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Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - International Cybersecurity

Australia

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What will I learn?

This course prepares you for specialist cybersecurity roles with a global perspective. You’ll gain the practical skills and knowledge to lead creation, implementation and management of secure computer systems across a range of exciting career paths. You’ll be able to protect people and their data from cyber attacks as you draw on your studies across international relations, ethics and law.

With industry integrated learning, you’ll gain the practical skills and knowledge to lead creation, implementation and management of secure computer systems across a range of exciting career paths, protecting people and their data from cyber-attacks as you draw on your studies across international relations, ethics and law.

You'll learn to

create, operate, analyse and test secure systems

detect, analyse and confront cybersecurity challenges

use mathematical, technical and business tools to secure information systems across a range of industries

work effectively as a team member and as a team leader

extend knowledge in cybersecurity through research, experimentation and analysis

Why study this course

As a cybersecurity expert, you’ll be in high demand

According to LinkedIn Professional Jobseeker data, cybersecurity specialists are in the top five emerging careers, and the Federal Government estimates a need for 18,000 more cybersecurity employees by 2023

Studying contemporary international politics in the context of cybersecurity will give you the breadth of understanding and technical knowledge employers are looking for

You can apply your skills to make a real difference, by keeping nations, communities, organisations and individuals safe from cyber crime

Career opportunities

Almost every Information and Communications Technology career path encompasses some aspect of security, including and beyond the job roles of cybersecurity specialist, information technology specialist, software engineer or information specialist.

Which department am I in?

School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing

CRICOS

068916E

Study options

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees
A$46,600.00 (US$ 30,752) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Application deadline

3 February 2025, 30 June 2025

More details

Start date

24 February 2025, 21 July 2025

Venue

Crawley Campus

35 Stirling Highway,

CRAWLEY,

Western Australia,

6009, PERTH, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

Entry requirements may vary from country to country. Students are required to complete an international academic qualification equivalent to Australian High School (or equivalent).

English language requirements:

IELTS (academic): Overall minimum score of 6.5, no band lower than 6.0

TOEFL Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): an overall score of 82 or above with a minimum score of 22 in writing, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 20 in listening

Pearsons Test of English (PTE) (academic): An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 59 in the speaking and writing sections, and no less than 54 in the other sections

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About The University of Western Australia (UWA)

Students can set themselves apart with a globally recognised degree from a world top 100 university.

  • World-top 100 university - QS World University Rankings 2024
  • Rated 5-stars by Good Universities Guide 2023
  • 18 subject areas in world’s top 50 (QSWUR 2024 and ARWU 2022)

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