Highlights

  • The QUT School of Communication is ranked as Australia’s leading school for communication and media studies, and among the top schools in the world. QUT Media and Communication is ranked 1st in Australia and top 20 in the world in the 2023 QS World University rankings.  
  • Analyse and create data-driven compelling stories via social media platforms.
  • Develop an understanding of digital culture and the development of social media platforms.
  • Work with tools for data visualisation and analysis, including introduction to programming.
  • Use cross-cultural communication skills to solve problems as a team in disruptive and volatile media environments.

Highlights

  • The QUT School of Communication is ranked as Australia’s leading school for communication and media studies, and among the top schools in the world. QUT Media and Communication is ranked 1st in Australia and top 20 in the world in the 2023 QS World University rankings.  
  • Analyse and create data-driven compelling stories via social media platforms.
  • Develop an understanding of digital culture and the development of social media platforms.
  • Work with tools for data visualisation and analysis, including introduction to programming.
  • Use cross-cultural communication skills to solve problems as a team in disruptive and volatile media environments.

Why choose this course?

Digital transformation is impacting global media and communication production, distribution and consumption at unprecedented levels. This data and automation driven disruption is increasingly delivering content across personal mobile devices, placing pressure on traditional institutions and giving rise to new and emerging forms of content production and distribution.

Learn more about studying communication at QUT. 

Real-world learning

The course is organised with an emphasis on authentic real-world learning that prepares you to creatively and effectively address a range of challenging communication scenarios. You will benefit from a direct alignment with world-leading digital media research from the QUT Digital Media Research Centre.

Real-world learning will also be embedded in the course through opportunities of optional work placement. 

Learn from the best

The Digital Media Research Centre and the QUT School of Communication are consistently ranked as one of Australia’s leading schools in the field of communication and media studies, and among the top schools in the world in this field. QUT Media and Communication is ranked 1st in Australia and top 20 in the world in the 2023 QS World University rankings. QUT is also the only university in Australia that has received the top ranking for communication and media studies in every Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) round since 2010.

What to expect

Today’s communication professional needs to have the skills and knowledge to operate in this new and disruptive digital media environment. This course will provide you with the critical thinking skills needed to design and implement solutions to the key communication challenges that confront today's society.

This course is a six-month full-time (or part-time equivalent) program that takes your career to the next level by providing you with skills and knowledge across areas such as social media storytelling, analytics and data visualisation.

This program is designed to provide a broad overview of the digital communication field and foundational skills, which will be developed in further depth through the Graduate Diploma or Masters of Digital Communication courses.

You will develop skills in social media, industry disruption, data analytics, artificial intelligence, automation and visualisation to enable you to pursue opportunities in the Digital Communication field.

Careers and outcomes

Careers and outcomes

Graduates from our courses have successful careers in government, industry and the community sector. This course opens up exciting and creative media and communication roles in a range of industry sectors with globally transferable skills enabling employment anywhere across the globe.

Course articulation

You will have the option of continuing your studies with a Graduate Diploma in Digital Communication or a Master of Digital Communication.

Possible careers

  • Digital content producer
  • Digital journalist
  • Digital performance analyst
  • Social media entrepreneur
  • Social media manager

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: $12,900 per year full-time (48 credit points)

2025 fees

2025: $17,900 per year full-time (48 credit points)

2024 fees

2024: $12,000 per year full-time (48 credit points)

2024 fees

2024: $16,200 per year full-time (48 credit points)

Student services and amenities fees

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

Find out more about postgraduate course fees

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

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

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Scholarships

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

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International Merit Scholarship

A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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QUT Real World International Scholarship

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

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