Boost your career prospects

Postgraduate study can help you deepen your knowledge in an area, find new interests or even start a new career path. A postgrad degree can mean a higher job qualification, salary and skill level. The tech industry is constantly advancing, but a postgrad in IT, data science or business process management (BPM) will help keep your credentials ahead of the game.

Business process management

Develop the skills and knowledge needed to manage business activities through innovative and evidence-based business process management practices and IT solutions.

Graduate certificate

6 months full-time | 1 year part-time

Data science

Meet booming industry demands with your analytical skills and ability to turn data into insight and intelligence. Drive real change and impact key decisions by learning how to make sense of the volume, variety, and velocity of data we collect as a society.

Graduate certificate

1-2 years part-time

Master degree

1-2 years full-time | 2-4 years part-time

Information technology

Develop the ability to employ existing IT methods to address industry-specific problems. Boost your IT career with a graduate certificate or master degree.

Graduate certificate

6 months full-time | 1 year part-time

Master degree

2 years full-time | 4 years part-time

Why study science?

Welcome to the Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science is not just a home for a set of disciplines but a community of curious minds working together to break boundaries.
From innovative coursework to world-class research, hear Professor Troy Farrell, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science, discuss how our diversity in thought and expertise leads to extraordinary discoveries and learning opportunities.

Hands-on science experiences

Discover STEM at QUT

Webinar: Emerging and high-demand careers

Discover your future at QUT

Why STEM skills are important

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Reduce your fees by more than 60%

QUT has introduced Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) for 10 in-demand IT, data science and business process management courses, allowing you to save more than 60% on tuition fees. Choose from a range of graduate certificates, graduate diplomas and master degrees.

Explore your options

Tamara Orth, PhD student at the Centre for Data Science

Our experts

Find a supervisor to undertake a research degree, an industry expert for project specific advice, or a potential partner or collaborator.

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Our research

Discover our research strengths, take the next step with our research degrees, or connect with our expertise, equipment and facilities.

Professor Paul Roe

Our experts

Find a supervisor to undertake a research degree, an industry expert for project specific advice, or a potential partner or collaborator.

Search our experts

Our research

Discover our research strengths, take the next step with our research degrees, or connect with our expertise, equipment and facilities.

Ready STEM Go!

Tune in to hear from a great line-up of guest QUT alumni from around the world.

Hosted by current QUT STEM student, Mackenzi Oliver, the show welcomes our guests to share stories about the paths they’ve taken to get where they are in their STEM careers.

Watch all the episodes

QUT alumnus Dr Abigail Allwood is at the cutting-edge of space exploration

Women in STEM

With only one in four STEM workers being women, we recognise the importance of supporting and celebrating women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.

We're tackling this gender divide through a number of programs and initiatives, including #STEMtheTide.

Let's STEM the tide

News and events

22 Nov 2024

$2.8M project to reduce cotton industry’s greenhouse gas emissions

A project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cotton production systems to enable Australia to be the preferred international supplier of low emissions fibre has received $1,985,000 from the Australian Government’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program Partnerships and Innovation Grants Round and $800,000 from the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC).

19 Nov 2024

Dr Katrina Wruck named 2025 Young Australian of the Year for Queensland

Dr Katrina Wruck, QUT research fellow in industrial chemistry and lecturer in the School of Chemistry and Physics with a passion for making the world a greener place has been named the 2025 Young Australian of the Year for Queensland. 

18 Nov 2024

Machine learning aids rapid advancement of a high-resolution 3D printing technology

QUT biomedical engineers have developed a new automated method to drastically advance melt electrowriting, a new, high-resolution 3D printing technology used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. 

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