Deakin University

Entry requirements

• There are no mandated entry requirements.

Selection is based on a holistic consideration of your academic merit, work experience, likelihood of success, availability of places, participation requirements, regulatory requirements, and individual circumstances. You will need to meet the minimum course entry requirements to be considered for selection, but this does not guarantee admission.

Depending on your professional experience and previous qualifications, you may commence this course with admission credit and complete your course in 1 year full time (or part-time equivalent).

Academic requirements

• 1 year full-time (or part-time equivalent) - 8 credit points. To be considered for admission to this degree (with 8 credit points of admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
• completion of a bachelor degree (honours) (AQF 8) or higher in a related discipline
• completion of a bachelor degree in a related discipline, and at least two years' of relevant work experience (or part-time equivalent)
• 1.5 years full-time (or part-time equivalent) - 12 credit points. To be considered for admission to this degree (with 4 credit points of admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
• completion of a bachelor degree or higher in a related discipline
• completion of a bachelor degree in a related discipline, and at least two years' of relevant work experience (or part-time equivalent)
• 2 years full-time (or part-time equivalent) - 16 credit points. To be considered for admission to this degree (without admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
• completion of a bachelor degree or higher in a related discipline
• evidence of academic capability judged to be equivalent

Related disciplines which may be considered include: cyber security analyst, network security analyst, cyber threat analyst, incident responder, operations coordinator, penetration tester, cyber security advisor, vulnerability researcher, cyber security consultant, information security auditor, IT security engineer, digital forensics analyst, project manager, cyber security system developer or programmer, cyber security system manager, data scientists, security architects, security software developer, cloud security engineer.