About the Department of Computing

The Department of Computing at Curtin University provides undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of Computer Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering. It has a history reaching back to the establishment of the Western Australian Institution of Technology in 1967. Its undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses in computing have a high reputation and continue to be keenly sought after. Employment prospect for graduates in computing remains healthy.

The Department of Computing is active in research and has a full graduate program. Areas of research include:

• Large Scale Pattern Recognition
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Graphics
• Parallel and Distributed computing
• Software Engineering
• Database Management

Graduates with good results may proceed to Masters and Doctorate degrees either through the honours course or by completing a Postgraduate Diploma.