Build the technical skills to identify cyber risks, test systems and design secure solutions.
Cyber security protects the systems, data and digital infrastructure that modern life depends on. Studying cyber security at UQ puts you in the centre of this urgent and fast-moving field.
You’ll learn how and why cyber threats occur. From there, you’ll build the technical skills to understand how systems operate and communicate, then apply hands-on defence strategies to test resilience and strengthen security.
Your knowledge of secure design, authentication, cryptography, identity and privacy will grow alongside your practical capability. You can also shape your studies around your interests, with opportunities to explore areas such as cloud security, business information security, database security and advanced cryptographic methods.
Throughout the major, you’ll work in specialised labs designed to replicate real attack and defence environments. Guided by academics and industry professionals, you’ll prepare for meaningful, high-impact careers helping protect people, organisations and national infrastructure from modern cyber risks.
Career possibilities
Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
- Cyber security analyst
- Cyber systems engineer
- Security architect
- Information security officer
- Cryptographer
- Information security analyst
Graduate salary
Computing and information systems (undergraduate)
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Next steps after graduation
After graduating, you can pursue a range of roles in:
- cyber security analysis
- penetration testing
- security engineering
- cloud security
- digital forensics
- incident response
- governance, risk and compliance
- information security consulting.
With experience, you could move into senior technical, advisory or leadership roles across government, business, technology, finance, health, defence and critical infrastructure.
There is a lack of professionals with cyber security knowledge, problem-solving and some DevOps skills. Experience and specific skills can be acquired on the job, however applicants with solid cyber security knowledge are at an advantage.
Viewing cyber security in the interdisciplinary way UQ is will give it life – it’s relevant, it’s hitting areas of high demand and it helps to develop a worldwide community of highly trained and trusted professionals who can rapidly respond to new threats and problems.
There is a lack of professionals with cyber security knowledge, problem-solving and some DevOps skills. Experience and specific skills can be acquired on the job, however applicants with solid cyber security knowledge are at an advantage.
Viewing cyber security in the interdisciplinary way UQ is will give it life – it’s relevant, it’s hitting areas of high demand and it helps to develop a worldwide community of highly trained and trusted professionals who can rapidly respond to new threats and problems.
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How you'll learn
Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Seminars
- Workshops
What you'll study
At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:
- Operating Systems Architecture
- Information Security
- Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
- Coding & Cryptography [Elective]
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