Bachelor of Science

at University of New South Wales - Kensington Campus Australia

UNSW’s Bachelor of Commerce/Arts is a double degree that will equip you with business experience and expertise, combined with the creativity, analytical and critical thinking skills that come with an arts degree. Both degrees offer flexibility, allowing you to shape your degree to match your ambitions and interests.

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) has been designed with consultation from industry to set you up for lifelong employability. By combining your BCom with a Bachelor of Arts, you can choose from a diverse range of majors and subjects in the arts, humanities and social sciences. You'll develop an in-depth knowledge and breadth of understanding, gaining the tools to think critically, communicate effectively and conduct independent research.

The Master of Public Health (Extension)/Master of Health Leadership and Management will enable you to specialise in both public health and health management, allowing you to develop research skills in public health. This double degree will give you advanced disciplinary knowledge and skills to undertake population health and health services management roles in government, community and health service settings in Australia and internationally.

You will gain a deep understanding of public health and health management, including epidemiology, biostatistics, social determinants of health, health promotion, population-targeted health research methods, leadership and workforce management. You'll also acquire specialised skills needed for health management research and evidence-based professional practice and leadership across a range of contexts.

UNSW’s Master of Commerce (MCom) is a 1.7 year full-time postgraduate coursework degree. Designed in consultation with industry, this world-class business degree prepares you with the experience and knowledge you need to succeed in the career you want. This degree is career-focused from day one. Whatever you specialise in, you’ll connect with industry, learn with real-world tools and technology, and have access to work-experience, career development, and mentoring opportunities.

Digital transformation is about ensuring that businesses and organisations are equipped to operate and succeed in a digital future. Specialising in digital transformation will equip you to help organisations and businesses become competitive in the digital economy by transitioning to new technologies, business models and processes.  

Digital Transformation Specialisation

UNSW Business School’s Digital Transformation specialisation focuses on the people, processes and technology involved in these critical transitions.  

Our courses are aligned with industry developments and draw on industry insights, ensuring you understand and gain experience with the latest developments, techniques, tools, models and standards.  With hands-on components embedded in our courses, you’ll apply what you learn to real world digital transformation challenges. 

The UNSW Master of Engineering Science in Petroleum Engineering is a two-year postgraduate degree in the School of Minerals and Energy Resource Engineering. You’ll gain the accreditation for a career in petroleum engineering, the oil and gas industry and other related sectors.  

You’ll explore a broad range of areas related to employment in petroleum engineering including:

•     Project management
•     Reservoir engineering
•     Geophysics
•     Drilling engineering
•     Fluid mechanics

If you come from a general engineering background and want to transition into a specialised role, the petroleum engineering specialisation will help you get there. The degree is also designed for anyone working in the industry and wanting to deepen their knowledge and experience.  

As part of an internationally renowned Engineering faculty, you’ll prepare yourself for the workplaces of the future in oil, gas and mining. You’ll learn to look for hands-on solutions, applying established engineering methods to complex industrial challenges. 

Fascinated by technology? Interested in the rules that businesses or governments make for us as individuals? This double degree gives you statistical analysis skills to make better decisions in business and government policy, combined with critical skills in technology, mathematics and engineering. Explore artificial intelligence, security engineering, programming and analytics. Graduate career-ready with professional experiences built into your studies.

Key features

• Two degrees in only four years
• Potential to study an additional honours year
• Specialise in econometrics, economics or financial economics
• Professional development courses and experiences
• Accreditation from industry bodies including the Australian Computer Society (ACS)

This double degree has been developed to provide a new generation of scientists with an awareness of contemporary business practices for todays increasingly competitive modern workplace.

You will combine a coherent stream of studies in a specialised scientific field with a range of foundation business courses that will provide exposure to several aspects of business practices, giving you a broad background in business management alongside a solid foundation in law.

The Law degree aims to develop graduates who have excellent analytical skills, a capacity for scholarly research, effective oral and written communication skills, and a commitment to personal and professional development, ethical practice and social responsibility.

The UNSW Bachelor of Arts is a three-year degree when studied full time. As you develop your worldview through personalised course combinations, you’ll define a future life purpose suited to your passions and skills.

Defy the limit of a singular career focus with industry-crossing skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and informed research. What’s more, you’ll develop these skills while exploring what fascinates you, with subjects from creative arts and the humanities to social sciences, languages, and business.

Prepare to challenge your assumptions and apply new thinking to academic traditions and real-world problems. How can we think differently about climate change? Human rights? The ethical future of technology? Broaden your understanding of the world and gain the skills to make a difference.

Theatre and performance
Take the stage and learn why performance matters in a media-savvy world. In this specialisation, you'll learn from industry professionals, collaborate with artists, and gain experience with production companies, venues, and publishers. And have the chance to bring your creativity to life at the unique UNSW Creative Practice Lab with dedicated studio and workshop spaces.

Prepare for leadership positions with the UNSW Master of Educational Leadership. This postgraduate degree provides aspiring and current educational leaders with an understanding of theory, research, and practice in educational leadership.  

Gain the confidence to apply disciplinary principles and practices to complex educational environments as a school leader, principal or executive. Study the latest educational leadership theory and research at UNSW to deepen and expand your knowledge. Empower yourself with diverse practical and analytical skills for a range of educational leadership contexts.

The Master of Simulation & Immersive Technologies will equip you to become a future-ready design leader. You’ll graduate capable of understanding and meeting the growing demand for immersive practices across many industries.

This program offers a unique human-centric and design-led approach to technologies and focuses on human perception and experience. You’ll learn how, why, when and where to effectively utilise simulation and immersive platforms, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and extended reality (XR). Throughout the degree, you’ll engage with the latest technologies first-hand as you learn through real industry case studies and insights from global leaders.

Tailored to your interests and career, you’ll be encouraged to tackle specific industry-related problems in your field.

This degree is designed to accommodate the needs of busy professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. You will choose to study fully online, or in blended mode with part-time and full-time options available. In blended mode, you will study core courses online and attend two intensive face-to-face meetups per year on-campus or at our industry partner facilities. You will also have full access to all campus facilities throughout your study.

This double degree is for engineers in the fields of physical metallurgy, materials engineering, ceramic engineering or process metallurgy who want to become skilled in technical management and more aware of the economic and social aspects of the engineering profession. The Materials Science component teaches you theoretical and practical skills that will put you at the forefront of innovation in developing materials that are lighter, greener and stronger. The Commerce component provides you with a fundamental understanding of general business principles and allows you to develop specialist knowledge in a business area of your choice. With more than 10 majors to choose from ranging from accounting to human resource management you can design a business degree to suit your interests and career goals.