Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology
at Western Sydney University, New South Wales.
Western's IT degree is the three-year Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology, taught at Campbelltown, Parramatta, Penrith and Sydney City. It is accredited by the Australian Computer Society at Professional level. No prerequisites; assumed knowledge is any 2 units of mathematics and any 2 units of English.
Lowest selection rank
The lowest selection rank (LSR) is the lowest ATAR plus adjustment factors (equity, subject and regional bonuses) that received an offer to the WSU Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology for that intake. Universities publish it in their admissions student profiles. Only intakes with a published figure are listed.
| Intake | Lowest selection rank | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60.30 | uac.edu.au |
| 2024 | 65.00 | uac.edu.au |
| 2023 | 65.15 | uac.edu.au |
A lowest selection rank describes a past intake, not a guaranteed entry score. Check the current entry requirements on the official course page before you apply through UAC.
Prerequisite Year 12 subjects
No formal Year 12 subject prerequisites; assumed knowledge may still apply.
What you will study
At Campbelltown, Parramatta and Penrith, students choose from majors in cyber security and ethical hacking, enterprise systems and architecture, health informatics, multimedia computing, networking and cloud computing, and software development. The Sydney City campus offers cyber security and ethical hacking, networking and cloud computing, and software development. The degree finishes with a final-year team project, often for a local business or organisation, that applies programming, systems and project management skills to a real problem. With suitable subject choices students can also meet the requirements for some industry certifications.
Placement and industry experience
The capstone is a final-year team project, often completed for a local business or organisation, in which students apply what they have learned to a real-world ICT problem and develop team and project management skills.
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
- Software developer or graduate engineer at the major banks and tech firms
- Cyber security analyst at consultancies, government and large enterprises
- Data analyst at retail, finance, government and tech
- Business analyst at consulting firms and corporates
- Cloud or DevOps engineer at AWS, Microsoft and partner consultancies
- Solutions consultant at SaaS and enterprise software vendors
Graduate starting salary
$65,000 - $85,000 per year
Source: qilt.edu.au. Last reviewed 2026-05-21.
After graduation
The degree is accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) at Professional level, which supports ACS membership and later Certified Professional status. Graduates can add an Honours year or move into a Master of Information and Communications Technology, cyber security or data science degree.
Is this the right degree for you?
You probably thrive here if
- Students who like building things and shipping working code
- Those who enjoy team-based software projects
- People comfortable picking up new tools and languages independently
- Students aiming for industry roles rather than research careers
- Those willing to do unpaid internships to build a portfolio
It is probably not for you if
- Students wanting deep theoretical computer science (consider a BCompSc or BSc Adv with computer science)
- Those who hate group work or pair programming
- Anyone unwilling to learn outside the formal curriculum
Sources
Course details are summarised by ExamExplained, not copied from the university. Confirm course content and selection ranks on the Western Sydney University website and on UAC before applying.