The Graduate Diploma offers you formal training in the theoretical aspects of ICT, creating a solid base to continue your progression in the ICT field.

The speed of change in ICT requires everyone to update their knowledge every few years. This Graduate Diploma course lays a proper foundation in ICT whereby you can gain knowledge and confidence to proceed to further studies and career advancement.

The course is also designed to enable inexperienced, non-ICT students to enter a career in ICT. You will benefit from the University's policies on recognition of prior learning by allowing a matching of an individual's professional experience against specific units that form part of the Graduate Diploma in ICT.

The University has a long history of providing well-designed degrees in ICT that are accredited at the professional level by the Australian Computer Society (ACS). We recognise and concentrate on the vital role that computer networks, including internet and web technologies, play in all areas of life. This is reflected in our research strengths in networking and web engineering. This course will prepare you to undertake further studies in these two vital areas.

As a graduate of this course, you can look forward to career opportunities in:

• Systems Architect
• Systems integrator
• Web analyst
• Software quality analyst
• Business programmer
• Software engineer analyst