Communication

Explore our communication courses

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Semester 2 applications are now open

New skills, new ideas and new careers await at RMIT. Pursue your dream career or change industries with the perfect study option. Apply now and start in July. 

Why study a communication course at RMIT?

Ranked #4 in Australia and in the top 50 in the world for Communication and Media Studies*

Build your network through RMIT’s industry partnerships with organisations such as Ogilvy, ACMI, Film Victoria, SBS Radio, Channel 7 and the ABC.

Gain global experience with opportunities to study in locations such as North America and the UK.

* QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

Discover communication

Prepare for work in an ever-evolving landscape

Whether you’re interested in marketing, public relations, advertising, screenwriting or anything in between, studying a communication course at RMIT gives you transferable writing skills and the expertise of a job-ready professional.

Prepare for a career in the fast lane

Do you want to be a generalist or a specialist? Would you like to run high-profile events, or manage social media communities? Is it your dream to work at a major newspaper, or build a national ad campaign? 

No matter your dream communication job, RMIT's communication courses will prepare you to succeed in any media landscape. Studying communication means enhancing your transferable skills, receiving media training, and moving fluently between the classroom, studio and workplace.

Career outcomes

As a graduate of an RMIT communication course, you’ll be ready to build a career working in this diverse field that covers many industries.

Here are just a few of the career outcomes for undergraduate and vocational communication graduates:

  • Advertising manager
  • Art director
  • Copywriter
  • Content developer
  • Editor
  • Journalist
  • Screenwriter
  • Event Manager
  • Producer
  • Production manager
  • Videographer.

Featured communication courses

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Bachelor of Design (Communication Design)

This degree prepares you to be a locally and internationally aware communication designer capable of working across a range of domains and industries, including graphic design, advertising, branding and illustration consultancies, as well as design and communication units within corporate, government and non-government organisations.
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Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)

In the Bachelor of Communication (Journalism), you will learn how to create high quality journalism which will be broadcast or published in the City Journal, Channel 31 and RRR.
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Bachelor of Professional Communication

Designed to equip you with in-depth knowledge of this essential field, the Bachelor of Professional Communication reflects the workplace reality of increasing demand for professional communication roles and functions.

Industry connections

Learn on the job

We regularly partner with international and local media organisations so you can network with industry professionals during your studies through an internship elective offered in all of our communication courses. Partnerships include Fairfax Media, ABC, SBS, 3AW, Seven Network, ACMI, Hardie Grant Books, Film Victoria, Melbourne Writers Festival, Emerging Writers Festival, The Lifted Brow, Ogilvy, Clemenger Group, and more.

In recent years, our students have gained international industry experience in exciting locations such as New York, India, Cambodia and the South Pacific.

Text And Media Video

Tour our media facilities

Join our student host, Michael, as he takes you on a whirlwind tour of some of RMIT's incredible spaces including our state-of-the-art Media Precinct, ABC Fact Check, Bowen Street Press and The Capitol Theatre.

Facilities and locations

Study online and on campus

Across RMIT's Melbourne City campus, you’ll find award-winning buildings, purpose-built media and design hubs, computer labs, and printing facilities. Students who undertake media subjects in their communication course will also have access to our industry-grade Media Precinct and publishing house, giving you the opportunity to get familiar with an environment you might someday work in.

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.