Postgraduate programs

Master of Cyber Security

Become a leader in cyber security, equipped with new and exciting ways to meet the security challenges of the future.

To get ahead in cyber security you need more than just technical skills. Our cyber security program will develop your broader strategic cyber security insight while deepening specialist skills and experience, preparing you to lead at a technological, organisational or policy level.

The two-year program will give you a deep understanding of cyber security’s impact on every aspect of modern life, and to empower cyber security leaders for a resilient, more productive digital future.

Gain integrated learning experience and advance your professional network by working with a cohort from diverse backgrounds in technology, business, mathematics, social science and law. Plus you'll undertake an industry or research-based project to improve your workforce readiness.

Tailor your study:

  • Cryptography
  • Cyber Criminology
  • Cyber Defence
  • Leadership

You'll learn:

  • Fundamentals of Cyber Security
  • Information Security Essentials
  • Cyber Security Governance, Policy, Ethics and Law
  • Cyber Criminology and Global Security

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Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security

Become a leader in cyber security, equipped with new and exciting ways to meet the security challenges of the future.

This one-year postgraduate program aims to create specialists with a deep understanding of cyber security’s impact on every aspect of modern life, and to empower cyber security leaders for a resilient, more productive digital future.

You'll undertake advanced level courses covering a range of key topics and delve deep into major cyber security challenges facing the world. You'll be prepared with a range of responses, including technical, policy, organisational, governance and geopolitical.

You'll gain integrated learning experience and advance your professional network by working with a cohort with diverse backgrounds from technology, business, mathematics and humanities, unique to UQ. You'll be equipped to look at the field from a different angle, ask bigger questions, and find new and exciting ways to tackle real and emerging cyber security threats.

Tailor your study in:

  • Cryptography
  • Cyber Criminology
  • Cyber Defence
  • Leadership

You'll learn:

  • Fundamentals of Cyber Security
  • Information Security Essentials
  • Cyber Security Governance, Policy, Ethics and Law
  • Cyber Criminology and Global Security

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Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security

Become a leader in cyber security, equipped with new and exciting ways to meet the security challenges of the future.

This six-month program aims to create specialists with a deep understanding of cyber security’s impact on every aspect of modern life, and to empower cyber security leaders for a resilient, more productive digital future.

During your studies you'll undertake four advanced level courses covering a range of key topics that delve into the major cyber security challenges facing the world.

You'll learn:

  • Fundamentals of Cyber Security
  • Information Security Essentials
  • Cyber Security Governance, Policy, Ethics and Law
  • Cyber Criminology and Global Security

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