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Queensland University of Technology

Australia, Brisbane

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Queensland University of Technology

Australia , Brisbane

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

116102H

Campuses

Kelvin Grove

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines28-Feb-2026

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

AUD 39,800 / per year

Next Intake 28-Feb-2026

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama)

About

Highlights

Develop transferable skills in leadership and team building, with opportunities to immerse yourself in the real-world through internships and projects related to your career focus.
Connect with a vibrant community at the QUT Creative Industries Precinct, with opportunities to build your professional networks through student clubs and industry connections.
Undertake a live performance outcome each year, guided by experienced directors and industry professionals and learn skills in how to plan, develop, perform and produce live events.
The most flexible and comprehensive drama program in Queensland with the unique ability to expand your skillset with a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives to reach your dream career outcomes.
Unique course structure allows you to combine creative disciplines together to develop transferable skills across a range of industries.

Preparing you for a career in the arts, through this three-year degree you will build on your passion for drama while future proofing your career by diversifying your interests to open up a wide range of career opportunities.

If you are interested in exploring practical careers in directing, performance making, teaching artistry, devising, production design, creative leadership and delivering live performance works, or performing in a range of theatre forms, from traditional to emerging, then this course is for you. The course offers flexibility and breadth, combining creative experiences in performance making with highly relevant theoretical studies that will connect you with contemporary performance both nationally and globally.

Previous graduates have had a dynamic impact on the development of the Australian creative industries sector, and our most recent graduates are at the heart of the exciting growth in the independent theatre sector in Australia.

Graduates of this course, many taking on leadership roles, work at prestigious local, national and international festivals and venues, including:

Queensland Theatre

La Boite Theatre

Brisbane Festival

Sydney Opera House

Battersea Arts Centre

The Lincoln Center.

We have also seen our students excel not only on the stage and across the screen industry and music industries highlighting the diverse career outcomes from this course.

Tailor your drama degree for your future with a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum English language requirements

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
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.

Career

Careers and outcomes

As a multiskilled graduate you will seek to complement your artistic career with paid employment in related areas. Our graduates make new performance work and create new ways of looking at the world. They harness the collaborative power of groups of people to make things happen. This explains the dynamic impact they continue to have on the Australian creative industries, and the successful careers they've developed across the sector.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) course have become leading artists, producers, arts educators, theatre and performance researchers. Graduates have also established successful careers as playwrights, artistic directors, directors and designers or performers working across a variety of genres including physical theatre or music.

If teaching is your ambition, this course can be also followed with a graduate-entry teacher education Master of Teaching courses which enables you to become a qualified teacher. Check the entry requirements for specific teaching courses.

Pathways also exist to prepare you for further study including research.