Overview

Highlights

Work creatively on writing novels, poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction, memoir, and genre fiction.
Work towards a year-long major piece of creative writing in a form and genre of your choice, as well as engage in major transdisciplinary projects with creatives from other fields.
Gain insight into the national contexts into which your writing will enter as well as the debates and ideas that are enlivening and challenging the ways in which writers create.
Learn about central ideas from literary theory and ways to think and write critically about texts.
Learn from highly experienced and published authors, scholars, and experts in creative writing.
Gain opportunities for exposure with internships at writers’ festivals, literary events, publishing houses, and public readings.
Graduates work as fiction writers, editors, embedded creatives in technical and corporate contexts, technical writers, script writers, reviewers, travel writers, feature writers, journalists, publishers, media workers, policy workers, government employees and teachers.

Why choose this Fine Arts (Creative Writing) course at Queensland University of Technology?

Writing is more central to our culture than ever before. The communication revolution demands written content—on the page, on the screen, and in new and evolving forms and spaces. Writers, storytellers and experts with nuanced and creative language are needed to provoke, entertain and connect to audiences in expanding ways. QUT offers the largest and most comprehensive undergraduate writing course in South-East Queensland with the broadest range of units on offer. Within the BFA structure, you gain the deepest possible access to this knowledge.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Develop critical and analytical skills in reading and writing a variety of literature forms.
Learn from lecturers and tutors with industry experience.
Write and analyse short stories, creative nonfiction and youth writing.
Build on practical skills and conceptual backgrounds.
Study script-writing, stylistics, poetics and corporate writing.
Explore how a variety of notable novels were written.
Choose electives to tailor your course to your strengths and vocational interests.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-20 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-06-03 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-02-26 00:00:00

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More details

International: Applications are open all year.

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

288 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Brisbane, Australia

Disciplines

Creative Writing Fine Arts View 51 other Bachelors in Creative Writing in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

CRICOS: 056185A

English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)

If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 87.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

34300 AUD / year

≈ 34300 AUD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

12100 AUD / year

≈ 12100 AUD / year

Additional Details

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)

Living costs

Brisbane

Australia

1402 - 2528 AUD / month

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Overview

Highlights

Why choose this Fine Arts (Creative Writing) course at Queensland University of Technology?

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Additional Details

Living costs

Brisbane

Funding

Scholarships Information

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