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- Learn interaction design so you can be prepared for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
- Build an information technology qualification that supports your interests and career aspirations and equips you with the skills to transform and shape the future.
- Combine your interaction design and information technology skills to work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising, education and gaming, or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.
Highlights
- Learn interaction design so you can be prepared for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
- Build an information technology qualification that supports your interests and career aspirations and equips you with the skills to transform and shape the future.
- Combine your interaction design and information technology skills to work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising, education and gaming, or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.
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Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design)
This course prepares you for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
You'll undertake a series of interaction design studios focusing on industry-leading practices in human centered design, design thinking, experience design, service innovation and augmented reality.
Opportunities for industry work experience, international study tours and to network with design industry professionals nationally and internationally will ensure you graduate with one of the most versatile and contemporary skill sets in the sector.
Career pathways available to you beyond the design industries include roles in game design, information technology, health, education, science and engineering, as well as business and enterprise.
You will be prepared for employment opportunities across interaction design industries and in roles that are yet to emerge, including in areas such as web and mobile app design, interface design, user experience (UX) design or interaction (IxD) design, wearable fashion technology, interactive exhibition design, health technology innovation, data visualisation, smart home and virtual reality environments design, robotics design, communication design, and many more.
Bachelor of Information Technology
Build a qualification that supports your interests and career aspirations and equips you with the skills to transform and shape the future through information technology.
When you combine your interaction design and information technology skills you can work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising, education and gaming, or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.
Get hands-on experience in state-of-the-art facilities and the skills required to be in demand as a problem solver.
As part of this course you must choose a major in:
- computer science
- information systems.
Careers and outcomes
Work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising, education and gaming, or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.
Possible careers
- Interaction designer
- Interface designer
- Programmer
- User experience designer
- User researcher
- Web designer
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Design, 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Information Technology and 24 credit points of QUT You. You will undertake the both degree components concurrently.
Bachelor of Design component:
- Core Introductory units - 72 credit points
- A Design major - 108 credit points from one of the following disciplines: Interaction Design.
Bachelor of Information Technology component:
- Core units - 96 credit points
- A major - 84 credit points of one (1) Major (Study Area A) selected from: Computer Science or Information Systems
QUT You: 24 credit points
Study overseas
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area, depending on how they match with your QUT course.
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Design, 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Information Technology and 24 credit points of QUT You. You will undertake the both degree components concurrently.
Bachelor of Design component:
- Core Introductory units - 72 credit points
- A Design major - 108 credit points from one of the following disciplines: Interaction Design.
Bachelor of Information Technology component:
- Core units - 96 credit points
- A major - 84 credit points of one (1) Major (Study Area A) selected from: Computer Science or Information Systems
QUT You: 24 credit points
Study overseas
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area, depending on how they match with your QUT course.
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 $9,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $39,400 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: CSP $9,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $36,500 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.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
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You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
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QUT Elite Sport Scholarship
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- Sporting excellence
QUT Real World International Scholarship
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- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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