Graduate · Information Technology
Master of Information Technology
Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
Murdoch structures this masters with real flexibility around exit points: complete 48 credit points of coursework alone, or 36 credit points of coursework plus a 12-point dissertation for students wanting a research component on their transcript. Students can also stop earlier and walk away with a Graduate Certificate after one semester or a Graduate Diploma after a year, which suits people testing whether a full masters is worth the time commitment before fully committing.
Three specialisation options are on offer (IT Management, Data Science, and Internetworking and Security), reflecting genuinely different career tracks rather than cosmetic variations on the same content. The course was designed with industry input specifically aimed at producing graduates who can solve applied IT problems rather than purely theoretical ones, and the school points to demand across sectors as varied as mining, health and government IT in Western Australia, which is a more resource-and-government-heavy economy than the east coast tech markets most IT masters programs are pitched at.
For international students in particular, the staged qualification structure (cert, diploma, masters) offers a practical safety net if visa timelines or personal circumstances change mid-course.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
5 terms of coursework
- Coursework core: advanced database systems, IT project management, systems analysis and design, research methods for IT
Specialisation (choose one): IT Management, Data Science, or Internetworking and Security
- each with four to six specialisation units
- Coursework pathway: 48 credit points of coursework
- Coursework plus dissertation pathway: 36 credit points coursework plus 12-credit-point dissertation
- Exit points: Graduate Certificate (1 semester), Graduate Diploma (1 year), Master of IT (typically 1.5–2 years full-time)
Admissions
A relevant bachelor degree, or equivalent; no prior IT background required for the standard entry stream.