Bachelor of Information Technology

Entry Requirements

Successful completion of an Australian year 12 qualification with a minimum pass in an accepted English language subject.

English Language Requirements

IELTS: Overall 6.5 (Reading 6, Listening 6, Speaking 6, Writing 6); TOEFL: Internet-based: Total score of 79 with a minimum of 21 in Writing, 18 in Speaking and 13 in Reading and Listening; TOEFL Paper-based: Total score of 577 with a minimum of 4.5 in the Test of Written English (TWE); Pearsons: Overall 58 (Reading 50, Listening 50, Speaking 50, Writing 50); Cambridge: Overall 176 (Reading 169, Listening 169, Speaking 169, Writing 169).

Course Details

Connect your career with the future

IT makes and breaks organisations worldwide. Businesses with more intuitive, high-performing systems leave competitors in their wake. But even market leaders risk losing customers by the thousands if they can’t maintain service levels.

Demand for professionals with exceptional IT design and management skills is rising. And our new Bachelor of Information Technology puts you squarely in employers’ sights.

What will you do?

The degree is taught within a faculty ranked 43 in the world for computer science and engineering*. Leveraging the University’s strong industry links and world-class research, it features an emphasis on systems and business approaches, and design thinking. Majors are offered in either Cyber Security or Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

In addition to gaining a broad, application-based understanding of computer and information sciences, you’ll develop skills in:

• evaluating and using IT methods, tools and processes in real-world contexts, complemented by the ability to integrate new and emerging technology
• applying systems-thinking principles to manage and develop well-structured, maintainable and safe technological solutions
• designing, making and studying large-scale distributed software systems, including parallel, mobile and cloud-based
• advanced critical and independent thinking, and interpersonal communication.

Depending on your chosen major, you’ll also:

• learn how to develop highly secure, complex IT systems
• protect networks, data and software systems from attack and unlawful access
• explore self-driving cars, robotic vision, machine learning and image recognition
• understand how enterprise data and AI tools can be paired to improve productivity
• apply cutting-edge data analysis techniques to large sets of data.

And both majors include a significant industry-focused project or internship.

Where could it take you?

You could support organisations’ IT development and management in virtually any industry, anywhere in the world. From a premium European food producer to an Asian bank or Australian airline. From web computing and user experience in the US, to data science and information security in India. Countless paths will open.

Potential careers

App Developer, Computer Programmer, Data Analyst, Software Developer, Software Specialist, Systems Administrator, Systems Programmer, Systems Support, Information Officer, Information Technologist, Information and Communications Technologist, Internet - Web Programmer, Internet Consultant.