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Diploma of Information Technology
This diploma suits people who want to work in information technology with a specialised technical focus, and it can be started without prior qualifications or experience.
- Duration: 6 months to 1 year
- Study mode: Online and on campus
- Course code: ICT50220
Where you can study this course
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Melbourne Polytechnic
- Campuses
- 13 campuses
- Duration
- Not yet checked
- Study mode
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- Full fee
- Not yet checked
What students say
A number of students find the organisation and admin frustrating, and opinions are mixed on the trainers and teaching, while some rate the facilities and campus highly.
- Campuses
- 19 campuses
- Duration
- 6 months to 1 year
- Study mode
- Varies by campus
- Full fee
- Not stated by provider
What students say
Many students speak well of the facilities and campus, and some rate the trainers and teaching highly, though opinions are mixed on the trainers and teaching and student support, and some found the organisation and admin frustrating.
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Stanley College
- Campuses
- 4 campuses
- Duration
- Not yet checked
- Study mode
- Not yet checked
- Full fee
- Not yet checked
What students say
Most students rate the student support highly, while many also praise the trainers and teaching. Opinions are mixed on organisation and admin, and some found communication frustrating.
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Swinburne University of Technology
- Campuses
- 8 campuses
- Duration
- Not yet checked
- Study mode
- Not yet checked
- Full fee
- Not yet checked
What students say
Some students praise the facilities and campus, while some criticise organisation and admin for being frustrating, and opinions are mixed on course content. A number also mention student support and teaching positively or negatively.
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RMIT University
- Campuses
- 15 campuses
- Duration
- Not yet checked
- Study mode
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- Full fee
- Not yet checked
What students say
Students often find organisation and admin frustrating, and opinions are mixed on the trainers and teaching, while some praise the facilities and campus and student support.
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TAFE Queensland
- Campuses
- 8 campuses
- Duration
- Not stated by provider
- Study mode
- Varies by campus
- Full fee
- $8,240
- Eligible students: subsidised from $4,520, concession $3,400
What students say
Many students rate the facilities and campus highly. Some found course content and organisation and admin frustrating, while opinions are mixed on the trainers and teaching.
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Monarch Institute Pty Ltd
- Campuses
- Monarch Institute
- Duration
- Not yet checked
- Study mode
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- Full fee
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What students say
Many students rate the student support highly, and many also praise the trainers, teaching and course content, though some found the course content mixed and a number questioned the cost and value.
- Campuses
- 26 campuses
- Duration
- Not yet checked
- Study mode
- Not yet checked
- Full fee
- Not yet checked
What students say
Students rate the trainers, teaching, facilities and campus highly, though some found the organisation, admin and communication frustrating; opinions are mixed on facilities and campus.
Last reviewed 20 September 2026.
Is this course right for you?
Entry requirements
Nil
- Providers can set their own conditions, such as a minimum age or a current job in the industry, and practical training may need a workplace placement. Check each provider above.
Entry recommendations
To be prepared for this course, it helps to have:
- an interest in how technology works
- good communication skills for working with clients
- a careful approach to privacy and security
- the confidence to lead and support a small team
What will you learn?
You build a mix of technical and workplace skills: coming up with and developing new ideas, keeping cyber security on the agenda in a team, and making sure the technology a business uses lines up with where it is heading. There is also a strong practical side to working with others, from leading a small team to sorting out problems for clients and handling questions about intellectual property, ethics and privacy. It is broad enough to lead into areas such as networking, programming, cloud, cyber security, data, web development or systems support.
- Developing new ICT ideas
- Workplace cyber security practices
- Leading a small team
- Matching technology to business strategy
- IP, ethics and privacy
- Managing client problems
Units of competency (6 core, 14 elective)
The qualification is made up of 20 units. Everyone completes the 6 core units below, and the remaining 14 are electives chosen from the list on training.gov.au, so they vary by provider. Select a unit to see what it covers.
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Where this fits
Diploma of Information Technology in information technology: the study that leads into it, the study that follows, and other routes at the same level.
Before
Certificate IVCertificate IV in Information TechnologyThis is a lower level start if you want to test the waters before committing to a diploma, covering the groundwork across several areas rather than one speciality.Certificate IIICertificate III in Information TechnologyA lower level option if you are starting from scratch, it gets you into paid IT support work and assumes no prior experience.You are looking at
Diploma of Information Technology
After
No later step listed.
Data from training.gov.au and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0).