Program Overview

Build your technical expertise and gain an IT skillset future-proofed for industry needs with La Trobe's Master of Information Technology.

Get essential skills in database logic and data structures, programming, cybersecurity, network engineering and artificial intelligence. Complement your IT know-how with transferable skills in entrepreneurship, professional practice and project management.

By studying La Trobe's Master of Information Technology, you will:

• Develop software engineering skills and master full-stack, front-end and software development
• Improve your Java and Python knowledge in programming, algorithms and data structures
• Tailor your degree to your career goals with specialisations in artificial intelligence, cloud analytics, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT), networking, quantum information technology or software engineering, plus a range of electives
• Supplement your skills with certifications through our partnership with Microsoft and get hands-on experience in our on-campus Cisco labs
• Choose an industry development project or work-based placement to cement your learning and launch your career, or pursue an applied research project or industry-based thesis
• Have the flexibility to exit early with a Graduate Diploma after one year or a Graduate Certificate after six months
• Graduate ready to apply for membership of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

Specialisation: Cybersecurity

Protect organisations and the people who rely on them when you become a cybersecurity expert. Explore the aims, methodology and outcomes of building impenetrable systems.

You'll learn fundamental skills in system design, implementation, testing and documentation. Develop technical expertise in pen testing, blockchain and cyber forensics. Build on your technical skills with a dive into the ethics and psychology of hacking and cybercrime, and the frameworks that support it. Then, put your new knowledge into practice in our state-of-the-art labs.