Bachelor of Commerce
Overview
Equip yourself with the knowledge, focus and skills for a career in accounting, banking, finance or business analytics.
Commerce graduates are in high demand for their in-depth understanding of how accounting, business information systems, data analytics and finance add value to business and the global economy.
As you study our commerce program, you'll investigate topics such as:
- How can business performance be measured and assessed?
- How can company, project and investment value be determined to make buy/sell decisions?
- How do foreign markets, derivatives and debt markets affect my client’s portfolio?
- How applications of artificial intelligence in business processes, offerings and strategies provide impactful and productive deep learning opportunities.
- What is an auditor’s responsibility?
- How can big data be analysed to add value?
- What issues arise from operating in a virtual corporate environment?
After examining the fundamental principles of commerce, you'll learn how you can apply and adapt them in response to specific challenges faced by businesses. You'll build specialised knowledge and skills through your choice of one or two majors.
This program will set you up for a thriving career in the public or private sectors in accounting, banking, financial management, business analysis, data scientists, business information systems and general management.
Program highlights
- Develop a combination of core commerce skills, specialist knowledge, and critical evaluation and problem-solving abilities.
- Gain expertise that ensures you are sought by employers and add value to their business.
- With 4 diverse majors to choose from, you can deep dive into your area of interest.
Majors
Tailor your studies to suit your goals. This program offers these options:
- Accounting
- Business Analytics
- Business Information Systems
- Finance
How you'll learn
Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Seminars
Placements and work experience
What you'll study
At UQ, degrees are called 'programs' and subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study in this program:
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Principles of Management Accounting
- Transforming Business with Information Systems
- Principles of Business Analytics
Dual programs
Double your skills and your opportunities with a dual degree. You can study the Bachelor of Commerce as a part of these dual programs:
- Bachelors of Computer Science / Commerce
- Bachelors of Mathematics / Commerce
- Bachelors of Engineering (Honours) / Commerce
- Bachelors of Commerce / Information Technology
- Bachelors of Commerce / Arts
- Bachelors of Commerce / Laws (Honours)
- Bachelors of Business Management / Commerce
- Bachelors of Commerce / Science
- Bachelors of Commerce / Economics
Career possibilities
Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Depending on which major you choose, here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
- Chartered accountant
- Mergers and acquisition adviser
- Business systems analyst
- Risk manager
- Company secretary
- Auditor
- Finance manager
- Corporate treasurer
- Data analyst
Professional memberships
When you graduate, you may be eligible for memberships with the following professional organisations. Contact the organisation to find out how to become a member.
- Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
- Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute
- Certified Institute for Management Accountants
- Certified Practising Accountants Australia
- Financial Services Institute of Australasia
- Governance Institute of Australia
- Institute of Public Accountants
My program helped us access many opportunities to volunteer and gain industry work experience. One of the electives required me to seek an internship, which taught me how to approach firms, from small boutiques to larger corporations.
The best thing my program has given me is the education needed to strengthen my skills in my major. This is mainly due to the outstanding lecturers and professors. The support I received from them was outstanding and I'm most appreciative of their commitment and professionalism.
UQ incorporates real life challenges into the learning – someone from industry shares insight into the work in almost every course. With this, my knowledge about a field becomes clearer and my direction for the future is brighter.
My program helped us access many opportunities to volunteer and gain industry work experience. One of the electives required me to seek an internship, which taught me how to approach firms, from small boutiques to larger corporations.
The best thing my program has given me is the education needed to strengthen my skills in my major. This is mainly due to the outstanding lecturers and professors. The support I received from them was outstanding and I'm most appreciative of their commitment and professionalism.
UQ incorporates real life challenges into the learning – someone from industry shares insight into the work in almost every course. With this, my knowledge about a field becomes clearer and my direction for the future is brighter.
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Entry requirements
Prerequisites
- General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C)
- Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4, C)
Prerequisites
- General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C)
- Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4, C)
Entry score threshold
| ATAR / Rank | IB |
|---|---|
| 84 | 30.5 |
These are the lowest adjusted scores we made an offer to in Semester 1, 2024. Entry scores are based on the most recent Semester 1 intake and are updated in April each year. Meeting the entry score threshold doesn't guarantee admission.
Guarantee your place at UQ: If you meet our guaranteed minimum ATAR you could secure an offer for your preferred program.
English language requirements
IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL iBT (including Paper Edition) - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.
PTE Academic - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands.
BE - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills.
CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands.
OET is not accepted.
There are other ways to meet the English language requirements. For some programs, additional conditions apply.
Student visas
International students who are accepted into full-time study in the Bachelor of Commerce are eligible to apply for an Australian student visa (subclass 500).
There are a number of requirements you must satisfy before a visa is granted, including the Genuine Student (GS) requirement.
Entry score range
This table shows the range of entry scores for recent secondary students offered a place in the B Commerce for Semester 1, 2024
| Without adjustments | With adjustments | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest | 99.95 | 99.95 |
| Median | 90.9 | 92.2 |
| Lowest | 81.6 | 84.1 |
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Majors
Majors
Tailor your studies to suit your goals. This program offers these options:
Courses cover advanced topics including financial reporting and strategy, business analysis, environment and methodology of auditing, costing systems and cost management, commercial law and taxation law.
Graduates typically find careers as accountants or advisers in accounting firms, public and private corporations, management and consulting firms, small businesses, banks and other financial institutions, government departments and not-for-profit organisations.
Learn how analytics is applied to all areas of business from improving business decision-making and organisational processes to strategy-making.
The courses in this major cover the powerful tools used by business analysts and data scientists, including data visualisation, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and machine learning and deep learning. You'll also look at case studies from across the applied business disciplines, including accounting, finance, human resource management and marketing.
Learning how to solve real problems, the project-based capstone within the Business Analytics major uses live case studies from participating businesses. Working closely with academic support and industry decision-makers, you’ll work on a project and write and present your project findings to an audience including industry representatives.
You'll develop skills in areas like data analytics, business analysis, information security and process improvement. By the end of your studies, you'll be ready to provide advice about how technologies and systems can be used to improve business operations.
This major will prepare you for a career in a huge range of industries. Typical roles include business analyst, technology consultant or data analyst.
It will teach you how to use research methods to understand financial problems, as well as debt and equity capital markets, funds management, real estate as an asset class, and private equity.
You’ll gain an understanding of behavioural finance, and how this underpins financial decision-making, including trading strategies, investment decisions, managerial behaviour, and institutional frictions that influence economic outcomes.
Graduates enjoy careers in corporate finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, and management and financial consulting.
Majors
Tailor your studies to suit your goals. This program offers these options:
Courses cover advanced topics including financial reporting and strategy, business analysis, environment and methodology of auditing, costing systems and cost management, commercial law and taxation law.
Graduates typically find careers as accountants or advisers in accounting firms, public and private corporations, management and consulting firms, small businesses, banks and other financial institutions, government departments and not-for-profit organisations.
Learn how analytics is applied to all areas of business from improving business decision-making and organisational processes to strategy-making.
The courses in this major cover the powerful tools used by business analysts and data scientists, including data visualisation, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and machine learning and deep learning. You'll also look at case studies from across the applied business disciplines, including accounting, finance, human resource management and marketing.
Learning how to solve real problems, the project-based capstone within the Business Analytics major uses live case studies from participating businesses. Working closely with academic support and industry decision-makers, you’ll work on a project and write and present your project findings to an audience including industry representatives.
You'll develop skills in areas like data analytics, business analysis, information security and process improvement. By the end of your studies, you'll be ready to provide advice about how technologies and systems can be used to improve business operations.
This major will prepare you for a career in a huge range of industries. Typical roles include business analyst, technology consultant or data analyst.
It will teach you how to use research methods to understand financial problems, as well as debt and equity capital markets, funds management, real estate as an asset class, and private equity.
You’ll gain an understanding of behavioural finance, and how this underpins financial decision-making, including trading strategies, investment decisions, managerial behaviour, and institutional frictions that influence economic outcomes.
Graduates enjoy careers in corporate finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, and management and financial consulting.
Fees and Scholarships
Indicative annual fee
Approximate yearly cost of tuition (16 units). Your fees will vary according to your selected courses and study load. Fees are reviewed each year and may increase.
$14,904
2024
$14,904
2024
Approximate yearly cost of tuition (16 units). Your fees will vary according to your study load. Fees are reviewed each year and may increase.
AUD $48,160
2024
AUD $48,160
2024
Government assistance
Financial aid
As an international student, you might be eligible for financial aid – either from your home country, or from the Australian Government.
HECS-HELP
Domestic places in the Bachelor of Commerce are Commonwealth Supported. This means the cost of your education is shared between you and the Australian Government.
Instead of tuition fees, Commonwealth Supported students pay what are called student contribution amounts.
HECS-HELP is an Australian Government loan scheme to assist eligible students with the cost of their student contribution amounts.
Centrelink support
The Australian Government offers a number of income-support payments to eligible Australian university students.
Scholarships
You may be eligible for more than 100 scholarships, including:
How to apply
Applying online
If your senior schooling is from outside Australia, you can submit your application to UQ. Or, if you prefer, you can use an approved UQ agent in your country.
The program code for the Bachelor of Commerce is 2336.
Find out more about applying for undergraduate study
If your senior schooling is from Australia
Submit your application to the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre if you're an international student who is currently studying:
- Australian Year 12 (in Australia or another country), or
- the International Baccalaureate in Australia.
The QTAC code for the Bachelor of Commerce is 711001.
Applying through QTAC
All domestic applications should be submitted to the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC).
The QTAC code for the Bachelor of Commerce is 711001.
Important dates
If you’re studying Year 12 in Australia, go to the QTAC website to check the closing date for this program.
If you’re applying to UQ, the closing date for this program is:
- To commence study in semester 2 - May 31 of the year of commencement.
- To commence study in semester 1 - November 30 of the previous year.
To learn more about UQ dates, including semester start dates, view the Academic Calendar.
Important dates
To check the closing date for this program, go to the QTAC website.
To learn more about UQ dates, including semester start dates, view the Academic Calendar.
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Pathway options
A rank or score doesn’t determine your potential.
If you're not offered a place in your first-choice program – or if you don't meet the entry requirements – you still have a number of options.
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