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'I love that I’m learning directing skills one moment, then three hours later I’m in class exploring radical theater practice, and after that I’m designing a set for a show. I love that I can do everything, and I'm growing in so many different directions at once. I feel like that’s a well-rounded portfolio for my career.'
Drama student
Bringing creativity to the classroom
'I studied my education degree alongside drama, and I chose this combination because I wanted a practical subject in my teacher toolkit. Drama is a great subject with tools to adapt a regular classroom into a more engaging space that students enjoy. I'm passionate about nurturing the next generation, helping them find their rhythm in the classroom.'
Secondary education and drama graduate
Build a versatile creative skillset
'I chose QUT’s Bachelor of Creative Arts because its unique mix of theoretical and practical learning allowing me to explore different approaches, topics and creative roles within drama. At QUT, I value the welcoming teaching staff, respectful learning environment and excellent facilities, including drama studios, study spaces, the library and industry-standard technology. Together, these experiences have helped me broaden my perspective and develop a versatile creative skillset.'
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) student
Real-world creative practice
'I love that I’m learning directing skills one moment, then three hours later I’m in class exploring radical theater practice, and after that I’m designing a set for a show. I love that I can do everything, and I'm growing in so many different directions at once. I feel like that’s a well-rounded portfolio for my career.'
Drama student
Bringing creativity to the classroom
'I studied my education degree alongside drama, and I chose this combination because I wanted a practical subject in my teacher toolkit. Drama is a great subject with tools to adapt a regular classroom into a more engaging space that students enjoy. I'm passionate about nurturing the next generation, helping them find their rhythm in the classroom.'
Secondary education and drama graduate
Highlights
- Develop practical skills across performance, directing, creative production and live performance technology, while building your own creative practice.
- Build skills in creative and cultural leadership, collaboration and communication through practical projects and performance experiences.
- Explore how drama can connect with communities and contemporary social contexts through facilitation and creative community engagement.
- Gain experience with industry-focused projects and assessment designed to develop your professional practice and prepare you for a career in the creative industries.
- Develop greater creative independence as you progress through the degree.
- Tailor your degree with a second major, minors, extensions and electives to broaden your skills and career opportunities.
Highlights
- Develop transferable skills in leadership and team building, with opportunities to immerse yourself in the real-world through internships and projects related to your career focus.
- Connect with a vibrant community at the QUT Creative Industries Precinct, with opportunities to build your professional networks through student clubs and industry connections.
- Undertake a live performance outcome each year, guided by experienced directors and industry professionals and learn skills in how to plan, develop, perform and produce live events.
- A flexible and comprehensive drama program with the unique ability to expand your skillset with a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives to reach your dream career outcomes.
- Unique course structure allows you to combine creative disciplines together to develop transferable skills across a range of industries.
Why choose this course?
Launch your creative career at Queensland’s top-ranked university for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026).
In this three-year degree you will build on your passion for drama while developing the creative, technical and professional skills to respond to a changing theatre and performance sector. Explore contemporary creative practice, technology, leadership and industry engagement while developing a diverse range of skills for your future career.
If you are interested in directing, performance making, teaching artistry, devising, production design or performing, this course is for you. Explore creative production, creative and cultural leadership, arts and community engagement, and live performance technology. These skills can prepare you to work across traditional, contemporary and emerging forms of theatre and performance.
Previous graduates have had a dynamic impact on the development of the Australian creative industries sector. Our most recent graduates are at the heart of the exciting growth in the independent theatre sector in Australia.
Graduates of this course, many taking on leadership roles, work at prestigious local, national and international festivals and venues, including:
- Queensland Theatre
- La Boite Theatre
- Brisbane Festival
- Sydney Opera House
- Battersea Arts Centre
- The Lincoln Center.
Our students have excelled on stage and across the screen and music industries, highlighting the diverse career outcomes from this course.
Tailor your drama degree for your future with a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives.
Real-world learning
As a graduate of the QUT Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) degree, you will be part of an active creative community and gain real-world experience through practical learning and industry-focused projects.
You'll learn from industry professionals who are making performances right now, whose expertise and passion will inspire and guide you towards your chosen career path.
You'll collaborate across disciplines and bring different creative skills and perspectives together through practical projects. This reflects the way contemporary performance is created and gives you experience working with others to develop ideas and creative outcomes.
Industry-focused projects and assessment will give you opportunities to apply your skills in real-world contexts and develop work for your portfolio.
Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it's like to study creative arts and where a QUT degree can take you.
Real-world learning
As a graduate of the QUT Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) degree, you will be part of an active creative community and gain real-world learning with skills and knowledge to prepare you for work in the creative arts and many other industries anywhere in the world.
You'll learn from industry professionals who are making performances right now, whose expertise and passion will inspire and guide you towards your chosen career path.
The flexible nature of the course means you can combine creative experiences in performance making with other creative field studies such as theoretical studies, production design, teaching and more. This will allow you to get the most from classroom learning as you connect with contemporary performance both nationally and globally.
Explore this course
This course offers you the opportunity to explore many roles onstage and behind the scenes as you investigate what makes drama tick. You will combine theory, skills and practice as you explore theatre and performance and collaborate with others to create new work. You'll build strong foundations in drama and performance while exploring live performance technology, drama facilitation and creative community engagement, and script and performance analysis. You'll develop your skills across directing, performance and creative leadership, while exploring contemporary and emerging approaches to theatre and performance.
As you progress through the course, you'll take greater ownership of your creative practice and develop work that reflects contemporary industry practice. You'll explore theatre industries, engagement, and bring together your skills and interests through performance projects.
You will also build skills in areas such as critical and creative thinking, self-awareness and digital fluency which will prepare you for a rapidly changing future with QUT You units.
The drama degree offers pathways into the Master of Teaching course and double degree options. Check the entry requirements for specific teaching courses.
Double degrees
Combine your Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) degree with a second study area for greater career flexibility and opportunities in other industries.
Considering a double degree can open doors to exciting and diverse career paths:
- behavioural science (psychology): combine your passion for creativity with psychology for an innovative career as a creative counsellor, art therapist or practitioner
- business: develop a career in performing arts marketing and management
- law: use your skills for a career as an in-house lawyer, solicitor in private practice, policy adviser, intellectual property lawyer supporting creative arts businesses and entertainment law
- education (secondary): combine your interests in the arts and education to prepare you to teach in secondary schools and other education environments. Additional entry requirements apply to the Bachelor of Education.
Careers and outcomes
As a multiskilled graduate you will be prepared to build a career across the creative industries and related fields. Our graduates create new performance work, bring people together and find new ways to engage audiences and communities. They continue to make a dynamic contribution to the Australian creative industries, working across performance, creative production, education and other areas of professional practice.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) course have established careers as artists, producers, arts educators, theatre and performance researchers, playwrights, artistic directors, directors, designers and performers.
If teaching is your ambition, this course can be also followed with a graduate-entry teacher education Master of Teaching courses which enables you to become a qualified teacher. Check the entry requirements for specific teaching courses.
Pathways also exist to prepare you for further study including research.
Possible careers
- Acting/theatre/drama teacher
- Actor
- Artistic director
- Creative practioner
- Drama teacher
- Events and festivals coordinator
- Independent artist
- Producer
- Stage manager
- Theatre professional
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 288 credit points comprising:
- Six common units: 72 credit points
- Drama major: 96 credit points
- QUT You: 24 credit points
- Complementary studies: 96 credit points chosen from:
- one 96 credit point second major; OR
- one 84 credit point second major and one unit option (elective); OR
- one 72 credit point second major and two unit options (electives); OR
- two minors; OR
- one minor and 48 credit points chosen from unit options (electives); OR
- 96 credit points chosen from unit options (electives).
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 288 credit points comprising:
- Six common units: 72 credit points
- Drama major: 96 credit points
- QUT You: 24 credit points
- Complementary studies: 96 credit points chosen from:
- one 96 credit point second major; OR
- one 84 credit point second major and one unit option (elective); OR
- one 72 credit point second major and two unit options (electives); OR
- two minors; OR
- one minor and 48 credit points chosen from unit options (electives); OR
- 96 credit points chosen from unit options (electives).
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 70.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2026.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- CA01
- QTAC code
- 419322
- CRICOS code
- 116102H
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- Kelvin Grove
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- Kelvin Grove
- 3 years full-time
- 6 years part-time
- 3 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)
Year 12 early offer scheme
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student, you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12, before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme
Helping you to get into your course
If you don't think your ATAR or selection rank is high enough to get into this course, you can guarantee your entry with guaranteed advanced standing by upgrading through one the following programs which you can select as one of your QTAC preferences:
QUT College Diploma in Creative Industries
As a QUT College Diploma in Creative Industries graduate you will automatically receive an offer to start the Bachelor of Creative Arts within one week after completion of the diploma. You will also automatically receive up to 1.0 year (96 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 2 years as a full-time student (or equivalent part-time).
Find out more about the QUT College Diploma in Creative Industries
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 70.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course in the Semester 1 offer rounds, up to the main offer round in mid-January.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF certificate IV, diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course in the Semester 1 offer rounds, up to the main offer round in mid-January.
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, 2026
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
95.00
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Selection rank
97.10
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
87.40
|
Selection rank
88.00
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
66.15
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Selection rank
70.15
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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).
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
- 70.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 70.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF certificate IV, diploma or higher, 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 undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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Cambridge C1 Advanced
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
169 | 163 | 163 | 170 | 179 |
| LANGUAGECERT Academic (LCA) | 67 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 70 |
| Michigan English Test (MET) | 58 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 48 |
| PTE Academic | 59 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 54 |
| TOEFL iBT Australia Test (120 scale) | 79 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
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.
2027 fees
2027: CSP $13,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2027 fees
2027: $41,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2026 fees
2026: CSP $12,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2026 fees
2026: $39,800 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.
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Equity scholarships scheme
A scholarship for low-income students studying in any faculty.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Struggling financially
International Merit Scholarship
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Creative Arts)
QUT Excellence Scholarships are the university's premier offering for students with outstanding excellence in creative arts.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
International Talent Scholarship
A scholarship that covers tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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