Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology (3700)

The Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology is designed for students from both computing and non-computing backgrounds, to enable you to have a pathway into higher studies in Information and Communications Technology and to support a career in ICT.

The Graduate Diploma offers you formal training in the theoretical aspects of ICT, creating a solid base to continue your progression in the ICT field.

The speed of change in ICT requires everyone to update their knowledge every few years. This Graduate Diploma program lays a proper foundation in ICT whereby you can gain knowledge and confidence to proceed to further studies and career advancement.

The program is also designed to enable inexperienced, non-ICT students to enter a career in ICT. You will benefit from the University's policies on recognition of prior learning by allowing a matching of an individual's professional experience against specific subjects that form part of the Graduate Diploma in ICT.


1.5 years

Applicants must have successfully completed
An undergraduate degree or higher in any discipline OR
A Diploma in any discipline plus five 5 years fulltime equivalent professional work experience in Information and Communications Technologies which includes experience in programming networking database design and development systems analysis and design and project management OR

A Diploma in ICTComputingIS fields plus two 2 years fulltime equivalent work experience in Information and Communications Technologies which includes experience in programming networking database design and development systems analysis and design and project management

IELTS - 6.5 overall score - Minimum 6.0 in each subtest
Total score 82 - Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13
Paper Based Test - 575