Luoyan Wei
Master of IT and Systems graduate · Valedictorian
“When I arrived, I could barely follow conversations. Yet Tasmania offered the environment and community that shaped me into who I am today.”
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Stories: From Who Walked The Path
See how international ICT students found their first jobs, built networks, and settled into life in Tasmania.
“People like me have done this. I can do this too.”
Rakhitha Dassanayake
ICT graduate from Sri Lanka · Valedictorian
“We didn't just learn how technologies worked, we were constantly challenged to actually use them to build solutions.”
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Bronson Billing
Bachelor of ICT student · PASS leader
“…my experience has shown me that trying different things isn’t wasted time.”
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Abir Hossain Khondoker
ICT student · TasICT Rising Star 2026
“I am incredibly honoured.”
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MD Ashik Mahmud
Master of IT student at UTAS
“Our project was CyberQuiz Pro, an adaptive practice platform for the ISC2 certification pathway (CC, SSCP and CISSP).”
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Hosna Ara Begum
Power BI & Data Analytics Consultant · Master of IT, UTAS
“Long tiring hardworking of 6 persons for 12 weeks finally paid off with winning.”
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MD Rifat Bin Yusuf
Master of IT student at UTAS
“Over the past few months, our team developed a custom WordPress plugin for Tasmanian Leaders…”
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Pial Hossain
Student at University of Tasmania
“Olinda is an AI-powered course advisory chatbot we developed for Hobart College.”
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John Streat
Final-year Bachelor of ICT (Data Science and AI) student
“Proud to share that our Island Intelligence Platform team won the Commercial Acumen Award at the University of Tasmania ICT Showcase Expo.”
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Chris Jackson
State Sales Manager at Data#3
“What an inspiring day at the University of Tasmania ICT Showcase Expo!”
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Zoe Zhao
Bachelor of IT graduate (Business Analysis)
“It was the first time I really saw how our classroom knowledge could turn into a working solution.”
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Josh Cooper
AI Engineer at ReadyTech, Launceston
“I’m proof that you don’t have to leave Tasmania to work on frontier technology or have a national impact…”
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Yu Wang
Master of IT and Systems student · now ICT Graduate at TasWater
“When I started, I knew very little about programming.”
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Tristan Richards
Digital Workforce Capability Development Manager, Department of Premier and Cabinet
“I commenced my information and communication technology (ICT) journey in 1997 as a mature-aged student.”
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Stories and photos: University of Tasmania News and the students' own LinkedIn posts. Quotes are taken word for word from the original stories.