Program Overview

Overview

The Bachelors of Business Management / Design is a dual program that equips students with the expertise and creativity to respond to the complex needs of a thriving professional environment. This versatile program teaches students to challenge conventional thinking and bring a different mindset to business and societal problems.

Program Details

• The Bachelor of Business Management is designed to equip students with the skills needed for a future in business, covering topics including entrepreneurship, human resources, marketing, management, and business technologies.
• The Bachelor of Design complements business knowledge with specialist capabilities in problem identification, critical thinking, and designing for purpose.
• The program includes practical studio-based projects where students work in teams to collaborate, challenge assumptions, prototype innovative and sustainable solutions, and systematically solve problems in creative and novel ways.

Entry Requirements

Prerequisites

• Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent):
  • General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C), and
  • one of General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C).
• Equivalent subjects are considered.

Minimum Entry Score

• The minimum entry score varies depending on the student's qualification and where it was obtained.
• Students can select their qualification and location to view the minimum entry score required.

English Language Requirements

• IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6.
• TOEFL iBT (including Paper Edition) - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.
• PTE Academic - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands.
• BE - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills.
• CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands.
• OET is not accepted.

Student Visas

International students who are accepted into full-time study in the Bachelors of Business Management / Design are eligible to apply for an Australian student visa (subclass 500).

Entry Score Range

• This table shows the range of entry scores for recent secondary students offered a place in the BBusMan/BDesign for Semester 1, 2025:
  • Without adjustments: Highest 98.05, Median 88.7, Lowest 84.1
  • With adjustments: Highest 98.05, Median 90.5, Lowest 84.1

Who You'll Study With

• Here's a snapshot of the student intake for this program in Semester 1, 2025:
  • Applicant background:
    • (A) Higher education study: <5
    • (B) Vocational Education and Training (VET) study: 0
    • (C) Work and life experience: 0
    • (D) Recent secondary education:
      • Admitted solely on the basis of ATAR: N/P
      • Admitted where ATAR and additional criteria were considered: 0
      • Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was not a factor: 0
    • International students: 0
  • Total: 19 (100%)

Majors

The program offers several majors, including:

• Business Economics
• Business Information Systems
• Human Resources
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• International Business
• Leadership and Management Science
• Marketing

Business Economics

• Business Economics is for anyone who wants to work in strategy, economics, or business analysis.
• It develops useful skills for marketing, purchasing, and human resource management.
• Students learn about growth strategies, modeling, forecasting, scenario planning, demand analysis, pricing policies, competitive strategies, capital budgeting, investment, and cost-benefit analysis.

Business Information Systems

• Learn about the relationship between business and technology, with a focus on the role played by information systems in large organizations.
• Develop skills in areas like data analytics, business analysis, information security, and process improvement.

Human Resources

• Many organizations say their people are their greatest asset. Human Resources helps take this statement from aspiration to reality.
• This major focuses on all aspects of people management, including employment relations, workplace conflict, selection, recruitment, organizational change, performance management, and leadership.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• This major shows students how to take a new idea to market by building a new business from the ground up.
• Students are introduced to basic principles of innovation and entrepreneurship, including the entrepreneurial mindset and process.
• They apply this knowledge in practical courses on digital innovation, social entrepreneurship, and growth strategies, as well as technology and innovation management.

Fees and Scholarships

Indicative Annual Fee

• Approximate yearly cost of tuition (16 units): $13,845 (2026)
• International students: AUD $54,096 (2026)

Additional Costs

• Consumables, paper, pens, etc. (approx $100-200)
• Courses that include a field trip component may incur additional costs to cover transport, accommodation, and food.

Government Assistance

• Domestic places in the Bachelors of Business Management / Design are Commonwealth supported.
• Instead of tuition fees, Commonwealth-supported students pay student contribution amounts.
• HECS-HELP is an Australian Government loan scheme to assist eligible students with the cost of their student contribution amounts.

Scholarships

• Students may be eligible for more than 100 scholarships.

How to Apply

Applying Online

• If your senior schooling is from outside Australia, you can submit your application to UQ.
• The program code for the Bachelors of Business Management / Design is 2554.

Applying Through QTAC

• All domestic applications should be submitted to the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC).
• The QTAC code for the Bachelors of Business Management / Design is not specified.

Important Dates

• If you’re studying Year 12 in Australia, go to the QTAC website to check the closing date for this program.
• If you’re applying to UQ, the closing date for this program is:
  • To commence study in semester 2: May 31 of the year of commencement.
  • To commence study in semester 1: November 30 of the previous year.

Admissions Schemes

• Applying to university can be both exciting and daunting, which is why UQ has several schemes in place to improve students' chances of getting a place at UQ.

Pathway Options

• A rank or score doesn’t determine a student's potential.
• If students are not offered a place in their first-choice program – or if they don't meet the entry requirements – they still have a number of options.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

• For support with applying – or if students have any questions about university life – they can get in touch with UQ's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (ATSIS) Unit.