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Disrupt, innovate, and work with industry
Now, more than ever, people are seeking design-led innovation to produce solutions for real-world problems. The evolving design industry opens doors to emerging career opportunities, and professionals have the chance to truly change the world.
Our studio-first program, registered by the Design Institute of Australia (DIA), cultivates high levels of design expertise. With a Bachelor of Design, you’ll gain the knowledge to redirect, challenge and rethink traditional processes and procedures in the design industry.
With the option to apply via portfolio submission, you can showcase your creative potential upfront. Accessible to all, this degree welcomes individuals with curiosity and passion for making a difference.
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Study Design at Griffith
Be bold enough to believe in your own vision
Choose from the following majors within the Bachelor of Design.
Visual Communication Design
Explore many different forms of visual and graphic communication and branding and understand the social contexts and environmental responsibilities of design. You’ll learn how to effectively present and communicate your ideas within this evolving industry and develop design solutions which inform, persuade, provoke, or entertain your audience.
Interior Design
Prepare to explore diverse spaces and societies, crafting imaginative interiors and public urban spaces across various scales and domains. With a strong focus on social and environmental justice, sustainability, liveability, diversity, and inclusion, this major integrates theory with hands-on practice.
Product and User Experience Design
Passionate about using cutting-edge digital technology to design unique products and experiences? This major equips you with hands-on skills in additive manufacturing (3D printing), virtual modeling, simulation, laser cutting, and CNC fabrication. You’ll cultivate future-ready skills to transform how people interact with and experience the world.
Design your way to success
Learn from the best
When you study at the Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD) you join a thriving community of designers, artists, animators, photographers and filmmakers, who are pushing industry boundaries.
Practical hands-on learning
Build your disciplinary knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare you for a career in the design industry. Work on projects for real clients through our LiveWorm and LiveSpace work integrated learning programs. Take up exciting work placements with organisations such as Business South Bank to build your portfolio and cultivate important industry contacts and networks.
You’ll also have opportunities for collaboration with Griffith Film School filmmakers, games designers and animators, and musicians from Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium.
Focused on the future
Our future-focused design degree is designed to give you the skills employers want, enabling you to be in demand, and make a difference in a fast-changing world. Our design graduates have unprecedented opportunity to contribute and lead in vital new forms of social and economic development. We firmly believe that tackling our most pressing challenges requires a dedication to social justice and a deep understanding of First Nations culture and perspectives.
Innovative creative spaces
Study design in unique studio spaces at QCAD. The multi-million dollar design studios on both our South Bank and Gold Coast campuses provide state-of- the-art facilities and equipment for students pursuing a design career.
The 3D printing and laser cutting labs, microelectronics workshops, flexible workspaces, and custom-built design studios allow you to take your concepts from design to prototype under one roof.
Double degree
The Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Business double degree combines design creativity with business skills to allow you to take advantage of the commercialisation of visual communication design, interior and spatial design, product design, immersive design and interaction design.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Design is recognised by the Design Institute of Australia (DIA). Students and graduates are automatically eligible to be DIA members.
Griffith creatives are job-ready thanks to industry placement
Design student Marie Feyfant was selected for the Creative Accelerator Program with global advertising giant Publicis Groupe. She credits her time at QCAD with exposing her to top-level industry opportunities and setting her up for a career as a design creative.
“I think the biggest learning has been seeing how the industry works from the inside. I’ve been mentored by Publicis’ head of design, who is also a QCAD alumnus, and he’s been great at involving me in projects and pitches. I don’t think there is another creative training program like this—you really have to bring your A-game.'
Apply now for scholarships
We offer hundreds of scholarships to our students, and you can apply for all of them with just one online form.
Scholarships are free to apply and offer support for academic achievement, relocation, First Peoples, sports achievement and others. One application form, all scholarships considered.
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Career outcomes
Succeed in cutting-edge design fields
Graduate prepared to join the ranks of adventurous designers changing the way we interact with our environment and enhancing the way we live. You'll gain the industry experience, networks and knowledge needed to succeed in cutting-edge design fields, opening opportunities for work in the fields of visual communication and graphic design, interior design, product and user experience design, strategic design, content creation, digital web design, design management, design education, theatre, furniture design, and digital media.
Design careers are available in a wide range of employment sectors, from commercial and industrial product development to UX/UI design, advertising, built environment, manufacturing, construction, architecture, IT, arts and recreation, as well as health, sports technology, and humanitarian work.
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Life at Griffith
You can gain more than just a degree at Griffith. With plenty of opportunities to balance life and study, you can make memories and mates to last a lifetime.
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