Australian undergrad IT demand shifts to 'softer' areas

16.03.2006

The school is a Cisco-certified academy and the Cisco CCNA program is embedded into the content of some of its courses, so graduating students can sit for the Cisco examination without needing to study any additional courses.

"About 95 percent of students pass it," Zhou said.

"We also have a lot of guest lecturers from the industry - such as ANZ and Telstra - during the third year, which I think appeals to students," he said.

Another reason Zhou believes his school is popular is that it is "on the forefront of offering new courses and degrees".

The school offers a Bachelors Degree with four different streams: multimedia technology, computer science, games design and development and IT security.