Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Data Science

This double degree combines our new Bachelor of Data Science, and our internationally-recognised Bachelor of Business.
The Data Science component has been specifically designed and built from the ground up as a specialist data science degree – the only one of its kind in Australia.
Supplement your data science knowledge and skills with a business major in accountancy, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Develop the knowledge and skills being demanded by employers in emergent roles.
Analyse and interrogate data to provide meaningful insights, crucial to a multitude of industries.
Complete two degrees in just four years full-time.
Why choose this course?
Data scientist, as an occupation, has experienced a growth of 492 per cent from 2015 to 2019 (Burning Glass Technologies, National Skills Commission Analysis, 2020). It is widely acknowledged as one of the most desirable careers, not just in Australia, but globally.

Across the world, we are collecting massive amounts of data. It’s the new currency. But that data means very little if we’re not able derive meaningful insights from it. We need skilled data scientists to create meaning with the data.

A significant and accelerating challenge for modern business is managing fast incoming, voluminous and varied data that is increasingly being relied on to make decisions in today's business environment. QUT’s new Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Data Science will equip you to become a leader in data science, of particular relevance to your chosen field of business.  You'll be confident and capable to translate information into advice to be applied in the real world.

Our Business degrees are designed to inspire students to realise their full potential, to think entrepreneurially, and to ethically and sustainably shape the future of twenty-first century business. Any one of the majors from the Bachelor of Business will be ideal to accompany your studies in data science.

Real-world learning
As part of your Business course, you'll pitch to real businesses, explore live cases, apply insightful frameworks and generate solutions to contemporary business problems, supported by QUT's Business Advantage professional skill development program and career development services.

Real-world data science is frequently a collaborative effort, and online collaborative tools combined with open source tools for data processing and sharing are proven technologies.You will be encouraged to become an independent learner through discussion, debate and interaction with peers and teaching staff, independent studies and self-reflection.

You will apply theoretical frameworks to real-world problems, so you can make clear connections between what is learned in the classroom, and your future practice as a data science professional.

Learn from the best
Our Business academics and teaching staff possess industry know-how and create world-class research, frequently appearing on the national media stage to provide expert comments.

As an acknowledged leader in data science research and with our Centre of Data Science, QUT is well-placed to provide you with the expertise at the forefront of this exciting discipline.  Our researchers leading the research in the Centre are also the unit coordinators and lecturers in the course. You’ll be learning from the experts with many years of real-world experience and industry contacts, and who are grounded at the cutting-edge of data science to understand and solve complex challenges and problems.