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Strengthen your career opportunities with a JCU Information Technology (IT) degree.

Build the knowledge, skills and confidence required to be outstanding in your chosen field. You’ll emerge with a secure and rewarding career.

  • Gain professional workplace experience from your first year through placements and internships.

  • Learn in high-tech laboratories, conduct hands-on research and develop your own investigative project.

  • Put your knowledge and skills to the test at JCU’s annual IT Design Sprint, where you’ll work side-by-side with professionals to solve real-world problems.

  • Expand your network and build practical job skills, ensuring you are job-ready upon graduation.


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  • Exceptional hands-on practical experiences

    Turn theory into job-ready skills as you engage with a range of practical, hands-on work placements with our industry partners from your first year.

  • Small class sizes

    Our small class sizes provide students with access to lecturers who care about their progress and personal success.

  • Work anywhere in the world

    Draw on JCU’s global connections. Make a difference locally or globally with your internationally recognised qualification.

Undergraduate option

Bachelor of Information Technology

Use your digital dexterity to address technical issues, create solutions and improve computing and programming systems. Study the fundamentals of problem-solving, design thinking and information processing so you can help your future workplace run smoothly and innovatively.

Fast facts

Location: Online, Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane
Starts: May, September, January
Entry requirements:**
ATAR: 63

Recommended knowledge: English (Units 3/4,C), General Maths or Mathematical Methods (Units 3/4,C)

**This web page is intended as a general guide for domestic students commencing 2025 or later. Prospective domestic students and all international applicants should contact the University to confirm admission requirements and the availability of courses. Information is correct at the time of publishing. James Cook University reserves the right to alter any course or admission requirement without prior notice.

James Cook University partners with Russo Higher Education Pty Ltd to deliver the programs available at our Brisbane campus.


About Information Technology

Cultivate detailed knowledge of software development and management, web design, internet fundamentals and database modelling. Your understanding of these core pillars of information technology will prepare you for a future-proof career in technical systems.

Gain practical experience through internships, workshops and project-based assessments as you learn from expert academics and industry partners.

Put your knowledge and skills to the test at JCU’s annual IT Design Sprint — a two-day event that brings together students and industry professionals to develop, design and partially implement a creative solution to a real-world problem.


What career possibilities are there?

JCU Information Technology graduates are ready to make a difference in a range of industry sectors.

You could pursue a career in a multinational corporation, a government department, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), or even in your own business.You could work in areas such as software development, design and enterprise IT.

You could work as a network administrator, designer, systems analyst, software developer, animator or video game designer.

Graduates are eligible to become an Associate Member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).


How do I find out more?

Contact us by:
Email - study@jcu.edu.au
Phone - 1800 246 446

Or, visit the Bachelor of Information Technology course page.

Postgraduate option

Master of Information Technology

Design and build innovative solutions to the problems of tomorrow. Gain hands-on experience in information technology with advanced critical analysis skills and comprehensive knowledge of tools and technologies. Learn from leading industry experts who can develop your expertise in computing, business informatics, and interactive technologies and game design.

Fast facts

Location: Cairns, Brisbane
Starts: May, September, January
Entry requirements:**
AQF level 7 bachelor degree; or equivalent.

**This web page is intended as a general guide for domestic students commencing 2025 or later. Prospective domestic students and all international applicants should contact the University to confirm admission requirements and the availability of courses. Information is correct at the time of publishing. James Cook University reserves the right to alter any course or admission requirement without prior notice.

James Cook University partners with Russo Higher Education Pty Ltd to deliver the programs available at our Brisbane campus.


About Information Technology

Expand your career and enhance your employability by gaining expert skills in Information Technology (IT) including computer programming, data analysis and multimedia. Learn how to identify and diagnose technical issues, create solutions and improve technical systems. As you study the fundamentals of problem-solving and programming, the importance of data modelling, and design and development, you’ll be equipped to help your current or future workplace run smoothly and innovatively.

In the Master of Information Technology degree, you will study four foundational subjects: Internet Fundamentals; Database Modelling; Problem Solving and Programming; and either Web Design and Development or e-Strategic Management. Students enrolled in Cairns can major in Computing, while students enrolled in JCU Brisbane can choose either Computing or Business Informatics for their major.


What career possibilities are there?

With a Master of Information Technology from JCU, you’ll develop a keen understanding of information technology's organisational systems and practical applications. You’ll also build your leadership skills, equipping you to implement these in your workplace.

Graduates may find themselves in roles such as chief technology officer, programmer, network administrator, systems developer, software developer, systems analyst, program administrator and more.

Graduates are eligible for certification with the Australian Computer Society upon completion of the course.


How do I find out more?

Contact us by:
Email - study@jcu.edu.au
Phone - 1800 246 446

Or, visit the Master of Information Technology course page.

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