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'QUT’s real world positioning is not simply a tagline but something the university delivers on. Their industry mentorship program kick-started my career by connecting me with a senior media professional. This contact led to my first opportunity in the industry as a media assistant at an agency I had dreamt of working at after seeing their building nearly every day when travelling between the Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses.'
Managing Director at OMD Australia, Bachelor of Business (Marketing and Advertising)/Bachelor of Creative Industries graduate
Practical Learning
'The emphasis on practical learning was the most beneficial for me. I really liked that my degree focused on real-world experience and I felt fully prepared for my current role in sales research at Southern Cross Austereo.'
Creative industries and business graduate
Broaden your career options
‘I’m studying a double degree in business and creative industries, majoring in marketing, and media and communication. These degrees are very interesting to me and offer quite a broad range of job prospects upon graduation as both of these fields of work are currently expanding and becoming dominant in the market.’
Broaden your career options
‘I’m studying a double degree in business and creative industries, majoring in marketing, and media and communication. These degrees are very interesting to me and offer quite a broad range of job prospects upon graduation as both of these fields of work are currently expanding and becoming dominant in the market.’
Highlights
- Enhance your creative and entrepreneurial skills with core business knowledge, giving you an edge in your career.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
- Combine advanced creative skills with business knowledge for a range of career opportunities in the creative industries and business sector.
- Engage in practical, real-world learning, where you will benefit from industry partnerships, learn from industry experts and participate in interdisciplinary work.
Highlights
- Enhance your creative and entrepreneurial skills with core business knowledge, giving you an edge in your career.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
- Combine advanced creative skills with business knowledge for a range of career opportunities in the creative industries and business sector.
- Engage in practical, real-world learning, where you will benefit from industry partnerships, learn from industry experts and participate in interdisciplinary work.
Why choose this course?
Equip yourself with the in-demand skills needed for an inspiring career at the intersection of business and creative industries. Complementing advanced creative skills with highly developed business expertise will enhance your employability, locally and globally, and give you the opportunity to create your own career niche.
Combine interactive and visual design with advertising to pursue a career leading the creative direction of advertising campaigns or mix creative and professional writing with marketing to become a copywriter. You could choose to major in fashion communication and international business if your dream is to work in the fashion industry overseas, or screen content production and public relations for a career producing and promoting films.
Our future-focused Bachelor of Creative Industries allows you to develop your own creative niche by providing diverse knowledge, creativity and practical skills across a range of selected creative disciplines. Learn entrepreneurial and digital skills, take on real industry challenges through work integrated learning opportunities and establish links to creative start-ups.
Gain practical experience and learn from award-winning lecturers in the Bachelor of Business. Uniquely designed to inspire you to realise your full potential. Learn to think creatively and critically, and to ethically and sustainably shape the future of business.
Throughout the course, you will work on real-world projects, gain experience through internships and work placements, and tailor your learning to the part of the industry most interesting to you.
Explore this course
Pursuing a double degree in business and creative industries offers a unique blend of skills, combining strategic business disciplines with creative innovation. This combination can open diverse career opportunities, from managing creative projects to leading marketing campaigns, and equips you with a versatile skill set highly valued in today’s dynamic job market.
The Bachelor of Business ensures you graduate with the knowledge, skills and experience needed to thrive. Benefit from a practical, hands-on approach to learning; starting from your very first semester, you’ll engage in real-world learning experiences with QUT Business School and our industry and community partners. You’ll develop skills, gain valuable experience and build confidence throughout your course, preparing you for a successful transition into your professional career.
Your major will deepen your knowledge and experience, equipping you as a professional in your chosen discipline. Choose from: accounting, advertising, behavioural economics, economics, entrepreneurship and innovation, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, and public relations.
The Bachelor of Creative Industries will prepare you for the real world with studio-based learning, skills in entrepreneurship, real industry challenges, work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities and links to creative start-ups - the perfect complement to your business studies. You can choose from the following creative industries majors; creative and professional writing, fashion communication, interactive and visual design and screen content production.
Combine your business and creative industries degree to curate your dream career.
Careers and outcomes
Graduates work in a diverse range of careers, using their creative expertise and business knowledge to take advantage of growing career opportunities in business and the creative industries, whether that be as a creative practitioner, an industry professional, or by applying your creative skills within a business environment.
Professional recognition
Students may be eligible for membership to a number of professional bodies depending on choice of major and unit selection in their business degree. Find details on professional recognition under the individual majors of the Bachelor of Business (BS05).
Research pathways
Bachelor of Business (Honours) option
On successful completion of this course, you will be eligible to apply for entry into the Bachelor of Business (Honours), Master of Teaching (Secondary) or Master of Philosophy, provided you meet the entry requirements.
Possible careers
- Advertising professional
- Banking and finance professional
- Copywriter
- Creative entrepreneur
- Creative writer
- Fashion marketer
- Film/television producer
- Graphic designer
- Human resource manager
- International business specialist
- Marketing manager
- Publicist
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Business, 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Creative Industries and 24 credit points of QUT You units. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Creative Industries component:
- Bachelor of Creative Industries core units - 72 credit points
- Creative Industries complementary studies - 12 credit points from the Creative Industries introductory units list or the university wide elective units list
- A Creative Industries first major - 96 credit points from one of the specified first majors
Business component:
- Bachelor of Business core units - 84 credit points
- Business major - 96 credit points
QUT You component:
- 24 credit points selected from the QUT You option units.
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Business, 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Creative Industries and 24 credit points of QUT You units. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Creative Industries component:
- Bachelor of Creative Industries core units - 72 credit points
- Creative Industries complementary studies - 12 credit points from the Creative Industries introductory units list or the university wide elective units list
- A Creative Industries first major - 96 credit points from one of the specified first majors
Business component:
- Bachelor of Business core units - 84 credit points
- Business major - 96 credit points
QUT You component:
- 24 credit points selected from the QUT You option units.
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 70.00
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
- ID01
- QTAC code
- 409182
- CRICOS code
- 059596B
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
- 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, Finance, Financial Planning, Economics and Marketing majors: General Mathematics, or Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (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.
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.
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.
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, 2024
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 | |
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| Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
95.45
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Selection rank
97.45
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
83.85
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Selection rank
85.85
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
69.85
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Selection rank
71.85
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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).
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
- 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 English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| PTE Academic | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| TOEFL iBT | 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 $14,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $36,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: CSP $13,900 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $34,100 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.
Corporate Partners in Excellence (CPIE) Scholarship - commencing students
A scholarship for future undergraduate students in business, seeking a competitive edge to launch their career.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Faculty of Business and Law Excellence Scholarship
A scholarship for future undergraduate students who want to study business, property economics or law.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Laurie Cowled Indigenous Scholarship for Business Students
A scholarship for future and current Indigenous female students enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate studies in business.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Indigenous Australian; Struggling financially; Women
Equity scholarships scheme
A scholarship for low-income students studying in any faculty.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Struggling financially
QUT Elite Sport Scholarship
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding sporting achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Sporting excellence
International Merit Scholarship
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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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