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Graduate Certificate in Industry-based Information Technology

Entry Requirements
Applicants would normally be in current employment in an information and/or communication technology related job and have:

  1. an undergraduate degree, from a recognised Australian University or Institute of equivalent standing, with a grade average of at least 60%, relating to one of the following areas: computing; computer or telecommunication engineering; software engineering, information technology, information studies, or
  2. an appropriate balance between other academic or professional qualifications, and relevant professional experience in information and/or telecommunication technology;

Ideally, all candidates would have a minimum of two years professional experience in information and/or communication technology and must obtain permission from their current employer to undertake this course.

Course Structure
This course is primarily designed to be an early exit point from the original MIIT program.
To obtain the GradCertIIT requires 24 credit points from any combination of the following:

Core Professional Development, to a maximum value of 6cp;
Academic Project, to a value of 12cp (i.e. IACT950 Research Report);
Up to three academic subjects, as offered in the MIIT Schedule