About Bachelor Of Creative Industries in University of Newcastle

What you will study

The Bachelor of Creative Industries allows you to tailor your studies with flexible course combinations and pathways. You can choose a single major, a double minor or a directed pathway where you get maximum breadth with a broader focus across study areas.

The courses in our creative industries degree focus on digital literacies, social innovation, business capabilities and entrepreneurial activities.

It is a three-year, interdisciplinary degree with a dual focus – combining a creative major with core courses that emphasise skills essential to entrepreneurial activity, such as:

• market analysis
• project management
• business models
• stakeholder engagement

Career opportunities

The creative industries is one of the fastest-growing, most dynamic segments of the national economy. In recent years, salaries and wages in creative employments rose by an additional $10 billion from $26 to $36 billion within 5 years.

The Bachelor of Creative Industries is expressly designed to develop entrepreneurial and career-savvy graduates with highly employable skills. Whether you’re directing, supporting or delivering creative content, this degree will prepare you for exciting roles focused around creative and social innovation.

The creative industries encompasses a wide range of employment within both creative and non-creative sectors including:

• arts and arts administration
• advertising and public relations (PR)
• broadcasting
• community arts and culture
• design
• digital media
• exhibition management
• film-making

Academic qualification equivalents

• Applicants must have passed All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE) with 13 points or from ISC with 83%

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS : 6 With minimum of 6.0 in each band 
• TOEFL : 60 Overall score between 60-78 with the following scores in each band-
• Reading= 13-18
• Listening= 12-19
• Speaking= 18-19
• Writing= 21-23
• PTE : 50 Overall score of 50-57 

University of Newcastle Highlights

University of Newcastle The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The tuition fee at the University of Newcastle differs depending upon the degree level and whether one is receiving commonwealth assistance, international education or studying part-time.
• Program cost for some popular undergraduate courses is given below-

• Program cost for some popular graduate courses is stated below-

Accommodation Cost

The institute provides its applicants with an option of choosing a mode of accommodation that suits their needs and requirements best. The cost of different types of accommodation available to aspirants seeking admission to UON is as follows: 

Other expenses

Estimated overall expenditure of a year (excluding tuition fee): 20,290 AUD.

English Proficiency Test Scores For International Students

English Language Proficiency Test scores are a measure of the English Language fluency of the applicants. The University of Newcastle expects all students to fulfill these test score requirements, including students whose first language is English or have studied in an educational institution whose language of instruction is English for at least 4 years. These tests are conducted to provide a structural base so that there is no hindrance to cope with the syllabi.

Note: These scores are course dependent and may vary from course to course and hence, students are advised to be well aware of the minimum score requirements.