Software Engineering (Honours)

About the course

This honours degree prepares you to design, build and maintain secure, large-scale software systems used across modern organisations. You develop strong foundations in programming, software design and system architecture, with hands-on learning and exposure to the full development lifecycle from requirements through to testing. Industry-linked projects and practical experience help you graduate ready to engineer scalable digital solutions in software engineering. The programme builds programming, systems thinking, and data skills for technology-driven industries and startups.

Career outcome

Graduates can pursue roles across technology, government and commercial sectors where dependable software is critical. You may work on design and development, deployment and operations, or technical leadership and project delivery. Typical opportunities include software engineer, web developer/engineer, DevOps engineer, software development engineer, enterprise architect and applications software developer, applying honours-level software engineering skills across diverse industries.

Career outcome

Upon graduating from this program, you may be employed in roles such as biomedical engineer, environmental engineer, network engineer, petroleum engineer, productions engineer, project engineer, and etc. in companies including ExxonMobil, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Samsung Electronics, General Electric, and etc.

Living Costs in Newcastle**

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Restaurant (Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant) A$ 22 - 29	Rent per Month (1 bedroom in City Centre) A$ 1,199 - 1,586	Rent per Month (1 bedroom Outside of Centre) A$ 1,079 - 1,427
Transportation (Daily) A$ 7 - 8	Utilities per Month (Electricity, Mobile & Internet) A$ 267 - 353

Average Salary**

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