Entry requirements
A completed recognised 3 or 4 year bachelor degree not in education or in a course leading to teacher registration with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4 on QUT's 7 point scale (where 4 is a Pass).
Your first teaching area has admissions prerequisites that must be met. Details are listed below for the first teaching area requirements.
You are required to nominate your second teaching area upon enrolment in program. We assume that you have completed at least half- year (4 QUT units) in the second teaching area through your prior higher education studies.
Additional entry requirements
Pass the Initial Teacher Education Course (ITE) Capabilities Criteria.
Applicants must demonstrate possession of key competencies outlined by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) as those attributes and motivations common to effective teachers.
You must complete an online questionnaire to demonstrate your motivation for and understanding of the course and profession. In the questionnaire you will be asked to:
- Rank a series of potentially appropriate statement responses in order of what you think is most to least important.
- Provide two x 500 word written statements addressing the categories and indicators as outlined on the Teacher Entry Fact Sheet.
QUT will send you details on how to complete the Initial Teacher Education Course (ITE) Capabilities Criteria questionnaire and submit your written statements after you have lodged an application.
If you've achieved a 'satisfactory' result for one or more components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) at another institution the 'satisfactory' result can be carried across with your admission application. You are not eligible to apply for a place in this course if one or more components of LANTITE remains at 'unsatisfactory' after two test attempts for that component.
First teaching area requirements
Dance education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in dance with a minimum of:
- one eighth of a year (1 QUT unit) in dance theory
- one eighth of a year (1 QUT unit) in dance practice; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance Performance)
Drama education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in drama with a minimum of:
- one eighth of a year (1 QUT unit) in drama theory and
- one eighth of a year (1 QUT unit) unit in drama practice.
- other units may include cultural studies film and media studies; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama and Performance)
English education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in English covering one or more of:
- English (communication grammar linguistics literature)
- cultural studies
- film and media studies.
Film and media education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in film and media studies:
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film TV and New Media Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film Screen and New Media)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Games and Interactive Environments (Animation)
Mathematics education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in mathematics studies; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Business (Majors: Accountancy; Advertising; Economics; Finance; Marketing)
- Bachelor of Creative Industries (Interactive and Visual Design)
- Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
- Bachelor of Design - International (Architecture)
- Bachelor of Design (Honours) (Majors: Architecture; Interactive and Visual Design)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Games and Interactive Environments
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Mathematics
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging (Honours)
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
- Bachelor of Science (Physics)
- Bachelor of Vision Science
Music education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in music; or
Successful completion of QUT's Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music)
Science education (biology)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in education or in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study covering animal and/or human biology; or plant biology and animal and/or human biology; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- Bachelor of Clinical and Exercise Physiology
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging (Honours)
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours)
- Bachelor of Nutrition Science
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
- Bachelor of Public Health
- Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences)
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science
- Bachelor of Vision Science
Science education (Chemistry)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in chemistry. Studies in the following areas are preferable but not compulsory:
- physical chemistry
- inorganic chemistry
- bio-organic chemistry
- analytical and environmental chemistry; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Chemical Process)
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science
- Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours)
- Bachelor of Nutrition Science
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
- Bachelor of Public Health
- Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences)
- Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)
Science education (earth and environmental science)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study covering one or more of:
- earth science; and/or
- environmental science/engineering; and/or
- geology; and/or
- geoscience and ecology; and/or
- geography
Science education (physics)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in physics and mathematics with a minimum of half a year (4 QUT units) in Physics; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging (Honours)
- Bachelor of Science (Physics)
Science education (Psychology)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in Psychology or a completed recognised bachelor degree in: Psychology Behavioural science (Psychology) Psychological science counselling social work or human services.
Social education (geography)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education one or more of the following areas: Geology and environmental study geographical information systems geography natural resource studies agriculture forestry horticulture lands parks and wildlife management natural resource studies viticulture
Social science education (history)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in history.
Technologies Education (Design)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in one or more of the following areas: Architecture Design Fashion urban town regional planning.
Technologies Education (Digital Solutions)
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in one or more of the following areas: animation games and interactive entertainment information technology interactive and visual design multimedia.
Visual arts education
You need:
- a completed recognised 3-year bachelor degree (or higher) not in a course leading to teacher registration in Australia or New Zealand
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 or higher (on QUT's 7-point scale)
- successful completion of three-quarters of a year (or full-time equivalent) of higher education study in visual arts with a minimum of:
- one eighth of a year (1 QUT unit) in history or theory; and
- one eighth of a year (1 QUT unit) in studio practice; or
Successful completion of any one of the following QUT courses:
- Bachelor of Design (Fashion)
- Bachelor of Design - International (Fashion)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts)