Specialisation in Applied Artificial Intelligence

About the course

This postgraduate specialisation in Applied Artificial Intelligence, offered within the Master of Information Technology, builds practical and theoretical capability in designing and evaluating AI solutions. You’ll study areas such as automated decision-making, data science, ethics, natural language processing, computer vision and statistics, while learning to communicate AI capabilities and limitations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is postgraduate specialisation study in IT & Computer Science.

Career outcome

The specialisation supports upskilling or reskilling for AI-focused roles across a wide range of industries. Typical pathways include artificial intelligence engineer, machine learning specialist, data scientist or data engineer, software developer/engineer, solutions architect and research scientist. Graduates may work in technology and telecommunications, consulting, cloud computing, government, health, finance, retail and media-related organisations. This is postgraduate specialisation study in IT & Computer Science.

Living Costs in Sydney**

Restaurant (Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant) A$ 17 - 22	Rent per Month (1 bedroom in City Centre) A$ 2,207 - 2,918	Rent per Month (1 bedroom Outside of Centre) A$ 1,599 - 2,115
Transportation (Daily) A$ 9 - 10	Utilities per Month (Electricity, Mobile & Internet) A$ 219 - 290

Average Salary***

*Source: QS World University Subjects Rankings (2026)

**Source: numbeo.com

***Source: PayScale.com (2026)