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Bachelor of International Studies

Combine with one of 28 degrees across the university to give your career an international edge.

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The UTS Bachelor of International Studies allows you to build your intercultural communication skills and language proficiency, becoming a global citizen able to work successfully in diverse workplaces in Australia and overseas.

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International Studies at UTS

  • Develop in-demand skills

    Develop skills such as resilience, adaptability, independence, management, critical thinking, and the cultural intelligence to prepare you to lead in diverse workplaces, in Australia and around the world.

  • Gain a global perspective

    Study the language and culture of another country, gaining the communication and interpersonal skills required for a career overseas or in a multinational organisation.

  • Learn a language

    Choose from Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
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Study your way

Choose from 3 course structure options:

  1. Language, Culture & the Professional World: includes an internship and option of a short study experience abroad (between 2 and 6 weeks).
  2. Language, Culture & Global Exchange: includes an internship and 6-month global exchange at any UTS partner university.
  3. International Honours: includes a full-year of study at a relevant overseas partner university, where you will complete an honours level research project. This option is only available for students with a weighted average mark (WAM) that is a credit point average or higher, and is completed in the fourth (or final) year of your degree, at a relevant partner university, instructed in the language of your major.
     
Why UTS?
  • Combine with the professional degree of your choice
    Choose from one of 28 degrees from across the university
  • Go overseas
    Study your passion in a part of the world you've always wanted to see!
  • Celebrating 30 years in 2024
    UTS was the first uni in Australia to offer International Studies as part of a combined degree offering

Outside of the classroom, the experience of adapting to life in Japan was a great way for me to enhance my flexibility, communication skills, confidence, and ability to solve problems. 

Learning to think from the perspective of members of another culture can help you to better understand that some things you have always done without thinking too much may be rude or confusing to someone from another culture. This skill will help me overcome communication barriers in my future life and work as I will be able to better empathise with people who have had very different life experiences compared to myself.

James Fenton
International Studies / Information Technology student

James Fenton, UTS Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts in International Studies

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.