Highlights

• Pathway for students who have completed high school Year 12 (or equivalent) and have almost met the academic and/or English language entry requirements of their chosen QUT bachelor program.
• Complete in 4 months full-time.

Why choose this course?

Learn the required knowledge and skills that you need to enter the first year of most undergraduate degree courses and be better prepared to achieve academic success at QUT.

You will develop:

• knowledge based on your chosen discipline of study
• your written and oral academic English
• digital literacy skills
• an understanding the Australian learning style and what it means to be a QUT student.

The QUT International College community will also offer you valuable co-curricular opportunities, such as a student mentor program and activities club, which will help you meet new friends and broaden your Australian learning experience. You will also be able to access a broad range of additional learning support.

This course will help you meet the academic and English language requirements for your undergraduate studies at QUT in just 4 months. During this program, you will study:

• advanced academic English language
• literature studies
• two discipline-specific units.

Everything you study in the program will help you to better understand the teaching and learning styles of Australian universities.

When you have completed this course, and met the faculty progression requirements, you will be guaranteed a place in the first year of your chosen bachelor degree.

Progression to your related Bachelor course

Progression requirements from Intensive Program into QUT bachelor programs are different depending on your chosen bachelor program.

To see these progression requirements, refer to the requirements tab for your chosen bachelor program and select 'Australia' from the country list.

Foundation streams

There are four foundation streams to choose from, each with 4 units.

You will be allocated to the streams based on your selected Bachelor degree course and progression requirements (i.e. degree course pre-requisites). For example, students who will be studying Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) will be allocated to a stream where they will study mathematics and science, and a Bachelor of Creative Industries student will be learning about creative design and studies of society.