Students from Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Faculty of Science were part of Sydney’s biggest Technology and Innovation Festival.
South by Southwest Sydney (SXSW Sydney) is known for emerging talent and next-generation solutions, two teams of CDU students from the Sydney campus featured their innovative solutions to real-world problems.
The two projects were supervised and prepared for submission by CDU Senior lecturer and coordinator of the IT Discipline Dr Jamal El-Den.
Jabir, an international student from Bangladesh, celebrated a major milestone as one of more than 400 students graduating from Charles Darwin University (CDU) at its official Sydney Graduation Ceremony.
Jabir came to Australia with a goal of receiving an education that would turn into real life success, he enrolled into the Master of Project Management at the CDU Sydney campus.
He reflected on how CDU helped transform that vision into reality.
"I remember being unsure about how I could break into the local job market,” Jabir said.
This year marks one of Charles Darwin University largest graduations in Nhulunbuy, with almost 100 students who graduated from the East Arnhem region.
Building on the success of the Charles Darwin University IT Code Fair, the 2025 event expanded to the CDU Sydney Campus for the first time.
The annual event showcases CDU’s Faulty of Science and Technology’s students work through a series of competitions and real-time challenges, as well as the opportunity to connect with the industry and future employers during employer speed dating.
As the number of IT students has increased at the CDU Sydney campus the two events ran in conjunction with each other on November 6.
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