Information Technology

Overview

Throughout the Information Technology program from the RMIT University you'll build a flexible skill set with a combination of courses that match your passions.

There are seven IT specialisations available through the Information Technology program at RMIT University, each offering cutting-edge courses that reflect today’s emerging technologies. Studying Information Technology offers the following benefits:

• Global and recognised 

You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a local or international industry placement while gaining a qualification from one of the world’s top 150 universities for computer science and information systems.

• Industry-connected, work ready    

You’ll benefit from up-to-date, innovative and industry-relevant courses while solving real problems and developing market-ready software. Current partnerships include Google, IMB, Deloitte and ANZ.

• Customise your degree

Get industry-relevant skills catered to your own career aspirations by choosing from one of seven specialisations developed to reflect current IT trends.

Career opportunities:

Graduates select and deploy software products for commercial organisations, software development companies, government departments and large computer organisations.

They create and manage business applications, websites, systems and environments. Graduates typically work for commercial organisations, software development companies or diverse industries including retail, health or tourism as well as government departments and large computer organisations including IBM, Telstra and ANZ.

The types of careers this qualification leads to may include:

• systems analyst

• business analyst

• analyst programmer

• application programmer

• software tester

• database administrator

• systems administrator

• web developer

Accreditation

This program is accredited at the professional level by the Australian Computer Society (ACS), which accredits information and communication technology related programs that are offered by Australian universities, both onshore and offshore.