Study in Australia
at Collarts · Melbourne, Victoria
CRICOS course code
096473F
CRICOS provider code
03392K
This course is registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students. Verify it yourself at cricos.education.gov.au before paying any fee.
Duration
3 years
Tuition (whole course)
A$130,860 total
Per year
A$43,620/yr
Intake
Semester 1 (Feb/Mar), Semester 2 (Jul)
This double degree at Collarts pairs two three-year bachelor awards into one course of study: the Bachelor of Audio Production and the Bachelor of Applied Business (Entertainment Management). You graduate with both qualifications, which is the point of the pairing. One side teaches you how sound is captured, shaped and delivered. The other teaches you how entertainment businesses actually run, how tours get booked, how artists get managed, how events get funded and how a label or studio stays solvent.
As an Australian bachelor degree, this sits at AQF level 7 and runs three years full time. Study is organised into units of study, each carrying credit points, across trimesters rather than the two-semester pattern some universities use. That trimester calendar means three study periods a year, so you move through the content faster and have more entry points if you start mid-year. You complete units from both awards, and the double degree is structured so the two sets of requirements are met within the three years rather than six. Confirm the exact unit sequence, credit point totals and any capstone requirements on the official Collarts course page, because the published structure is the one that counts.
On the audio side you work in studios and production spaces, recording, mixing, editing, sound design, and the technical and creative decisions behind them. Expect hands-on time with industry equipment rather than theory alone. The business side covers entertainment management: artist and tour management, event and venue operations, marketing and promotion, contracts, budgets and the commercial realities of creative work. The two halves feed each other. You learn to record a band and also to work out what that recording costs, who owns it and how it reaches an audience.
You finish with studio and production skills plus business skills, planning, budgeting, negotiation, project management and an understanding of how Australian entertainment organisations operate. This suits people who want to work in music, live events, screen, radio, podcasting or artist management and do not want to choose between the creative and the commercial side. If you already play, produce or organise events, the degree gives that experience a structure and a qualification. Collarts is based in Melbourne, a city with a dense live music and events scene, so the industry connections around the course matter as much as the classroom content. Work-integrated learning and industry placement appear in creative courses of this kind; check the official page for what is required and how it is arranged.
International applicants need to evidence English proficiency. For a course like this, IELTS Academic 6.0–6.5 overall is the usual undergraduate standard, with TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced and the institution's own English programmes accepted as equivalents. The Department of Home Affairs sets a separate English threshold for the Student visa itself, so you may need to meet both. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register under course code 096473F, check there for the current figure. A Student visa generally allows 48 hours of work per fortnight while your course is in session. After graduating, the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) post-study work stream lets eligible graduates stay and work in Australia; check your eligibility against the current requirements. Always confirm entry requirements, fees and course structure on the official page before applying.
These roles sit across the Australian music, live events, screen, broadcast and digital media industries, from small independent studios and venues to national touring companies, festivals, labels and production houses.
It typically takes 3 years, with intakes in Semester 1 (Feb/Mar), Semester 2 (Jul).
Tuition is around A$130,860 total. Fees change yearly, confirm with an advisor.
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