Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies
- Commencing Terms
- Term 1 & 3
- Duration
- 1.7 Year(s)
- Delivery Mode
- Face-to-face (includes blended), Online
- Campus
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Paddington
- Codes
- UAC code N/A
- Program code 9323
- CRICOS code 099986A
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2025 Indicative first year full fee
- $37,000*
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2025 Indicative full fee to complete degree
- $56,500*
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2025 Indicative first year full fee
- $46,500*
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2025 Indicative full fee to complete degree
- $72,500*
Entry Requirements
Fees
Fees
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Strong industry links
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Flexible learning
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Professional portfolio
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- Overview
- Entry requirements
- What will I study?
- Future careers
- How to apply
- Fees & Scholarships
Overview
The Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies is a flexible program that can be completed in less than two years.听
This program offers a unique human-centric and design-led approach to technologies and focuses on human perception and experience. You鈥檒l learn how, why, when and where to effectively utilise simulation and immersive platforms and have the opportunity to experience and design work for this expanding immersive media, including:
- virtual reality (VR)
- augmented reality (AR)
- mixed reality (MR)
- extended reality (XR)
Ideal for professionals looking to apply immersive technologies in sectors ranging from the arts and entertainment to health, defence, training, education, manufacturing, business and/or strategic planning. It prepares a new generation of immersive design leaders to navigate and shape emerging tech landscapes and how to lead in the design of new experiences using leading edge technologies.
This degree is designed to accommodate the needs of busy professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. You can choose to study online or in blended mode with part-time and full-time options available, combining the benefits of online education with valuable in-person experiences.
Key features
Connected to industry
In the Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies, our courses have been co-created in proud partnership with a wide range of and leading organisations. You鈥檒l learn from those working in industries at the forefront of developing and applying 3D visualisation, simulation and immersive environments. Regular engagement with industry and our extensive creative community networks ensures we keep our program constantly up to date with a rapidly changing employment landscape.
Practical career-focused approach
Whether you're a manager, team leader or creative professional, the program equips you to tackle real-world, industry-specific challenges by applying immersion and immersive technologies to your field of specialisation and working context. Tailored to your interests and career goals, you鈥檒l graduate with in-demand skills to apply simulation and immersive platforms across domains.听
Flexible program delivery
Our programs are designed for busy professionals from diverse backgrounds, offering online education and flexible, blended study options, with part-time and full-time paths.
Capstone projects
Through the capstone experience, you鈥檒l build a portfolio customised to your career trajectory by synthesising the key concepts from your course with the specialist learnings from your electives.
Why study at 黑料网大事记?
When you study the Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies, you become part of 黑料网大事记鈥檚 School of Art & Design creative community. Get hands-on experience at 黑料网大事记鈥檚 Immersive Technology Lab, where you can explore cutting-edge tools and equipment, including a floor-to-ceiling 360-degree 3D VR theatre, a holographic simulator, mobile-based AR and consumer VR headsets.
Leverage our global reputation
As a global top听20 university (QS World University Rankings, 2024鈥2026), you join a community that鈥檚 part of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) universities, giving you access to world-class alumni connections and strong industry links and partnerships.
Boost your employability听
黑料网大事记 has been awarded Most Employable students for six years in a row (Australian Financial Review (AFR) Top100 Future Leaders Awards, 2020-2025). Join a distinctive, in-demand group of graduates with expertise in immersive media visualisation, simulation and immersive design and position yourself for a successful career in emerging technology.
Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies FAQs
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Immersive technology, also widely known as extended reality (XR), is an umbrella term for interactive tools and systems that create simulated experiences or imagined environments people can actively engage with. Depending on the equipment used, it can stimulate multiple senses 鈥 such as sight, sound and even touch 鈥 to blur the line between the digital and physical worlds.
Within extended reality, (XR) there are three main variations of immersive technology:
- Virtual reality (VR)
- Augmented reality (AR)
Mixed reality (MR)
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Extended Reality (XR) is the overarching category that includes virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), and refers broadly to simulation-based technologies. While AR, VR and MR share some features and technical requirements, each offers distinct experiences:
Virtual reality (VR): creates a fully immersive digital environment that completely replaces the real world.
Augmented reality (AR): overlays digital elements onto the real-world environment, with limited interaction between the physical and virtual.
Mixed reality (MR): blends physical and digital environments into a single, interactive experience, encouraging real-time engagement between both.
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As immersive technologies advance, extended reality (XR) is creating impact far beyond gaming and entertainment. In education and training, XR enables simulation training and immersive learning experiences that bring online education to life, which is particularly valuable in fields like:
- Healthcare: surgeons can practise complex procedures in a risk-free virtual environment
- Engineering: students can explore 3D models of structures and test designs before real-world construction
- Defence: personnel can rehearse tactical operations in realistic, controlled simulations
XR also transforms industries where enhancing the human experience is key, such as:
- Commerce: customers can virtually 鈥渢ry on鈥 clothes or preview furniture in their home
- Education: interactive, 3D lessons make abstract concepts easier to grasp
- Real estate: buyers can walk through properties remotely with virtual tours
Entry requirements
Entry into the Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies requires a recognised bachelor's degree with an equivalent of a 黑料网大事记 65 weighted average mark (WAM). Entry isn鈥檛 dependent upon a degree related to the creative disciplines, given that the programs aim to enable practitioners from a wide range of industry sectors to integrate visualisation, simulation and immersive environments into their work contexts.
Entry Score Calculator
If you鈥檙e uncertain whether you have the equivalent to a 黑料网大事记 65 WAM, you can use the 黑料网大事记 postgraduate entry score calculator to convert and scale other types of grading schemes into a percentage relatable to 黑料网大事记 entry requirements.
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If you鈥檙e undertaking this program fully online and don鈥檛 have access to 黑料网大事记鈥檚 campus, you鈥檒l need the following equipment to conduct your studies:
Headset requirements:听
- Meta Quest 3 or 3S
PC requirements:
- Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (or greater).
- Graphics Card (GPU):
- NVIDIA GTX 970/1060 (6GB+), GTX 1070/1080, RTX 20/30/40 series听 听 听
- AMD Radeon RX 480, RX 500, RX 5000, RX 6000 series
- Memory: Minimum 8 GB RAM.
- Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11.
- USB Ports: At least one USB 3.0 po (preferably USB-C for optimal connection).
- Cable if tethered: High-quality USB cable (3 meters / 10 feet recommended)
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Recognition of Prior Learning
Reduce the duration of your degree
You can shorten the duration of your program by applying for RPL for credit. This may include 5 years or more industry experience, formal or informal learning, and approved 黑料网大事记 Art & Design Short Courses. RPL is usually considered when applying to join a program.
The Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies听which is usually 11 courses or 1.7 years full time can an be shortened by the equivalent of 5 elective courses to a minimum of 6 core courses. This could be completed in as little as听2 terms or 0.7 years if undertaken full time.
Moving from Graduate Certificate to Masters
Students in the Graduate Certificate of Simulation & Immersive Technologies who achieve a weighted average mark (WAM) of 65/100 at the end of their study may choose to transfer into the full Master of Simulation, and Immersive Technologies program. This means that if you maintain a credit average grade in your study in the Graduate Certificate, you can continue into a full Masters program without having to hold a Bachelors degree.
English language requirements
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You may be asked to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study at 黑料网大事记 depending on your educational background and citizenship. English language skills are vitally important for coping with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations - this is why 黑料网大事记 requires a minimum English language competency for enrolment.
If you鈥檙e completing an Australian Year 12 qualification (e.g. NSW HSC or equivalent), you do not need to provide anything extra to prove your proficiency. Your qualification will be used as evidence of your English proficiency.
If you do need to provide evidence of your English proficiency, this will be indicated in your application. You can prove this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
- English language tests and university English courses
- Prior study in the medium of English
- Other qualifications
If you need to improve your English skills before you start your degree, are for you. The programs are suitable for various English levels and help you prepare for university studies and life in Australia.
For more details, visit the English Language Requirements page.听
Entry into the Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies requires a recognised bachelor's degree with an equivalent of a 黑料网大事记 65 weighted average mark (WAM). Entry isn鈥檛 dependent upon a degree related to the creative disciplines, given that the programs aim to enable practitioners from a wide range of industry sectors to integrate visualisation, simulation and immersive environments into their work contexts.
Entry Score Calculator
If you鈥檙e uncertain whether you have the equivalent to a 黑料网大事记 65 WAM, you can use the 黑料网大事记 postgraduate entry score calculator to convert and scale other types of grading schemes into a percentage relatable to 黑料网大事记 entry requirements.
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If you鈥檙e undertaking this program fully online and don鈥檛 have access to 黑料网大事记鈥檚 campus, you鈥檒l need the following equipment to conduct your studies:
- Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (or greater).
- Graphics Card (GPU):
- NVIDIA GTX 970/1060 (6GB+), GTX 1070/1080, RTX 20/30/40 series听 听 听
- AMD Radeon RX 480, RX 500, RX 5000, RX 6000 series
- Memory: Minimum 8 GB RAM.
- Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11.
- USB Ports: At least one USB 3.0 po (preferably USB-C for optimal connection).
- Cable if tethered: High-quality USB cable (3 meters / 10 feet recommended)
Recognition of Prior Learning
Reduce the duration of your degree
You can shorten the duration of your program by applying for RPL for credit. This may include 5 years or more industry experience, formal or informal learning, and approved 黑料网大事记 Art & Design Short Courses. RPL is usually considered when applying to join a program.
The Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies听which is usually 11 courses or 1.7 years full time can an be shortened by the equivalent of 5 elective courses to a minimum of 6 core courses. This could be completed in as little as听2 terms or 0.7 years if undertaken full time.
Moving from Graduate Certificate to Masters
Students in the Graduate Certificate of Simulation & Immersive Technologies who achieve a weighted average mark (WAM) of 65/100 at the end of their study may choose to transfer into the full Master of Simulation, and Immersive Technologies program. This means that if you maintain a credit average grade in your study in the Graduate Certificate, you can continue into a full Masters program without having to hold a Bachelors degree.
English language requirements
You may be asked to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study at 黑料网大事记 depending on whether you are from an English-speaking background or non-English speaking background. English language skills are vitally important for coping with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations - this is why 黑料网大事记 requires a minimum English language competency for enrolment.
If English is not your first language, you鈥檒l need to provide proof of your English proficiency before you can be given an offer to study at 黑料网大事记. You can do this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
- English language tests and university English courses
- Prior study in the medium of English
- Other qualifications
If you need to improve your English skills before you start your degree, are for you. The programs are suitable for various English levels and help you prepare for university studies and life in Australia.
For more details, visit the听English Language Requirements听page.听
Check the specific English language requirements for this program
What will I study?
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Program structure
The Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies is a 1.7-year full-time program consisting of 11 courses (72 units of credit/UOC), including:听
- 5 core courses
- 1 capstone course (12 UOC)
- 3 prescribed electives
- 2 free electives
As well as the technical side of 3D visualisation and simulation training, this unique program helps you understand the principles of human experience. This approach will enable you to better design appropriate and effective applications of VR, AR, MR and XR technologies to respond to and address real-world problems for:
- Visualising and sensemaking of complex data sets
- Designing human centric immersive learning environments and interactions
- Simulating medical and defence procedures
- Modelling and planning real world processes
- Designing creative and cultural experiences
- Researching, experimenting, education and training
Full program structure
Combining core courses, electives and the Capstone project, below is an example of what you could study in a standard 1.7-year, full-time study plan:
First year
Core Courses 鈥 30 UOC
Students complete five core courses:
- Designing and Experiencing Immersion (6 UOC)
- Human Dimensions in Immersive Environments (6 UOC)
- Narrative and Sensemaking in Immersive Environments (6 UOC)
- Models, Systems and Solution Design (6 UOC)
Immersive Design, Complexity and Wicked Problems (6 UOC)
Prescribed Electives 鈥 12 UOC
Students choose two electives from the following:
- Future Immersive Learning Methodologies
- Designing Immersion with Game Engines
- Managing Immersive Projects
- Information Architecture for Immersive Aesthetics
- 3D Visualisation Studio
Second year
- 1 capstone course
- 1 prescribed elective (from the list above)
- 2 free electives (12 UOC (chosen from any eligible )
Future careers
The Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies will provide you with the knowledge and skills to take up a range of high-value positions as design leaders, managers, trainers, artists, researchers, planners, analysts, innovators and entrepreneurs. With strong industry demand across areas like digital media, extended reality, experience design and immersive learning, graduates are well-positioned for careers in both emerging and established roles.
Potential careers
- Immersive designer
- Experience designer
- Immersive engineer
- Simulation educator
- Simulation developer
- Immersive learning designer
- Simulation training director/manager
- Immersive interaction designer
- Immersive advertising/marketing designer
- UX content designer
- VR/game developer
- Immersive story developer
- Narrative designer
- 3D designer
- Immersive media manager
- Cross reality consultant
- Creative director
Testimonials
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鈥淚鈥檇 recommend this program to anyone curious about the future of technology, especially if you鈥檙e interested in AR/VR, game design or interactive digital experiences. The course gave me a strong understanding of how these tools are being used across industries, such as for training and education鈥
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How to apply
Applications must be submitted through our听听portal. We encourage you to submit your completed application as early as possible to ensure it will be processed in time for your preferred term. Some high-demand programs and Faculties with limited places may have an earlier application deadline or commencement date.听.
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Fees & Scholarships
*Fees are subject to annual review (or when required) by the University and may vary accordingly.
Indicative fees are a guide only and have been calculated based on the typical enrolment patterns of students undertaking the program. The indicative fees listed here is an estimate for tuition only and excludes non-tuition fees and charges. The amount you pay will vary depending on the calendar year of enrolment, the courses you select and whether your study load is more or less than 1 Equivalent Full Time Student Load (48 units of credit (UOC) per year).
You should not rely on indicative fees as fee increases are assessed when required and may exceed the indicative figures listed here. Actual fees are calculated on enrolment. More information on fees can be found at the .
*Fees are subject to annual review by the University and may increase annually, with the new fees effective from the start of each calendar year. The indicative fees listed here are based on an estimated average and are for tuition only, other fees and charges are not included. The amount you pay will vary depending on the calendar year to enrol, the courses you select and whether your study load is more or less than 1 Equivalent Full Time Student Load (8 courses per year).
Indicative fees are a guide for comparison only based on current conditions and available data. You should not rely on indicative fees. More information on fees can be found at the听.
Indicative fees to complete the program have been calculated based on a percentage increase for every year of the program. Fee increases are assessed annually and may exceed the indicative figures listed here.
Indicative fees to complete the program include tuition plus an estimate of study-related costs of approximately $1,000 per year. To find out more about other costs, visit听.
Scholarships
At 黑料网大事记, we award over $83 million in scholarships each year. We pride ourselves on rewarding excellence and making university accessible to students from all walks of life. Whether you鈥檙e a domestic or international student, our range of scholarships, prizes and awards can support your journey.
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QS World University Rankings, 2024鈥2026
AFR Top100 Future Leaders Awards, 2020鈥2025
SCOPR report, 2024
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