Explore your creativity while gaining the business skills to turn your ideas into a career. You'll hone your artistic skills, understand how the creative industries operate and graduate ready to succeed in both the arts and business.
You'll strengthen your studio practice at the Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD) while learning how business drives opportunities across the creative, commercial and global economy.
Highlights of studying the Bachelor of Visual Arts/Bachelor of Business
Develop your creative voice in painting, sculpture or photography while building business skills you can use in any industry.
Learn from established artists, industry experts and business leaders who bring their current practice into the classroom.
Build a portfolio through studio projects, exhibitions, internships and LiveArt experiences with real clients.
Gain practical business experience through internships, consulting projects and initiatives like the Griffith Tax Clinic or the Student-Managed Investment Fund.
Tailor your study with a wide choice of visual arts and business majors, plus the option to add a language or study overseas.
Graduate with a unique mix of creative and commercial skills that employers value across arts, culture, events, marketing, entrepreneurship and more.
Build a unique toolkit
Learn how visual arts practices connect with the contemporary market, how to build your own creative brand, how events and exhibitions are produced, how organisations support the arts and how businesses grow in fast-changing industries. Through BusinessPLUS, you can also gain extra mentoring, workshops and professional development to expand your networks.
July 2027
South Bank Campus
226 Grey Street,
SOUTH BRISBANE,
Queensland,
4101, BRISBANE, Australia
March 2027
Nathan Campus
170 Kessels Rd,
Nathan,
Queensland,
4111, Brisbane, Australia
Entry requirements may vary from country to country.
Academic admission requirements for international students will be reviewed by Griffith
International and approved the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education).
There are several ways to gain admission to undergraduate programs of the University.
Applicants may be considered for admission based on:
• a completed Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or equivalent;
• completed or partly completed higher education studies;
• TAFE/VET qualifications;
• overseas qualifications considered comparable to Australian secondary studies.
• completion of a Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT);
• a guaranteed admissions scheme or pathway as outlined on the University website;
• a total of 8 adjustment ranks for eligible applications under the adjustment schemes as
outlined on the University website;
• a combination of any of the above, as stipulated for individual programs (including exceptions
and higher AQF level qualifications).
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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