Enrolments: 561,734

Master Degree and Graduate Certificate Course Enrolments: 8,865

The total number of Master degree and Graduate Certificate enrolments since Charles Sturt University and IT Masters launched our first qualification in 2003.

Short Course Enrolments: 552,869

The total number of enrolments in our free short courses that we offer as a taster of what it is like to study via Distance Education with Charles Sturt University.

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements for Master degrees

Applicants will be considered on the basis of any of the following:

  1. For entry to a Master degree applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution. Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students will then be eligible for admission to a Master degree and receive credit for applicable subjects. This IT requirement does not apply to the Project Management or Applied Digital Marketing courses.
  2. Applicants without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, students will then be eligible for admission to the following Master degree and receive credit for applicable subjects.

Click here to complete an online questionnaire on whether you have the qualifications and/ or experience required to be accepted into a Master degree.  We will contact you within 3 working days of receiving your completed questionnaire to advise results.

Entry requirements for the Doctor of Information Technology

Candidates admitted to the course will:

  • hold a Class 1 or Class 2 Division 1 Honours degree in a computing related discipline, or a masters degree in a computing related discipline;
  • normally have at least five years of full-time (or equivalent) professional experience, a significant amount of which should be at middle and/or senior management level;
  • meet the University’s English language proficiency requirements;
  • normally be required to certify that they have access to an appropriate organisation to carry out their empirical research work.

These admission requirements are necessary to ensure that candidates have sufficient academic ability and professional experience to conduct research that leads to advanced, critical reflection on professional practice in information technology.