Bachelor of Media / Arts
- Commencing Terms
- Term 1, 2 & 3
- Duration
- 4 Year(s)
- Delivery Mode
- Face-to-face (includes blended)
- Campus
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Kensington
- Codes
- UAC code 422810
- Program code 3344
- CRICOS code 110753K
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ATAR/2025 lowest selection rank
- 80.0 View all admission criteria
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2025 Indicative first year full fee
- $14,000*
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2025 Indicative full fee to complete degree
- $56,500*
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2025 Indicative first year full fee
- $46,000*
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2025 Indicative CSP fee to complete degree
- $200,500*
Entry Requirements
Fees
Fees
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Design your own degree
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State-of-the-art facilities
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Strong industry links
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- Overview
- Entry requirements
- What will I study?
- Future careers
- How to apply
- Fees & Scholarships
Overview
The Bachelor of Media/Bachelor of Arts is a four-year double degree that develops influential communication skills and defines a life purpose suited to your passions and interests. Learn strategies to interest, inform, and inspire others while challenging your own assumptions and tackling real-world problems.Ìý
Explore what fascinates you and prepare to think differently about global issues like climate change, human rights, and the ethical future of technology. Blend your worldview with practical skills in public relations and advertising, communications and journalism, screen production, cinema studies, or media studies.
Prepare to enlighten the future with your skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and research. You'll build specialist communication skills and industry knowledge, learning from experts in practical and theoretical classes. And with solid opportunities for work experiences, you’ll unlock the expertise needed to establish a career far beyond your first job.Ìý
Key features
Design your degree Ìý
Personalise a degree unique to your interests, aspirations, and career goals. You can explore culture-defining knowledge that spans the humanities, languages, social sciences, the environment, and many more. You can also study business specialisations such as economics, international business, and marketing. 
World-leading researchers and practitioners 
Learn from teachers who are also world-leading researchers, breaking new ground in understanding how media work, from artificial intelligence to activism, to the politics of race and gender. Have your skills honed by experienced practitioners, many of whom still make films, grow brands, and write for leading publications. Glean deep insights from industry leaders who appear as guest speakers in the classroom. 
Career-focused studies 
Confidence comes with experience, and this degree integrates professional development at every level. Your studies combine with practical and professional activities from internships to industry-standard studio spaces and technologies.  
Why study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ?
- ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Arts, Design and Architecture is ranked in the top 5 in Australia for 12 subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025).Ìý
- Freedom to design your degree your way Ìý
- State-of-the-art production spaces Ìý
- A supportive, diverse, and inclusive community Ìý
- Access established industry links and partnerships Ìý
- Connections to a worldwide alumni network  Ìý
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Entry requirements
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- The 2025 Lowest Selection Rank (LSR) is the adjusted rank (ATAR plus adjustment factors) you would have needed to gain entry to this degree in 2025.
- The 2025 A levels score is based on four Advanced Level (A2) subjects. Entry scores are calculated from the best three or four A2 subjects (excluding repeated subjects) using the following values: A*=6, A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1. At most one Applied A Level subject may be included in the best four subjects used to calculate the aggregate.
- The 2025 IB Diploma is an indication of the IB you would have needed to gain entry to this degree in 2025. It is to be used as a guide only.
- The 2025 Lowest ATAR is the lowest ATAR (before adjustment factors were applied) to which an offer was made. Where <5 is listed, this indicates that less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made and so the score has not been published. N/A indicates no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
*The Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made, for this program, is based on a ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Gateway Early Conditional Offer.
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At ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, we are committed to ensuring prospective students have all the information they need in order to make informed decisions about their study options.
To assist you in gaining a better understanding of how Admissions works at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, we have provided you with a summary of ATAR offers and the student profile.
We hope this information will help you identify the degree that is right for you.
Portfolio EntryÌý
At ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ ADA, you will find the freedom and support to design the future you want. An ADA Portfolio Entry submission will demonstrate your passions alongside your best work, to boost your chances of admission to a bachelor’s degree of your choice. For more information and to see specific guidelines for portfolio submissions visit ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Portfolio Entry.
Assumed knowledge
None
Adjustment Factors
We offer a range of adjustment factor schemes that reward students for academic performance and extra-curricular achievements. These schemes also take into account a range of personal and educational disadvantages that may have affected your studies.Ìý
HSC PlusÌý
This scheme rewards students who perform well in Year 12 subjects that are relevant to their preferred ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ degree. You may be awarded up to five points.Ìý
Elite Athletes, Performers and Leaders (EAPL)Ìý
This program recognises achievements in the areas of sport, academia, leadership and music at an elite level. You may be eligible for up to five points.
Factors such as illness, financial hardship, language difficulties or attending a particular school can mean you don't always get the best possible marks in Years 11 and 12. If one of these situations applies to you, submit an application for the Educational Access Scheme (EAS) via UAC. Eligible students can receive between 1 and 10 points towards their chosen ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ degree.
Admission pathways
Your ATAR is not the only measure of your potential to succeed, which is why we offer a range of pathways into university. Explore your options below andÌýget in touchÌýwith our Future Student Advisers to discuss your path to ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ.Ìý
Gateway Admission Pathway
This scheme is open to students who attend Gateway schools, live in a low-socioeconomic area based on IRSAD and IEO indexes ofÌý, or are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person. It adjusts the ATAR requirements for your preferred ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ degree and provides early offers and early conditional offers to ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ.Ìý
Entry programs for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
We offer entry programs for Indigenous Australians, including the Indigenous Preparatory Programs and the Indigenous Admission Scheme (IAS). The entry pathway program you apply for will depend on the degree you want to study.Ìý
English language requirements
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You may be asked to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ depending on your educational background and citizenship. English language skills are vitally important for coping with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations - this is why ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ requires a minimum English language competency for enrolment.
If you’re completing an Australian Year 12 qualification (e.g. NSW HSC or equivalent), you do not need to provide anything extra to prove your proficiency. Your qualification will be used as evidence of your English proficiency.
If you do need to provide evidence of your English proficiency, this will be indicated in your application. You can prove this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
- English language tests and university English courses
- Prior study in the medium of English
- Other qualifications
If you need to improve your English skills before you start your degree, are for you. The programs are suitable for various English levels and help you prepare for university studies and life in Australia.
For more details, visit the English Language Requirements page.Ìý
International direct entry
Information for applicants with CBSE, HKDSE or Singapore A Levels Qualification
Calculating your CBSE Score:
Awarded by CBSE, average percentage marks across English or Hindi, and your best four remaining subjects. Where marks are given as a range, the mid-point for that range is used e.g. 75 to 80 = 77.5.
Calculating your HKDSE Score:
Entry requirements are based on the aggregate of the best 5 achieved category A subjects (category B and C subjects are not considered).
For subjects other than Citizenship and Social Development: level 5**=7 points, level 5*=6 points, level 5=5 points, level 4=4 points, level 3=3 points, level 2=2 points, level 1=1 point, Level U=0 point.
For subject Citizenship and Social Development: Attained=2 points, Unattained=0 point. Citizenship and Social Development will only be counted towards the aggregate if the 2 points awarded for Attained ranks among the student’s best five scoring subjects.
If Mathematics Compulsory Part and Extended Part (Module 1 or 2) are both presented, both scores can be counted.
Calculating your Singapore A Levels:
Due to significant changes to the GCE A-Level Curriculum and University Admissions Score (UAS) calculation effective 2026, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ assessment is currently under review.
Note: Entry requirements published on this page are correct as of the day of publication and may change without notice.Ìý
We do not accept secondary qualifications from this country. We may accept tertiary study results, please for more information.
Please for direct entry requirements.
Admission pathways
If you do not meet the requirements for direct entry into your chosen degree, you may be eligible for a pathway program with . ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ College provides alternative entry options using university-approved content so that you can start your ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ journey with confidence. 
English language requirements
You may be asked to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ depending on whether you are from an English-speaking background or non-English speaking background. English language skills are vitally important for coping with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations - this is why ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ requires a minimum English language competency for enrolment.
If English is not your first language, you’ll need to provide proof of your English proficiency before you can be given an offer to study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ. You can do this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
- English language tests and university English courses
- Prior study in the medium of English
- Other qualifications
If you need to improve your English skills before you start your degree, are for you. The programs are suitable for various English levels and help you prepare for university studies and life in Australia.
For more details, visit theÌýEnglish Language RequirementsÌýpage.Ìý
Check the specific English language requirements for this program
What will I study?
¹úÃñ²ÊƱ is introducing a new academic calendar from 2028.
We are moving to a new flex-semester calendar. What does this mean for your studies?Ìý
Study areas
Combine your interests for a unique career connected to your talents and passions. In a double degree, you focus on two areas of expertise to graduate with more knowledge, skills, and career options. Despite the name, it's not double the workload. A double degree combines the core components from two programs. You'll graduate with two certificates sooner than studying two consecutive degrees.ÌýÌý
Choose one media specialisation. For arts, you can choose a double major, or combine a major and a minor specialisation from the study areas listed below. See ‘Program structure’ for more information.Ìý