The world is drawing closer together. As the speed and quality of digital technologies continues to evolve, we need more passionate professionals who can create meaningful solutions and connections. Designed to help you build our digital future, La Trobe’s Bachelor of Information Technology equips you with skills across programming, networking, databases, systems analysis and design, and project management.
Along with building a strong set of core IT skills you can choose to major in one of several areas aligned to future industry growth including artificial intelligence, cloud analytics, cybersecurity, network engineering or information systems.
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Broaden your knowledge and capabilities further through a wide range of electives. Combine your core IT skills with business, social sciences, humanities, web engineering, computer technology, security and information systems analysis subjects. Plus, you could develop a software program of your own, which you could present at the annual Engineering and IT Showcase to potential employers.
With industry-based projects and CISCO certification embedded in the course, you’ll receive professional mentoring opportunities as you build career ready skills. You’ll also gain access to our expert research centers, including the Centre for Technology Infusion and our state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Lab for the Internet of Things – developed in collaboration with Microsoft and CISCO.
Students who have successfully completed O/L's and a relevant B-Tech program, looking to gain an Australian qualification in IT.
Students who have completed A/L’s and looking to gain an Australian qualification in IT.
Diploma in IT
Software Engineering
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Network Engineering
Dr. Samanthi Priyasadini Wickramasinghe
Head - Faculty of IT / Senior Lecturer - Faculty of IT & Executive in Quality Assurance
DBA (Lincoln University College, Malaysia), MSc in IT (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK), BIT (UCSC), Dip. in QA in Higher Education (UNESCO), MCS (SL)
Mr.Daminda Herath
Senior Lecturer
M. Phil (UCSC – Reading), MSc (UCSC), BCS-HEQ, BSc (Col), MBCS, MCSSL, MIEEE, MSLAAS, MIEDMS
Mr. Ashen Gunawardena
Lecturer - Faculty of IT
MSc. in Networking and Information Security– UK (Reading), PgDip. in Networking and Information Security– UK, BEng (Hons) in Computer Networking – UK, CCSK, CCNP, CCNA, PCAP, CAP, CPP, HDCS
Mr. Thilina Samarasinghe
Lecturer - Faculty of IT
Bsc (Hons) IT, Msc in Cyber Security, MBA (Reading), Dip in IT, CCNA
Mr. Pubudu Senanayake
Lecturer
B.Sc. (Hons) in IT (Horizon Campus), AAT (Passed Finalist),
Dip in IT(Edexcel)
