Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Diploma in Creative Industries/Bachelor of Creative Arts
409042
Creative and Performing Arts
The Diploma in Creative Industries will deliver coherent and integrated theoretical, technical and practical knowledge with an emphasis on developing technical, analytical, decision-making, problem solving, teamwork and communication skil...
Full time
Course Fee
CSP/$13360 (1st year contribution)
Queensland University of Technology - Kelvin Grove
Start Date
Nov 2026
Feb 2027
Jul 2027
Duration

3 years Full time

Offer Rounds
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Course outline

The Diploma in Creative Industries will deliver coherent and integrated theoretical, technical and practical knowledge with an emphasis on developing technical, analytical, decision-making, problem solving, teamwork and communication skills with real world application. Upon successful completion of the Diploma, you will be able to articulate into the Bachelor of Creative Arts with 96 credit points of advanced standing.

In the Bachelor of Creative Arts, you will study a major with disciplinary units focused on specialist knowledge in your chosen field, alongside a set of cross-disciplinary common units that develop key creative, critical and professional skills to prepare you for a range of creative roles and career pathways. This course structure will enable you to curate your own career, with flexible opportunities to extend and expand your creative practice, developing transferable skills across a range of industries. You will build a portfolio of new work and collaborate on innovative projects that showcase your creative and critical skills.

This course is covered by the QUT Offer Guarantee.

For more course information, visit Diploma in Creative Industries/Bachelor of Creative Arts at QUT.

Queensland University of Technology

Majors

The following Bachelor of Creative Arts majors are available: animation; creative writing; drama; film and screen; music; visual arts.

Combined diploma/degrees

Upon completion of this diploma, you will be automatically offered a place in the Bachelor of Creative Arts. Your completed diploma will provide up to 96 credit points (1 year) advanced standing 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

67.75

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

71.75

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

63.70

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

65.70

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

57.05

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

61.05

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.

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Number of students

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38.5%

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Number of students

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Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
# N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students

Career opportunities

Refer to the Diploma in Creative Industries and the Bachelor of Creative Arts.

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