Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional Practice)
at Federation University Australia, Victoria.
Federation's co-operative IT degree is the three-year Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional Practice) at Mount Helen (Ballarat), Berwick and online, with ACS Professional level accreditation. VTAC publishes no lowest selection rank for it. VCE prerequisites are a study score of at least 20 in any English and Units 1 and 2 in two units of mathematics (or any Units 3 and 4 mathematics).
Lowest selection rank
FedUni has not published a lowest selection rank for this course for recent intakes. That usually means too few ATAR-based offers were made to report one, or that selection also uses a portfolio, audition, interview or other criteria. Check the current entry requirements on the official course page.
Prerequisite Year 12 subjects
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What you will study
Majors are mainframe computing, artificial intelligence and data science, business analysis, cyber security and software engineering. Mandatory career development units prepare students for work. Federation also offers separate IT degrees in AI and data science, cybersecurity and software application development.
Placement and industry experience
Students complete at least 60 days of paid placement through Federation Co-op, with partners that have included IBM, Kyndryl and Westpac.
Career outcomes
- Graduates work as software developers, data analysts and cybersecurity analysts across financial services, government and technology firms.
- Common destinations include graduate developer programmes at the major banks, Atlassian, Canva and federal-government technology agencies.
- Many alumni progress into product management, solutions architecture and engineering management roles within five years.
Professional accreditation
- Australian Computer Society (Professional level)
Typical first jobs
- Graduate software developer or engineer
- Cybersecurity analyst at consulting firms or banks
- Data analyst or junior data scientist
- DevOps or cloud engineer (with cloud certifications)
- Business or systems analyst
- Junior support engineer or sysadmin
- Mobile or web developer at a Melbourne studio
Graduate starting salary
$65,000 - $85,000 per year
Source: jobsandskills.gov.au. Last reviewed 2026-05-21.
After graduation
Graduates work as developers, analysts, security and mainframe specialists with IT and financial services employers.
Is this the right degree for you?
You probably thrive here if
- Students who already enjoy coding or building things on the side
- Patient problem-solvers willing to debug for hours
- Self-starters who join hackathons and open-source projects
- Team players comfortable with stand-ups and pair programming
- Students keen to chase internships from year two
It is probably not for you if
- Students who dislike maths and logical problem-solving
- Those who want a humanities-style essay-based course
- People who refuse to debug or learn new languages on the job
- Students looking for a regulated profession with a single licence
Sources
Course details are summarised by ExamExplained, not copied from the university. Confirm course content and selection ranks on the Federation University Australia website and on VTAC before applying.