The Swinburne Foundation Studies (Engineering/Science) course equips students for further studies across a range of science and engineering-related areas including engineering, biotechnology, and network engineering. It will allow you to develop fundamental communication, IT and mathematics skills and to select foundation-studies streams in areas such as physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and computer programming.

Swinburne Foundation Studies (Information Technology / Multimedia) course prepares students for further studies in IT and multimedia-related fields, such as information systems and multimedia integration. Students will develop fundamental communication, mathematics and multimedia design skills, and be introduced to areas such as computer programming.

Swinburne’s Diploma of Information Technology program equips you with relevant skills, knowledge and aptitude required in contemporary software development industries. The program incorporates new and up-to-date information on technological advancements that help equip you with the knowledge you need to attain a competitive advantage.

Our Diploma of Business Management graduate will be prepared for entry into the workforce or to pathway into higher education. Upon completion, students will have business knowledge, and analytical and creative skills to be an effective communicator.

The Bachelor of Business (Accounting) equips students with the skills needed for a career in accounting and beyond. Students learn to use accounting systems to record and analyse business activities, employ financial statements to guide investment decisions and use information from cost accounting systems to make decisions, price products, develop operating strategies and evaluate business performance.

Students will discover the importance of culture, politics, trade and business policies, time zones, economic systems, currencies and business customs, and their effects on an organisation with international interests. It is a fulfilling career path for the diplomatic and globally minded with a love of travel.

The Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology provides students with the knowledge and skills to be an information and communication technology professional, with particular skills in a chosen area. The course focuses on computer and network configurations, web and application programming, and database design and maintenance. Students also have the opportunity to specialise in a particular aspect of ICT-related work. This course is ideal for students who are seeking an ICT course with flexible outcomes.

The Bachelor of Computer Science involves the use of the most up-to-date technology and methods, and includes a major emphasis on software development. The course is oriented towards applications in areas such as defence, aerospace and medicine, where complex software plays a major role and often of a safety-critical nature; as well as in businesses that require extensive computer support, such as banking and manufacturing.

Mechanical engineering is the design of technology involving physical motion. Mechanical engineers use thermal, fluid, energy and material sciences to design, manufacture and maintain systems, such as heating and cooling in buildings, vehicle safety structures, aircraft power units, energy generation, mining equipment and medical implant devices. This course provides you with analytical and scientific expertise and management skills to design mechanical systems and manage teams in a broad range of applications, which reflect the many sectors of the economy where mechanical engineers are employed.

The Master of Business Administration (International) course is a general management postgraduate qualification that empowers students to pursue careers in unstructured work situations and workplaces that are ill-defined; technologies that have not been invented; and scarce natural resources that may be at its peak. The course provides integrated business management education to pre-experience graduates qualified in either business or in non-business academic disciplines as well as post-experience graduates preparing for strategic leadership roles and responsibilities.

The Master of Information Technology provides the knowledge and skills required to design, develop and maintain complex systems using state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies. It will provide you with advanced skills and introduces state-of-the-art techniques used in the design and construction of IT solutions, and research skills needed to assess the effectiveness of a solution or technology.