Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Bachelor of Design/Master of Design (Strategic Design) (Subject to final approval.)
412366
Creative and Performing Arts
As a graduate, you will build on your undergraduate design studies with advanced strategic design capabilities through the Masters program. You will gain deep specialist knowledge in your chosen design discipline and apply technical skill...
Full time Part time
Course Fee
CSP/$16880 (1st year contribution)
Queensland University of Technology - Kelvin Grove
Start Date
Feb 2027
Jul 2027
Duration

4 years Full time or 8 years Part time

Offer Rounds
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Course outline

As a graduate, you will build on your undergraduate design studies with advanced strategic design capabilities through the Masters program. You will gain deep specialist knowledge in your chosen design discipline and apply technical skills, creativity, systems thinking, and collaborative problem‑solving to develop innovative design solutions. You will be skilled in identifying emerging opportunities, addressing complex challenges, and shaping forward‑thinking strategies that create value for organisations and communities. Your diverse skill set and advanced understanding of critical design thinking will prepare you to solve innovation problems across a wide range of industries and sectors. You will have the skills needed for roles in experience design, strategic design, service design, innovation consulting, design leadership, and related creative and professional fields. Please note the Master program is subject to full tuition fees and does not offer Commonwealth Supported Places.

This course is covered by the QUT Offer Guarantee.

For more course information, visit Bachelor of Design/Master of Design at QUT.

Queensland University of Technology

Majors

Refer to Bachelor of Design.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for QUT and for this course, refer to QUT’s website.

Prerequisites

Applicant must be 16; Completion of Year 12 or attained age 18 years

Assumed knowledge

English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026
ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.

Notes

Subject to final approval.

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

Notes

As this is a new course, Semester 1, 2026 information is not available.

Career opportunities

Design strategist, ethical AI designer, government innovation officer, innovation and design officer, innovation project officer, research and insights lead, service designer, strategy analyst, strategy lead.

Membership

Refer to Bachelor of Design. Graduates of the Masters degree meet the educational eligibility requirements to become a Design Institute of Australia (DIA) Accredited Designer.

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