Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Diploma in Business/Bachelor of Business
405952
Business and Tourism
The Diploma in Business is a pathway program designed to help you successfully progress to the second year of the Bachelor of Business. It provides you with the opportunity to develop core business capabilities including critical thinking...
Full time Part time
Course Fee
CSP/$17400 (1st year contribution)
Queensland University of Technology - Kelvin Grove/Gardens Point
Start Date
Nov 2026
Feb 2027
Jul 2027
Duration

3 years Full time or 51/2 years Part time

Offer Rounds
, ,
Course outline

The Diploma in Business is a pathway program designed to help you successfully progress to the second year of the Bachelor of Business. It provides you with the opportunity to develop core business capabilities including critical thinking, professional communication, digital and technical fluency, teamwork and global citizenship. Beyond providing a broad grounding in business disciplines, you will also develop their academic skills for future success. A highly supportive learning environment with smaller class sizes ensures a more personalised learning journey. Upon successful completion of the Diploma, you will be able to articulate into the Bachelor of Business with 96 credit points of advanced standing. You then undertake focused and authentic study in your chosen business discipline, engaging with the real world of business through work-integrated learning, projects and placements to ignite your professional career. The course is structured to promote flexibility, encouraging you to integrate international study, languages, and other learning experiences to maximise your personal career readiness.

This course is covered by the QUT Offer Guarantee.

For more course information, visit Diploma in Business at QUT and Bachelor of Business at QUT.

Queensland University of Technology

Majors

Refer to Bachelor of Business.

Combined diploma/degrees

Upon completion of the diploma component, you will be automatically offered a place in the Bachelor of Business. Each of your diploma units will be credited to the degree.

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
60.00
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.

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

69.80

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

72.15

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

63.85

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

64.70

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

50.90

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

60.90

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.

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

12

Percentage of all students

22.6%

Number of students

0

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

33

Percentage of all students

62.3%

Number of students

0

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

53

Percentage of all students

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5

Career opportunities

Refer to Diploma in Business and Bachelor of Business.

Membership

Refer to Bachelor of Business.

Search

Search All Of

Search