Applied Information Technology

This Masters course offers advanced level training in Information Technology for students having an IT undergraduate qualification. It prepares pupils for doctoral work from the Information Technology industry at the maximum levels. It is practically-oriented and students could apply their expertise and skills to real life issues and scenarios. Graduates can enter a range of careers upon completion of the program, such as applications and application development/programming, databases, network, applications engineering, security, IT consultancy and ICT training. Participants will also be eligible to undertake additional study and also enter into a Master by research and PhD degrees. The application complements the Present Bachelor of Information Technology.

• Completion of a cognate (similar discipline) Bachelor/Honours Degree
• OR Completion of a non-cognate (any Area ) Bachelor/Honours Degree and a Graduate Certificate in a cognate (similar discipline) field.
  International: Entrance into this program is open to applicants having a postgraduate qualification (AQF8 or high ), an initial degree (AQF7) in the subsequent qualitative areas: Information Technology, Computer Science, Computing, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Science, or equivalent. Along with fulfilling with Bachelor/Honours Degree or Older Age entrance requirements, International Students must present evidence of competence in the English language as revealed by: International English Language Testing System or its equivalent - overall score of 6.5 with no individual band score less than 6. Applicants with some one of these qualifications can apply for as much as 4-8 credits points against specific cooperation components (as detailed below): (a) a diploma in computer science or IT. (b) A four year Honours degree in computer science or IT. (c) A diploma or a Graduate Certificate to It or Projectmanagement units. (d) A postgraduate qualification with IT or projectmanagement units. Mature Age: Entrance into this program is open to applicants having a postgraduate qualification (AQF8 or high ), an initial degree (AQF7) in the following quantitative disciplines: Information Technology, Computer Science, Computing, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Science, or equivalent. Applicants with some one of these qualifications can apply for as much as 4-8 credits points against specific cooperation units (as detailed below): (a) a diploma in computer science or IT. (b) A four year Honours degree in computer science or IT. (c) A diploma or a Graduate Certificate to It or Projectmanagement units. (d) A postgraduate qualification with IT or projectmanagement units.