Overview

A premium experience, the Bachelor of Accounting and Business Information Technology (Professional) is a prestigious industry degree with a 12-month full-time paid work placement. You'll learn to record and analyse business activities, guide investment decisions, develop operating strategies, evaluate business performance and design, build and implement software solutions.
 

Applications closed for Semester 1, 2025

Applications for this course are currently closed for Semester 1, 2025 entry. 

For students interested in studying accounting and want to develop expertise in the latest relevant technologies, we recommend enrolling in the Bachelor of Business (majoring in Accounting) or the Bachelor of Accounting.

To further enhance their skill set, students can choose the FinTech minor, which covers cutting-edge topics such as AI, blockchain and financial crime.

For more information, please contact our friendly team

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Your industry experience

Work Integrated Learning is guaranteed in all our bachelor degrees. In this Professional Degree you'll undertake two six-month or one twelve-month work placement in your field. During your final year, in the Business Information Systems Industry Project (INF30027), you’ll team up with students to work on a real project for an industry partner.

Skills you’ll learn

  • Accounting and management of Information Systems/IT
  • Critical thinking
  • Communication skills
  • Leadership
  • Independence
  • Commercial awareness

Your career opportunities

  • Public or forensic accountant
  • Auditor
  • Taxation agent
  • Systems architect
  • Data analyst
  • Business IT manager or systems analyst

Key codes

CRICOS course code
108766A
VTAC Code (IFP)
3400210483
VTAC Code (CSP)
3400210481
International student visa

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

Professional accreditations

Why Swinburne?

Top 300 for business and economics

5 stars for skills development

#1 in Melbourne for graduate full-time employment within 4 months of completing their studies

5 stars for student support

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    "Here are some of the things I’ve done: work with accounting software to financially manage a company of 250 people, work on a project to help internal employees map their career development and apply my knowledge on databases and data visualisation (gained at Swinburne) to produce reports for the C-suite of a company with over 1000 employees."

    Aaaron , Bachelor of Accounting and Business Information Technology (Professional) - 6-month placements at Viva Energy and Unico Computer Systems