Majors

What is a major?

A major is a recognised area of focus within your course. Your choice of major may be influenced by your intended career, your research interests or your personal passions.

Once you’ve selected your major, you’ll study major subjects alongside your course’s core units.

Undergraduate Business majors

Our Business majors equip you with practical knowledge and innovative skills to lead the global economy. From Marketing to Business Analytics, each major is designed to help you become a forward-thinking professional ready to make changes across industries.

With the UTS Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting, you'll develop in-demand skills and capabilities required to succeed in the dynamic business landscape.

Majoring in Finance is your passport to an exhilarating, fascinating career that can take you wherever you want to go.

Become a leader who puts people first with a major that unlocks opportunities available in every sector and industry.

Kick-start your global future and gain the skills you need to succeed in Australia and beyond.

With a UTS Bachelor of Business majoring in Economics, you'll acquire vital knowledge of the economy and how it shapes organisational success and opportunity.

Become an effective, strategic communicator who conquers problems with creativity.

Build brands by developing a deep understanding of markets, identifying needs and solutions to problems.

Lead the way and shape the future of people, teams and organisations.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) majors

Our MBA majors offer specialised knowledge and practical skills that prepare you to lead with confidence in today’s business landscape. With options spanning Finance, Project Management and Technology, each path supports your growth as a strategic thinker and impactful professional.

Criminology majors

Our Criminology majors give you the knowledge and practical skills to understand and address criminal behaviour, justice systems and societal impacts. Each program is designed to prepare you for a career in crime prevention, law enforcement or justice policy.

Criminology and justice are inextricably linked. If you're interested in crime and the way it is prevented, prosecuted and punished, the UTS Bachelor of Criminology majoring in Justice and Legal Studies is your perfect choice.

Interested in wielding the power of science to unravel the threads of crime? If so, the UTS Bachelor of Criminology majoring in Forensics is for you.

Online crime is increasing, and there's a growing need for professionals with the skills to take on cybercrime and digital threats of all kinds.

Furthering our understanding of crime takes insight that can only be gathered through analysis and research. If you're interested in a career that makes a real difference, the UTS Bachelor of Criminology's extended major in Data Analytics and Research is for you.

Go beyond the textbook and get a learning experience that's second to none. At UTS, our Criminology courses expertly blend theory and practice and incorporate the latest insights, research, tools, technologies and techniques to ensure you're ready to rise to the challenge of modern crime.

Forensic Science majors

Our Forensic Science majors — Biology, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation, or Digital Forensic Science — allow you to get hands-on experience in our purpose-built Crime Scene Simulation Labs.

Where biology meets security, crime prevention and justice

Where information technology meets security, crime prevention and justice.

Where scientific practice meets security, crime prevention and justice

Where chemistry meets security, crime prevention and justice.

Master Science majors

Our Science majors provide specialised, practical skills across fields such as Data Science, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Consultancy. Each program prepares you to address complex challenges and make a positive impact in both research and industry.

Become an expert in the theory and practice of diagnostic pathology

Develop a broad range of skills and knowledge in your chosen scientific discipline supported by teaching excellence, industry collaboration and access to cutting-edge facilities and technologies.

Choose a specialist qualification that meets contemporary industry demand.

Protect and manage the species and ecosystems that hold the key to our future

Develop a broad range of skills and knowledge in your chosen scientific discipline supported by teaching excellence, industry collaboration and access to cutting-edge facilities and technologies.

Combine theoretical and applied mathematics with the study of contemporary data science topics with a major in Mathematical and Statistical Data Science.

Public Health majors

Our Health majors offer you the knowledge and practical experience to address pressing health challenges in areas like Global Health, Indigenous Health and Health Promotion. Each program prepares you to make meaningful contributions to community wellbeing and public health.

Understand why some groups of people are healthier than others and how we can help individuals and populations gain control over and improve their health.

Develop an in-depth understanding of the body and interactions between physiology, anatomy and neuroscience.

Focus on the art of public health as an organised effort that uses research and policy to prevent disease and promote health.

Learn about the physical, social and mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians and how public health can help close the gap.

Customise your subjects with additional electives.

A major in Global Health gives you the knowledge on how to create a healthy future for all.

Why UTS

Study in the heart of Sydney’s technology precinct at Australia’s #1 ranked young university.

Our courses are highly-regarded, developed in partnership with industry leaders using practice-based learning approaches.

No matter what path you choose, you'll learn the skills to become an innovative and creative thinker, driving positive change in society.

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#1 young university

In Australia, ranked for excellence in teaching, research impact, industry engagement and international outlook.

Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024
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INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED
Top 100 worldwide

Ranked #88 globally, UTS stands among the world's leading universities, recognised for academic excellence and industry impact.

QS World University Rankings 2025
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GRADUATE OUTCOMES
90.8% employed full-time

Measured three years post-graduation, reflecting strong career readiness and employer demand for UTS graduates.

2021 Graduate Outcomes Survey – Longitudinal