Graduate · Information Technology
Master of Information Technology
CQUniversity Australia, Multi-campus, QLD + national, Australia
About this program
CQUniversity's Master of IT opens with a shared first term (project management, introductory programming, ICT services management, and information systems analysis and design) before splitting students into a major-plus-minor structure across networks and information security, mobile application development, or software design and development. That structure is deliberate: CQU expects a chunk of its IT postgrad intake to be career-changers rather than CS graduates, so the common term functions as a leveller before the specialised units start.
Because the degree is delivered across three terms a year rather than two semesters, students who front-load their study can complete faster than the nominal 24 months, and there are built-in exit points at 4 units (Graduate Certificate) and 8 units (Graduate Diploma) if circumstances change. ACS accreditation means graduates can pursue Australian Computer Society membership on the way to a Skills Assessment for skilled migration, which is a genuine driver of enrolment for CQU's substantial international IT cohort.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
7 terms of coursework
- Term 1 (common core): Project Management, Introduction to Programming, ICT Services Management, Information Systems Analysis and Design
- Major (choose one): Networks and Information Security, Mobile Application Development, or Software Design and Development
- Minor: second major area selected from the remaining two options
- Elective units to complete the 24-month, three-term-a-year structure
- Exit points: Graduate Certificate in IT (4 units), Graduate Diploma in IT
- Capstone project or industry-based unit in final term
- ACS-accredited at completion of the full Masters
Admissions
Bachelor's degree in a relevant or any discipline (typical Australian postgrad IT/CS entry bar used as approximate default — not program-specific verified).