required to undertake: 

  • Bachelor of Communication core units 
  • A communication first major.

From there, you can add one of the following options to your studies: 

  • a second communication major 
  • two communication minors (shortened, condensed forms of studying majors) 
  • one communication minor and your chosen electives 
  • a series of chosen electives, tailored to your interests. 

Double degrees

With a double degree, you'll gain an even broader range of skills and knowledge and greater career flexibility. You can study communication in a variety of double degree settings: 

 

Highlights

  • Australia's no. 1 - QUT has been rated Australia's #1 university for media and communications studies (based on the QS World University Rankings by subject for communication and media studies, 2020-2023).
  • Cutting-edge course content - You'll learn all the latest skills in used in communications roles, such as understanding different audiences, digital media, understanding data and analytics, and plenty more.  
  • Tailor your degree - Choose the major that appeals most to you, combined with the second major, minor and electives that will steer your career in the right direction.  
  • Get real-world experience - You can work in industry to earn credit points towards your degree. You’ll also study with teachers in QUT’s world-leading Digital Media Research Centre. 

Why study a Bachelor of Communication?

The QUT Bachelor of Communication enables you to harness the power of media and communication platforms for meaningful global impact across a range of professions and industries. A career in communication changes the world.

Real-world learning 

Emerging media and communication technologies, like artificial intelligence, are rapidly changing job titles and career opportunities. In our degree, you not only develop a sophisticated understanding of the latest digital trends, platforms and technologies, but also cultivate a suite of highly transferable capabilities that strengthen your employability no matter what the future holds.

You’ll be working with industry experts as teachers, real-world clients providing briefs for assessment, and collaborating with other students as you will in the field. Along the way, you’ll learn from industry experts within the world-leading Digital Media Research Centre – QUT's home of groundbreaking insights and strategies in digital media and communications. 

As you work on assignments and projects, you can even submit your university works for recognition through industry partners. 

You’ll even be given a deep understanding of communicating and collaborating in the workplace, so you’ll have the professional skills necessary for a long and successful career. 

Flexible course options

With modern communications roles and career paths growing by the day, the demand is there for graduates with any number of specialisations and skill sets. To help support a diverse, strong cohort of graduates with unique capabilities, QUT lets you tailor your communication degree to suit your interests. 

You’ll be required to undertake: 

  • Bachelor of Communication core units 
  • A communication major (from the list below).

From there, you can add one of the following options to your studies: 

  • a second communication major (from the same list below) 
  • two communication minors (shortened, condensed forms of studying majors) 
  • one communication minor and your chosen electives 
  • a series of chosen electives, tailored to your interests. 

Double degrees

With a double degree, you'll gain an even broader range of skills and knowledge and greater career flexibility. You can study communication in a variety of double degree settings: 

 

As part of this course you must choose a major

Course pathway options

Graduates of the course/s listed below will be automatically offered a place in the Bachelor of Communication.

Customise your degree

'The flexibility of the communication degree was a strong motivator for me choosing to study at QUT. Through selecting majors, minors and complementary study units, you can customise the communication degree to suit your interests and career goals.'

Georgia Andersen

Learn from the best

'I chose to study in the School of Communication at QUT because I understand that it is extremely outstanding in the field and is well known by the industry.'

Panda Hui

Real collaboration

'I find that interdisciplinary collaboration is really important. I've met a lot of people with different backgrounds and skills and that allows us to draw together our expertise for our final projects.'

Yonas Ngaturi

Real collaboration

'I find that interdisciplinary collaboration is really important. I've met a lot of people with different backgrounds and skills and that allows us to draw together our expertise for our final projects.'

Yonas Ngaturi

Learn from the best

'I chose to study in the School of Communication at QUT because I understand that it is extremely outstanding in the field and is well known by the industry.'

Panda Hui

Customise your degree

'The flexibility of the communication degree was a strong motivator for me choosing to study at QUT. Through selecting majors, minors and complementary study units, you can customise the communication degree to suit your interests and career goals.'

Georgia Andersen

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