Have (IT) certs will travel?

IT certification special report -- home

Introduction

 
Sound education
A decent starting point for an IT degree -- part-time or full-time -- is your neighbourhood university.
 
Another entry point
Apart from universities, private institutions and TAFEs offer more practical IT courses.
 
Where to next?
ERP (enterprise resource planning) development and administration are most in demand. How can you obtain these skills, and more?
 
The tale of two CVs
Analysts and IT professionals -- past and present -- share their views on whether certification is better than experience.
 

Tech training at uni

To pick the course that's best for you, a good place to start is the university Web site (see table below).

As a rule of thumb, any university with the word 'technical' in its name will have a wide range of hands-on IT courses.

Older universities will have more theoretical mathematics-based IT courses, while newer institutions tend to have more creative and practical courses on offer.

In Melbourne, for example, the IT courses at Swinburne are known for the business focus they provide, while RMIT is known for its technical prowess.

In Canberra, the Australian National University is renowned for its mathematics department and theoretical depth, while Canberra University is known for its practical course and good grounding in networking.

A degree at university is a big undertaking, and will take you at least three years full-time, or six years part-time to complete.







Universities with IT courses
Name URL
The University of Adelaide www.adelaide.edu.au
Australian Catholic University www.acu.edu.au
Australian National University www.anu.edu.au
The University of Ballarat www.ballarat.edu.au
Bond University www.vu.bond.au
Canberra University www.canberra.edu.au
Central Queensland University www.cqu.edu.au
Charles Darwin University www.cdu.edu.au
Charles Sturt University www.csu.edu.au
Curtin University of Technology www.curtin.edu.au
Deakin University www.deakin.edu.au
Edith Cowan University www.ecu.edu.au
Flinders University www.flinders.edu.au
Griffith University www.gu.edu.au
James Cook University www.jcu. edu.au
La Trobe University www.latrobe.edu.au
Macquarie University www.mq.edu.au
The University of Melbourne www.unimelb.edu.au
Monash University www.monash.edu.au
Murdoch University www.murdoch.edu.au
The University of Newcastle www.newcastle.edu.au
The University of New England www.une.edu.au
The University of New South Wales www.unsw.edu.au
The University of Queensland www.uq.edu.au
Queensland University of Technology www.qut.edu.au
RMIT University www.rmit.edu.au
The University of South Australia www.unisa.edu.au
Southern Cross University www.scu.edu.au
The University of Southern Queensland www.usq. edu.au
Swinburne University of Technology www.swin.edu.au
The University of Sydney www.usyd.edu.au
University of Technology, Sydney www.uts.edu.au
Victoria University of Technology www.vu.edu.au
The University of Western Australia www.uwa.edu.au
The University of Western Sydney www.uws.edu.au
The University of Woollongong www.uow.edu.au
Data compiled from information on individual university Web sites.
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