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Learn the strong design engagement principles you need to bring your ideas to life, and find solutions to real-world problems and social issues. Our hands-on creative environments will allow you to develop your own style and build you portfolio throughout your studies, while our connections to industry will help lay the foundations for your future career through internships and showcase events.

Undergraduate courses

Diplomas

The course is designed as a pathway to undergraduate creative industries courses allowing you to enter your QUT Bachelor degree with up to one year of credit.

Duration
  • 8 - 12 months full-time
  • 8 - 12 months full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
081617G

Develop strong foundational creative industries skills to help you make a successful transition to the Bachelor of Communication degree.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
081617G

Develop strong foundational creative industries skills to help you make a successful transition to the Bachelor of Creative Arts degree.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
081617G

Develop strong foundational creative industries skills to help you make a successful transition to the Bachelor of Design degree.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
081617G

Develop strong foundational creative industries skills to help you make a successful transition to the Bachelor of Design- International degree.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

Single degrees

QUT is a global leader in the creative industries. Choose a combination of study areas to suit your creative interests and aspirations, and help you develop your creative niche.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
056186M

Shape our experiences with technology, devices, apps and websites. Be prepared for your career with design studio units, work experience and international study tours.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096565B

Our fashion degree is the longest running fashion degree in Queensland and provides industry-standard facilities. Graduates have launched internationally successful careers.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096565B

Create products, services and systems to improve people’s everyday life through visionary and creative thinking. Prepare your career with hands-on design units, industry-led projects, study tours and internships.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096565B

Shape our interactions with technology, devices, apps and websites. Be prepared for your career with design studio units, work experience and international study tours. Last intake for enrolment, semester 2, 2026.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point

CRICOS
096565B

Design the future of products services and systems. Learn to imagine what comes next and create the pathways to get there.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096565B

Prepare to work as a visual communication designer across traditional and new interactive media forms. Build your expertise in professional studio settings.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096565B

Our fashion degree is the longest running fashion degree in Queensland. This course combines your fashion degree with a year of international studies.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096566A

As an industrial designer, create products, services and systems to improve people’s everyday lives. This course combines your design degree with a year of international studies.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096566A

As an interaction designer, shape our interactions with technology, devices, apps and websites. This course combines your design degree with a year of international studies.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096566A

Prepare to work as a visual communication designer across traditional and new interactive media forms. This course combines your design degree with a year of international studies.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096566A

Double degrees

Combine an understanding of human behaviour with design thinking and creativity to develop user-centric solutions and processes across a range of industries.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
116309D

Combine business and creative industries for careers including communication specialist, creative entrepreneur or social media marketer.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
059596B

Combine business and interaction design to gain cutting-edge design skills, learn to think creatively and critically, and prepare for careers in design, technology or innovation.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096567M

Merge your creative and IT skills for opportunities in content production, communications, graphic design and games development.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
059227E

Combine creativity and technology to design and build human-centred digital experiences.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
Delivery
  • Gardens Point

CRICOS
096570E

Combine industrial design and engineering to create innovative, sustainable and user-friendly products and systems.

Duration
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
096569J

Combine creativity and technology to design and build human-centred digital experiences.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 8 years part-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
Delivery
  • Gardens Point

CRICOS
096570E

Vertical double degrees

Combine business thinking with strategic design expertise to become a leader in your field, driving innovation and strategic decision-making.

Duration
  • 3 + 1 years full-time
  • 6 + 2 years part-time
  • 3 + 1 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
003491G

Learn the strong design engagement principles you need to bring your ideas to life, and find solutions to real-world problems and social issues. Our hands-on creative environments will allow you to develop your own style and build you portfolio throughout your studies, while our connections to industry will help lay the foundations for your future career through internships and showcase events.

Postgraduate courses

Graduate certificates

Gain a design qualification in as little as one semester. Rapidly advance your design career and elevate your leadership skills with a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Design.

Duration
  • 0.5 years full-time
  • 1 year part-time
  • 0.5 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
115461D

Graduate diplomas

Gain a design qualification in as little as one year. Rapidly advance your design career and elevate your leadership skills with a Graduate Diploma in Strategic Design.

Duration
  • 1 year full-time
  • 2 years part-time
  • 1 year full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
115460E

Masters

Rapidly advance your design career and elevate your leadership skills with the Master of Design (Strategic Design), a career-focused course mirroring real-world projects.

Duration
  • 2 years full-time
  • 4 years part-time
  • 2 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
115459J

Build your research skills with a university-wide postgraduate degree while setting yourself up for the opportunity to advance to a PhD.

Duration
  • 1.5 - 2 years full-time
  • 4 years part-time
  • 2 years full-time
Delivery
  • External
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
095410G

Doctoral

Duration
  • 3 - 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
006367J

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