Gain the knowledge and practical skills to shape the digital future and prepare yourself for the highly competitive job market with a sound understanding of the fundamentals of the law.
The pace of change in digital technologies is extraordinary. Artificial intelligence, unprecedented computer power, the Internet of Things, big data and automation will continue to transform the way we work and the jobs we do in the future. The law plays an important role in regulating and shaping many areas of science and technology.
In this dual program, you'll combine theory with hands-on experience to learn how to create and analyse computer-based systems, combined with a practical grounding in legal theory in a broad range of areas important to the technology industry.
Through your legal studies, you’ll develop personal and professional skills you can transfer across a wide range of careers in technology. The laws program includes a core of prescribed courses and a range of electives, while the computer science program allows you to specialise in cyber security, data science, machine learning, programming languages or scientific computing.
With more 50 years’ experience in teaching computer science, you'll be joining a university where you’ll gain the solid technological foundations and skills to play a critical role in creating, developing, implementing and evaluating new systems and technology for use in our society.
UQ Law is proud to be the oldest law school in Queensland and one of Australia’s leading law schools. We've fostered strong working relationships with the community and the legal fraternity. Through these relationships, our students influence the law and its institutions for the benefit of society.
When you graduate, you'll have an internationally respected qualification in laws and advanced knowledge and skills in computer science, giving you skills in high demand from some of the world’s biggest corporations.
Majors
Tailor your studies to suit your goals. This program offers these options:
Cyber Security
Data Science
Machine Learning
Programming Languages
Scientific Computing
Career possibilities
Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Depending on which major you choose, here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
Solicitor
Barrister
Legal officer
Negotiation and dispute resolution specialist
Cyber security analyst
Data scientist
Machine learning engineer
Software engineer
In-house legal counsel
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
20 February 2023
The University of Queensland
St Lucia Campus,
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND,
Queensland,
4072, BRISBANE, Australia
Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C) and Mathematical Methods or Mathematics B. Specialist Mathematics or Mathematics C is recommended.
English Proficiency
IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.
TOEFL PB - Overall 570, listening 54, reading 54, writing 59/5.
Pearsons - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands.
BE - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills.
CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands.
OET is not accepted.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
As one of the top 50 universities in the world, UQ offers students the chance to join a leading research community and become an in-demand graduate.
