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Explore our courses

As a designer you'll have the opportunity to shape ideas, solve real-world challenges, and create meaningful experiences across a range of fields. Whether you're starting out or looking to shift your career, discover how these programs equip you with practical skills, strategic thinking, and future-ready capabilities.

Pathway to design

If you're concerned you won't meet the academic or English requirements for our degrees, don’t worry. We have several pathway options you can explore.

Diploma in Creative Industries
All pathway programs

Undergraduate degrees

Be immersed in a hands-on creative environment from the first semester. Choose one of four majors and have flexibility to study a range of minors plus additional specialisation units or electives.

Bachelor of Design
Bachelor of Design (International)

Postgraduate degrees

Drive meaningful change with strategic design expertise or combine it with business thinking in a double degree that prepares you to lead innovation across industries.

Master of Design (Strategic Design) 
All postgraduate pathway programs

Art and design - top 8 in Australia and top 150 in the world

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026

Why study design?

World-class facilities

Make use of our studios, computer labs, equipment loan centre, and digifab (digital fabrication) facilities.

Solve real-world problems

Our design courses are embedded with real-world briefs direct from industry. Our research addresses challenges at the nexus of design, technology, creativity, place, and health.

Collaboration

Design is an area where you can be curious, creative, and collaborative. You’ll go beyond the boundaries of a traditional classroom and work with peers across different study areas to find solutions in different industries such as health, transport, retail and technology.

Expert teaching staff

Learn from teaching staff who are active in their fields and are ready to share their insights. QUT teaching staff research alongside major institutions and bring their wealth of knowledge back into the classroom.

Combine your passions

Build broader expertise by combining your design degree with another discipline. You can complete two bachelor degrees in one course, or follow a streamlined pathway from a bachelor degree to a master degree, graduating with two qualifications.

Double your opportunities

'Pursuing a double degree provides me with more opportunities and pathways that I could explore in the future. I really enjoy studying two degrees because you never get bored, and there is so much new material to learn. Studying a double degree offers me more variety in what I study and the knowledge I acquire. I find that many of the concepts and ideas I learn in one unit overlap or are related to my other degree, which is great.'

Michelle Fortune, Indonesia
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Design student

Read more about Michelle’s double degree experience

Showcase your work

As a design student you will have the opportunity to celebrate your achievements and showcase your work in a public setting virtually and physically.

QUT Design Festival

Studying at QUT

Scholarships

Discover the scholarships and financial aid available to support your study goals.

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Stories

Hear from current international students about living in Brisbane and studying at QUT.

Read their stories

Support

Learn how we're here to support you academically and personally during your study journey.

Support while you study

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Contact the International Future Students Team.

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