AN AUSSIE RELATIONSHIP IN IT

HELP University College s Department
of Information Technology is proud to
partner the University of Queensland
UQ School of Information and Electrical
Engineering ITEE for the last 14 years In
the 2011 QS Rankings UQ ranked 48th in the
world for Computer Science and Information
Systems
It s a little known secret that through a spe
cial arrangement HELP S Department of
Information Technology students can transfer
their credits to UQ s ITEE to study either
Information Technology or Engineering
HELP S IT Department offers the following
credit transfer arrangements with UQ
Bachelor of Information Technology 2 1 cred
it transfer Bachelor of Information Technology
Honours 2 2 credit transfer Bachelor of
Engineering Computer Systems Engineering
and Software Engineering 2 2 credit trans
fer
Undergraduate students who have com
pleted their degrees at HELP are also able to
transfer to UQ to continue their postgraduate
degrees in the Master of Computer Science
2 1 1 credit transfer and the Master of
Computer Science 3 1 credit transfer
The Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of
Information Technology and Bachelor of
Information Technology with Honours are
provided as part of a distinctive credit transfer
arrangement with UQ
The Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of
Information Technology degrees are UQ s
internationally recognised specialist degrees
in engineering computer technology and
applications
The IT curriculum at HELP University College
has been carefully organised for the UQ path
way and provides opportunities for students
to further their studies in Australia
We have great confidence in HELP S IT
Department UQ s ITEE and HELP S IT
Departments have the same academic excel
lence and share the same values
Because of the understanding of academic
excellence and the potential of its academic
staff we chose to partner HELP says UQ s
School of ITEE Computer Science s Prof Paul
Bailes one of the key people instrumental in
establishing the relationship between HELP
and UQ
HELP S Department of Information
Technology specialises in Business Information
Management Mobile Computing and
Electronic Games Technology
The department offers a diploma in
Information Technology and four honours
undergraduate programmes the Bachelor of
Information Technology Hons the Bachelor
of Information Technology Hons specialising

in Business Information Management the
Bachelor of Computer Science Hons special
ising in Games and Interactive Media and the
Bachelor of Information Technology Hons
specialising in Mobile Computing
HELP S Department of FT works closely with
its global partners and IT professional bodies
to ensure that our curricula stay relevant to
current needs and future challenges says
HELP Department of Information Technology
acting head Dr Sien Ven Yu who completed
her Masters and PhD at UQ s 1TEE
HELP S Department of IT offers up to date
curricula based on industry needs
The syllabus prepares students for interna
tionally recognised certifications
There are many success stories from the
Department of Information Technology at
HELP The department was the first in Asia to
develop a WAP application software for educa
tion called College net Students have won
HSBC s Young IT Entrepreneur Awards the
Datamation Award for Innovative IT Research
and Development Projects the Dell Award for
Best Subject Performance and third prize in
the Microsoft Office Specialist Word XP
Challenge which saw the winner.