Overview

The Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity BSc programme from The University of Western Australia key facts:

With industry integrated learning, you’ll gain the knowledge, techniques, tools and practical skills to lead creation, implementation and management of secure computer systems, protecting people and their data from cyber attacks.

Employment opportunities exist across a wide range of industry sectors and job roles include user support technician, system administrator, programme or application developer, project manager, and web specialist.

Career opportunities:

Almost every Information and Communications Technology career path encompasses some aspect of security, including and beyond the job roles of cybersecurity specialist, information technology specialist, software engineer or information specialist.

Cybersecurity career opportunities continue to grow across all industries including energy and resources engineering, bioinformatics and biochemistry, computational physics and astronomy, transportation, health, finance, marketing, geophysics, geographic information systems and biomechanics.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Computational Thinking with Python

Systems Programming

Defensive Cybersecurity

Computer Networks

Penetration Testing

Secure Coding

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-08 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-07-17 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-02-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-11 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-02-19 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

82

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PTE Academic

64

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Albany, Australia
Perth, Australia

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

82

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PTE Academic

64

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS code: 068914G

Below you’ll find a list of admission equivalencies for this course's Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR):

All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE)

9

Canadian High School (except Quebec)

68

French Baccalaureate

10

Gao Kao (PR China NCEE)/750

507

GCE A-Levels

8

German Abitur

3.6

Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education

14

Indian Senior School Certificate (CISCE)

45

Indonesian Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) - Pass of 65

75.5

International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB)

24

Malaysian STPM

10

Monash University Foundation Year

254

NCUK Foundation Program

8

Norwegian Vitnemål

3.5

Singapore - Cambridge A Levels

6.5

South African National Senior Certificate

4

South Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT)

324

Sweden Slutbetyg

14.5

Trinity College Foundation

280

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)

14

University of Western Australia College (UWAC) Foundation Program

61

US College Board Advanced Placements

7

US College Board SAT

1130

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

52000 AUD / year

≈ 52000 AUD / year

Additional Details

Commonwealth Supported Place for domestic students.

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