Highlights

  • Select study areas from both justice and business to align with your interests.
  • Get industry experience through internships and work placements in government departments and agencies.
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Learn from the best with lecturers from industry and regular guest lecturers.
  • Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full time.

Highlights

  • Select study areas from both justice and business to align with your interests.
  • Get industry experience through internships and work placements in government departments and agencies.
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Learn from the best with lecturers from industry and regular guest lecturers.
  • Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full time.

Why choose this course?

This course allows you to combine your justice and business interests, providing you with a broad base of commercial knowledge and skills. You will graduate job-ready by exploring the most recent theory and practice of social justice, and build problem-solving, analytical and applied computer skills that are relevant to the workplace.

In the business component of the course, you can choose a major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, management, marketing, human resource management, international business and public relations. For your justice studies, you can choose between majors in policy and politics or criminology and policing, giving a broad range of specialty areas to focus your career on.

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What to expect

Bachelor of Business

Our Bachelor of Business degree equips you to confidently enter the modern business world. It combines key business research and contemporary business best practice, and sets demanding standards to create your future career options. You will acquire the specialist skills and knowledge in your choice of business major. Choose from 10 majors to tailor your studies to suit your interests and career aspirations.

Bachelor of Justice

The policy and politics major offers you the opportunity to learn policy analysis and the intricacies of how government officers research, analyse, recommend and develop policies in the justice sphere. It gives you an insight into how policy is implemented and critiqued, and evolves through government and its departments.

The criminology and policing major details punishment and penal policy, crime research methods, and your choice of units in eco crime, sex crime, death investigation, crime in pop culture, drugs and intelligence, among others.

You will benefit from academic staff who have worked in these areas and bring real-life examples and experience to your learning. You will also have the chance to form industry links in a professional placement unit, undertaking a project at an external organisation.

Careers and outcomes

Possible careers

  • Business advisor
  • Business analyst
  • Community worker
  • Diplomat
  • Government officer
  • Information officer
  • Ministerial policy adviser
  • Police officer
  • Policy adviser
  • Project liaison officer

Details and units

In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Business, 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Justice and 24 credit points of QUT You. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently. 

Business component: You must complete 84 credit points of Business core units together with a 96 credit point Business major. You will choose a major from Accounting, Advertising, Behavioural Economics, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Financial Planning, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Marketing or Public Relations.

Justice component: Justice Students must select a major from the following: Criminology and Policing or Policy and Politics. The Justice component is made up of seven core units: 84 credit points and eight major units: 96 credit points.

QUT You component: 24 credit points selected from the QUT You option units.

In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Business, 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Justice and 24 credit points of QUT You. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently. 

Business component: You must complete 84 credit points of Business core units together with a 96 credit point Business major. You will choose a major from Accounting, Advertising, Behavioural Economics, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Financial Planning, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Marketing or Public Relations.

Justice component: Justice Students must select a major from the following: Criminology and Policing or Policy and Politics. The Justice component is made up of seven core units: 84 credit points and eight major units: 96 credit points.

QUT You component: 24 credit points selected from the QUT You option units.

Fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.

2025 fees

2025: CSP $17,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)

2025 fees

2025: $36,200 per year full-time (96 credit points)

2024 fees

2024: CSP $16,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)

2024 fees

2024: $33,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)

Student services and amenities fees

You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.

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HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees

You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.

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Scholarships

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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Corporate Partners in Excellence (CPIE) Scholarship - commencing students

A scholarship for future undergraduate students in business, seeking a competitive edge to launch their career.

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QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)

QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.

Scholarship eligibility
Academic performance

Faculty of Business and Law Excellence Scholarship

A scholarship for future undergraduate students who want to study business, property economics or law.

Scholarship eligibility
Academic performance

International Merit Scholarship

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Academic performance

QUT Real World International Scholarship

A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.

Scholarship eligibility
Academic performance

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