Study Queensland  Website

• An easy to use Course Finder function
• Information about Queensland’s key industry sectors including aviation, biotechnology, creative industries, engineering, health, mining and tourism and hospitality
• Links to useful websites, including those Queensland’s schools, colleges and universities
• Wellbeing and safety information for visiting students
• Students’ own stories of their experience in Queensland
• A range of downloadable brochures in Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.

The Study Queensland website is a portal to the education and training possibilities in Queensland’s first class institutions.  Explore all the programs on offer from our universities, colleges and schools on the Study Queensland website. 

Queensland, a leader in Health

Queensland’s strengths in health education and training include:

• experienced and multicultural teaching staff who create a nurturing environment for students
• excellent infrastructure and facilities
• partnerships with industry that provide a hands-on learning experience
• tropical health and molecular biology
• strong job prospects
• a rapidly growing health industry that demands excellence in education and training

What can I study?
A range of public and private vocational colleges offer courses for international students in nursing, aged care, natural therapies and allied health, which can lead to a career in health or entry into university.

Each of Queensland’s nine universities offer specialised health courses in a diverse range of fields including nursing, medicine, oral health, pharmacy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy

 
Employment opportunities

The demand for highly skilled graduates in health fields continues to grow worldwide. Queensland health and medical graduates are well placed to enter employment with a combination of technical expertise and practical skills. You could find yourself working in one of the following careers:

• Registered or enrolled nurse
• Dental technician
• Nutritionist
• Radiation therapist
• Doctor
• Genetic or exercise scientist

James Cook University is a leader in tropical disease research and home to the Australian Institute of Tropical Medical Research, with a research agenda focused on medical issues in the tropics, rural and remote health and Indigenous health.
Visit www.jcu.edu.au for more information.

Queensland University of Technology’s extensive health research and teaching programs cover nutrition and dietetics to optometry and paramedics. Its School of Nursing has the largest and longest standing university-based nursing program in Queensland.
Visit www.qut.edu.au for more information.

The Griffith Centre for Medicine and Oral Health provides students and staff with world-class clinical, laboratory teaching and research facilities and is co-located with the Gold Coast Hospital. Visit www.griffith.edu.au for more information.

The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health Sciences is a leader in health education and research, with an internationally recognised research profile and educators who are leaders in their fields. The faculty is at the forefront of a new health era, developing exciting collaborations across disciplines including molecular biology, medicine, public health, allied health and dentistry. Research collaborations occur with key institutions, including the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, recognised internationally as a centre of excellence for medical research.
Visit www.uq.edu.au or www.qimr.edu.au for more information.

Bond University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine is dedicated to shaping health professionals with superior clinical skills, ethics, compassion and humanity. The faculty offers an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in biomedical science, children’s services, exercise science, forensic science, health sciences, medicine, physiotherapy, sports science and sports management.
Visit www.bond.edu.au for more information.

Queensland, a leader in Creative Industries

Queensland’s key creative industry strengths include:

• teaching and research relevant to current practice
• partnerships with industry that provide hands-on learning experience
• strong Queensland Government support
• cutting-edge technology
• Australia's research headquarters for creative industries
• a culture that values diversity

What can I Study?
Queensland offers a variety of cutting-edge courses in creative industries at high schools, private and public vocational colleges and at Queensland’s universities including:

• music composition and production
• film and television
• animation, computational arts
• fashion design
• architecture, visual arts and design
• performing arts, writing, publishing
• advertising, graphic design and media
• journalism and media communications

For more information about courses and institutions, visit the course finder at www.studyqueensland.qld.edu.au/coursefinder

Employment opportunities

There are a wide range of career paths available to creative industries graduates including:

• Musician, music producer
• Film or television producer, director, actor
• Entertainment software designer
• Architect, interior designer
• Theatre or radio producer
• Artist, sculptor
• Fashion designer
• Writer, publisher, editor
• Photographer

Key Learning Centres

The Queensland Creative Industries Academy, developed in partnership with Queensland University of Technology, offers a specialised program for selected senior high school students with a passion and ability in visual art, drama, media, film and music.
Visit www.qldacademies.eq.edu.au for more information.

Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading tertiary music institutions. The multi-million dollar facility is acoustically and architecturally unparalleled and is the only Australian institution to provide students with an opportunity to perform in a fully staged opera every year.
Visit www.griffith.edu.au for further information.

The Queensland University of Technology’s Creative Industries Precinct is Australia’s first higher education site dedicated to learning, research and commercial development in the creative industries. The discipline mix and interdisciplinary opportunities allow students to design their own future and graduate with ‘in-demand’ skills and experiences across design, performance, production and writing.
Visit www.qut.edu.au for more information.

Southbank Institute’s Centre for Arts, Culture and Creative Industries encompasses performing arts, contemporary music, ceramics, visual arts, graphic design and photography among others. The courses are hands-on and work towards optimising students’ employment opportunities. Visit www.southbank.tafe.net for more information.

QANTM College is one of Australia's most successful and innovative creative digital media educators, specialising in games programming, animation, multimedia, graphic design and digital film making courses.

Student testimonials

“One of the best things about studying at Queensland College of Art is having access to multi-million dollar facilities, particularly the digital media labs. 

Jun Eun Kim, South Korea
Bachelor of Digital Design. Master of Digital Design. Master of Arts in Visual Art.
Griffith University

“The Diploma of Nursing (Pre-Enrolment) has been very challenging but I have succeeded because of all the support that I received from the teaching staff.

Kai Zhao, China
Diploma of Nursing (Pre-Enrolment)
Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE