At the QCA, we focus on preparing graduates for success as creative and insightful thinkers as well as informed entrepreneurial practitioners with a global outlook.

Degrees include:

Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art: prepares Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders with the skills and knowledge for a professional art career.

Visual Arts: fosters the creative and critical capacities for a successful career in contemporary art.

Design: nurtures design leaders who are highly competent in identifying human-centred design solutions that enhance the sustainability of our cultures, economies and societies.

Industrial Design: a creative engineering approach combined with industrial design innovation, incorporating 3D printing experience from the first year of study.

Our innovative double degrees open up more career options and entrepreneurial opportunities for our students.

Choose from: Design and Business or Visual Arts and Business .

QCA staff are highly committed to creating the best learning experience for students.

They are among Australia’s and the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in art and design.

View our full academic staff list to visit individual Griffith Experts profiles to learn more about our faculty's research, experience and art and design practice.

At the Queensland College of Art, you'll join a thriving and vibrant creative community. Learn and collaborate with people who are pushing the boundaries of the visual and creative arts industry. You'll be surrounded by other designers, artists, performers, photographers, film makers, and lecturers who are experts in their field in Australia and overseas.

Explore your talents in a flexible, cross-disciplinary learning environment, which includes new state of the art equipment, studios and facilities.

Attend local, national and international art, design and photography festivals and access an exciting calendar of on-campus exhibitions, with unique opportunities to exhibit and sell your own work through one of our six QCA Galleries spaces.

Engage with industry connections through guest lectures, masterclasses, creative projects and internships. Our hands-on work integrated learning programs will prepare you for the future world of work before you even graduate, so you can turn your creative passions into a career sooner.

Take a look around the rest of our website for more great reasons to study with us at the QCA.

Approximately 50% of our students don’t come to Griffith straight from high school. There are lots of possible pathway options to study at Griffith and the Queensland College of Art including:

• Bridging and enabling programs
• Certificates and Diplomas
• Griffith College
• Griffith Tertiary Preparation
• Griffith Personal Statement
• TAFE Admissions Pathway

Visit our admission pathways site for more information.

Gaining credit and recognition of prior learning may reduce the time it will take to complete your degree.

Find out more about the types of learning you may gain credit for, how to apply for credit transfers and examples of credit decisions that have been made in the past on our credit transfer website.

The Queensland College of Art offers a range of high school programs across our Gold Coast and South Bank campuses. Arrange a personalised campus tour, attend one of our workshops, or come along to an Experience Day. We also offer alternate pathway programs for students to start studying with us sooner.

When COVID restrictions are lifted, we will continue to offer you the flexibility to study on-campus, online, or a combination of both.

In an industry where change is the only constant and innovation is key, postgraduate qualifications from the Queensland College of Art (QCA) will provide you with advanced knowledge in innovative practices giving you the skills to progress to leadership roles in the creative industries.

Becoming a research candidate at the Queensland College of Art gives you the opportunity to work beside some of the best creative arts researchers in the country. Our researchers have access to exhibitions and exhibition spaces, grants, resources, training, scholarships, awards, and many other opportunities.

For those with an interest in our Design postgraduate offerings, the Graduate Certificate of Design provides you with a thorough understanding of experience design (UX and service design), design thinking, design language, storytelling and advanced technologies.

The Master of Design is suited to designers and non-designers alike who wish to complement their existing skills. You’ll learn to apply design thinking to solve a range of complex business problems.

For those with an interest in our Visual Arts postgraduate offerings, look into the Master of Arts in Visual Arts. You’ll explore innovation within contemporary visual culture and extend on your studio art practice while experimenting across a broad range of media including drawing, painting, photography, print making, jewellery and sculpture.

Find out more on our Postgraduate website.

There are a number of places you can view work produced by QCA students and graduates.

Check out our suite of graduate catalogues, showcasing the work of QCA graduates.

• Selection of design graduate catalogues.
• Selection of Fine Art graduate catalogues.
• Selection of Photography graduate catalogues.

We invite you to view our new online gallery space, which presents an opportunity for you to access our exhibitions online. New exhibitions are added on a regular basis.

QCA at Home is a new open-call initiative that aims to explore what can be created beyond our gallery walls and studios, particularly during this challenging start to 2020. We invited our students and alumni to present what they are working on while at home. The project aims to bridge physical distances through making, sharing and connecting. Follow the #QCAatHome hashtag on Instagram and Facebook to see what our students and alumni have been creating recently.

Stay up to date with QCA news and events by joining our social media community.

• QCA Facebook: fb.com/qcagriffith
• QCA Instagram: @qcagriffith
• QCA Twitter: @qcagriffith

You can also visit our Community page to view recent success highlights and follow our latest web projects. On this page, we also showcase student work, recent news stories and Griffith updates.

Sign up here to receive our quarterly Queensland College of Art e-newsletter.

Integrate theory into practice and work on projects for real clients in one of our commercial studios, run by practitioners with years of industry experience.

Studios include:

• LiveWorm, our long-running graphic and communication design studios at both the South Bank and Gold Coast campuses.
• LiveSpace, our socially and environmentally responsible design studio, focusing on interior environments and product development.

Our key industry links help you make critical contacts and develop networks before you graduate.

You can also gain credit towards your degree while enjoying exciting cultural experiences and advancing your professional skills on one of our many international visual arts and design study tours.

2020 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Griffith University Art Museum Internship Program.

Over the last decade, Griffith University Art Museum staff have mentored over 40 Griffith students and alumni, helping them to build exciting careers at leading institutions within Australia and overseas.

Graduates of the program have gone on to work as curators, gallerists, registrars, conservators, educators, writers, installers and professional artists.

The Internship gives a broad introduction to working life at a museum and is best suited to students or those at the early stages of their career. Our interns work closely with staff members to undertake daily operations across our Gallery and Collection locations.

Find out more about the Griffith University Art Museum Internship Program.

Due to the global circumstances with COVID-19, Griffith University has suspended all outgoing student international mobility for the near future. The health and safety of our students is critical in this rapidly evolving situation. In saying this, we welcome you to review the amazing range of overseas mobility experiences which will become available as travel advisories and health advice allows.

Eligible Griffith students have participated in study programs in over 50 countries, including:

• trimester, summer or winter exchange
• global internships
• international volunteering
• overseas short courses
• conferences and workshops
• field trips
• research practicums.

QCA students have also experienced local and international academic-led study tours to locations as diverse as Peru, Cambodia, Indonesia, Germany, Vanuatu, India, Nepal, New York and more.

For more information about the evolving COVID-19 situation in relation to international travel, read more on the Griffith Go Global website.

The Queensland College of Art is part of Griffith University, which is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide.

Creative Arts at Griffith is rated 5-stars for Educational Experience and Teaching Quality by the Good Universities Guide (2018), a leading independent provider of high-quality education and career information.

Find out more about Griffith's ratings and rankings.

There are over 600+ scholarships available at Griffith University for academic performance, accommodation, sport, First Peoples and equity to cover university fees, living and education expenses.

There are a number of scholarships specific to Visual and Creative Arts students, including the $10,000 Art in Bark Bursary for commencing fine art students from regional areas.

Applying for our scholarships is free and simple. You can apply for multiple scholarships with just the one application form.

Find out more about Griffith scholarships.

We have number of helpful tools and services to ensure students get the most out of their time with us. We have a whole range of services student can access, including, but not limited to:

• Support services
• Health, counselling and wellbeing
• Financial support
• Disability and accessibility support
• International student support
• Study support
• Mentoring
• Equity and diversity
• Career support

Find out more about the various support services available to students.

The Griffith Academic Calendar comprises three trimesters.

Plan for success and familiarise yourself with key dates throughout the academic year.

View the Griffith academic calendar and key dates.