1. UQ’s IT program is not only based on the international standard for Computer Science curricula, we helped to write the standard.  And now, we've added new majors and double-majors in response to industry feedback.
    
2. Our programming introduction is based on that of the internationally-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    
3. At UQ, we go further than just preparing you for your first job.  We give you the tools, techniques and theory to understand the many facets of IT and to respond to ongoing industry change.  Business futurists predict that jobs based on learning to program to specifications are moving to countries where wages are lower.  UQ focuses on the work that is more likely to stay in Australia, including specification and design.
    
4. Our programs involve easy-to-follow majors, a host of dual degrees (to combine IT with other study areas) and the flexibility to transfer between IT and Engineering in second year.
    
5. UQ is not all theory and no practice.  Each of our programs has a strong component of project work and in your final year, you have the option of an industry project to allow you to work for several months in a real work place.  Employers keep coming back to UQ’s industry projects because of their good experiences with our students.
    
6. You can count industry certification courses licensed by major software developers, like Microsoft and Cisco, towards your degree.
    
7. UQ’s IT programs are accredited by the Australian Computer Society.  UQ participates in a number of activities to encourage greater female participation in IT.
    
8. UQ is rated among the top 33 universities in the world (Times Higher Education Supplement, 2007), the top 5 in the Asia-Pacific region (Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings, 2007), the top 4 in Australia (Uni Melbourne study, 2004) and number 1 in Queensland (all three studies).
    
9. UQ is rated in the top band of Australian universities for teaching quality and number 1 in Queensland.  In independent surveys by Graduate Careers Australia, UQ consistently outrates QUT and Griffith in terms of overall satisfaction of students with their Computer Science studies.
    
10. UQ is Queensland’s top-ranked research university.  Because our staff are researchers as well as teachers, they pass leading edge methods on to you.  Some of the best teaching and resources for new students spring from the research activities undertaken by staff and senior students.
     
11. UQ offers great facilities, beautiful campuses, students from all over the world, and international exchange programs.
     
12. UQ offers scholarships worth $15,000 to the best students entering first year from school in Australia, and scholarships that pay tuition fees for certain incoming international students.

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