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AI courses and bootcamps in Australia

Square1 Ai is an online school. Its 27 live bootcamps run for twelve weeks on Zoom with one instructor and 10 projects you keep, from A$200; self-paced courses start at A$45. Australian cohorts meet on weekday evenings from 6:30 PM Sydney and Melbourne time, with full-day sessions at weekends.

A$200Live bootcamps
6:30 PM Sydney timeWeekday sessions start
12 weeksLive, 10 projects you keep

Founding price, half the A$400 standard, until 1 December. Self-paced courses from A$45.

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What AI roles pay

What AI and tech roles pay in Australia

Annual base salary across Australia, from Glassdoor (read 14 October 2026). The range is the middle half of reported salaries, and each row shows how many salaries it rests on.

What AI and tech roles pay in Australia
RoleMedian a yearMiddle halfTrain for it
Software engineering manager237 salariesA$196,000A$165,000 to A$218,000Claude Code for Engineering
Solutions architect584 salariesA$166,000A$143,000 to A$202,000Forward Deployed Engineer
Machine learning engineer190 salariesA$139,000A$105,375 to A$176,250ML Engineer, Fine-Tuning and Open-Weights
Product manager4,884 salariesA$138,350A$111,500 to A$161,750AI Product Manager
AI engineer54 salariesA$130,000A$102,750 to A$162,500Gen AI, Agentic AI, RAG and Search Engineering
Data engineer1,417 salariesA$128,000A$105,000 to A$152,600Data Engineering with AI
Cloud engineer533 salariesA$127,600A$100,000 to A$150,000Cloud Engineer with AI, LLMOps
Data scientist1,692 salariesA$123,000A$104,500 to A$148,500Data Science
Software engineer16,041 salariesA$121,700A$100,000 to A$154,780Software Engineering with AI, Codex for Software Engineering
Forward deployed engineer28 salariesA$103,500A$86,150 to A$142,000Forward Deployed Engineer
Business analyst7,386 salariesA$97,644A$80,000 to A$115,750AI Automation Engineer, Data Analyst with AI

Salaries are what employers in Australia report paying, not what Square1 Ai students earn: the first cohorts have not graduated.

Live bootcamps

Bootcamps that fit a working week in Australia.

Twelve weeks each, weekday evenings and weekend days, 25 spots a cohort. Reserving a seat holds the founding price.

Gen AI BootcampBuild and ship LLM products: prompting, retrieval, agents, evals, production.A$200See the bootcampAgentic AI BootcampMulti-agent systems that plan, coordinate and run in production.A$200See the bootcampRAG and Search Engineering BootcampRetrieval that actually finds the right thing, measured, at scale.A$200See the bootcampVoice AI Agents BootcampPhone and in-app voice agents that hold a conversation and complete a task.A$200See the bootcampML Engineer BootcampTrain, evaluate and serve models that pass contract tests, not notebooks that run once.A$200See the bootcampComputer Vision BootcampFrom pixels to a deployed vision pipeline you can explain line by line.A$200See the bootcampFine-Tuning and Open-Weights BootcampPost-train, evaluate and deploy your own model for a real task.A$200See the bootcampPhysical AI and Robotics BootcampPerception, control and simulation for machines that move.A$200See the bootcampData Science BootcampFrom messy data to a decision a business acts on, six times.A$200See the bootcampData Engineering with AI BootcampPipelines, warehouses and quality checks, with agents doing the grunt work.A$200See the bootcampData Analyst with AI BootcampSQL, dashboards and AI-assisted analysis that answer a manager's question with evidence.A$200See the bootcampAnalytics Engineer BootcampSQL, modelling and AI-assisted analysis that a finance team trusts.A$200See the bootcampCodex for Software Engineering BootcampBuild and maintain real codebases with Codex as the pair, from spec to release.A$200See the bootcampForward Deployed Engineer BootcampDeploy AI systems inside a customer's walls and hand them over running.A$200See the bootcampClaude Code for Engineering BootcampRun an engineering workflow where Claude Code writes, tests and ships under your review.A$200See the bootcampSoftware Engineering with AI BootcampShip a full-stack product with coding agents, then prove the defect is fixed.A$200See the bootcampLLMOps BootcampServe, observe and pay for LLMs in production without surprises.A$200See the bootcampLLM Evals and Reliability BootcampMake an AI system you can trust: evals, guardrails, monitoring, incident review.A$200See the bootcampCybersecurity BootcampFind the vulnerability, prove it against a withheld key, fix it.A$200See the bootcampAI Security and Red-Teaming BootcampAttack and defend LLM applications: prompt injection, data exfiltration, model abuse.A$200See the bootcampCloud Security Engineer BootcampSecure AWS, Azure and Kubernetes the way a cloud security team does: find it, fix it, prove it.A$200See the bootcampAI Automation Engineer BootcampReplace six manual business processes with agents and automation that keep running.A$200See the bootcampGTM Engineer BootcampBuild the outbound machine: data, enrichment, automation, CRM, attribution.A$200See the bootcampAI Sales Engineer BootcampRun the technical side of an AI sale: discovery, demo, proof of concept.A$200See the bootcampAI Product Manager BootcampDecide what an AI product should do, prove it with evals, and ship it.A$200See the bootcampAI Founder BootcampGo from idea to a launched AI product with paying users in twelve weeks.A$200See the bootcampCloud Engineer with AI BootcampDesign, deploy and run cloud systems with AI doing the toil.A$200See the bootcamp
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AI courses in Australia, side by side

Short AI courses you can take in Australia in 2026, with their length, how they are taught and the fee each provider lists.

AI courses in Australia, side by side
CourseLengthHow it is taughtFee
Agentic AIRMIT Online8 weeksOnlineA$1,000 incl. GST
AI Fluency SprintThe University of Sydney2.5 weeks, 50 hoursOnline modules with live sessionsA$1,395 incl. GST
Graduate Certificate of Artificial IntelligenceMonash Online6 to 12 months, part timeOnlineAbout A$20,870 (estimated domestic fee)
Live AI bootcamps (27 tracks)Square1 Ai12 weeks, about 15 hours a weekLive online, weekday evenings from 6:30 PM AEDT and weekend daysA$200 (founding price)

Fees and lengths as each provider lists them on its own site, checked 14 October 2026. Ask the provider for the current intake, and whether a government-subsidised price applies to you, before you pay.

Your options

Four ways to learn AI in Australia

Each fits a different person. The right one depends on whether you need a recognised qualification, a subsidy, a university name or a portfolio.

  1. Route 1

    A degree or postgraduate course

    Fits when You want a formal qualification, a pathway to a visa, or the theory in depth.

    Watch for Years of study and tens of thousands of dollars; check how much of it uses the tools teams work with now.

  2. Route 2

    A TAFE certificate

    Fits when You want a nationally recognised IT qualification, often at a subsidised price in your state.

    Watch for Check what you would pay without a subsidy, and whether you build real projects or mostly complete assessments.

  3. Route 3

    A university short course

    Fits when You want a university or industry name on a short course, online.

    Watch for Most are a few weeks and teach concepts; ask whether you build and deploy something.

  4. Route 4

    A live online bootcamp

    Fits when You are working and want a job-shaped portfolio in twelve weeks, taught live on Sydney evenings.

    Watch for Square1 Ai's bootcamps are new and not accredited: the first cohorts have not graduated, so there is no placement rate yet.

Questions

Questions people in Australia ask

Which AI course is best in Australia?

It depends on what you need. For a short course with a university's name, RMIT Online's Agentic AI lists A$1,000 incl. GST for 8 weeks and The University of Sydney's AI Fluency Sprint lists A$1,395 incl. GST for 2.5 weeks; the table above lists each one's length and fee. If you are working and want a portfolio an employer can check, Square1 Ai's twelve-week live bootcamps are A$200 at the founding price.

How much does an AI course cost in Australia?

A Square1 Ai live AI bootcamp is A$200, the founding price until 1 December (the standard price is A$400), and a self-paced course is A$45. Other providers' fees are in the table above.

Are there free AI courses in Australia?

Yes. TAFE NSW currently lists its Introduction to Artificial Intelligence microskill at no cost, the National AI Centre has free learning modules for businesses, and Square1 Ai's certification practice is free: practice questions, timed mock exams and study plans for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, CompTIA, Cisco, ISC2 and Claude exams. The live bootcamps and self-paced courses are paid.

What does an AI engineer earn in Australia?

Glassdoor puts the median base salary for an AI engineer in Australia at A$130,000 a year, with the middle half between A$102,750 and A$162,500. A machine learning engineer's median is A$139,000.

Can I learn AI online in Australia while working full time?

Yes. Australian cohorts meet on weekday evenings from 6:30 PM Sydney and Melbourne time, with full-day sessions at weekends, and the work between sessions is graded by Nova, Square1 Ai's AI tutor, whenever you submit it. Plan for about fifteen hours a week across the twelve weeks.

Is it a nationally recognised qualification, and can I use government funding?

No. Square1 Ai is not a registered training organisation, so its bootcamps are not nationally recognised qualifications and are not eligible for government funding, fee-free TAFE places or VET Student Loans. You get 10 deployed projects and a recorded defence of your work, not a certificate under the AQF.

Does the bootcamp guarantee a job?

No. No placement rate is published because the first cohorts have not graduated. You leave with 10 projects an employer can open and run, a recorded defence of your work, and a hiring plan worked through with your instructor.

How do I pay?

Reserving a seat is free and takes your name, email and country. Nothing is charged until the start date is confirmed and you say yes.

25 spots a cohort. Hold one on Sydney time.

Pick a bootcamp, reserve with your name and email, and hear the start date first. Nothing is charged until you confirm.

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