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Information Systems (Full-time, part-time), MSc

University of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom

University of Portsmouth

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About Information Systems (Full-time, part-time), MSc - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

Build your business brain, your technical understanding, and your ability to bring them both together, with this MSc Information Systems. You'll learn about information system management for a professional context, master computer programming and software development, and sharpen your entrepreneurial leadership skills for senior or specialist roles in the tech sector.

You'll construct and optimise your own databases, networks and human interfaces. Using web programming language and content management systems, you'll design your own plugins and tools. And you'll focus on solving complex business problems, by applying what you learn to the needs of your current or desired users. 

Your course is shaped by advice from an industry advisory board, to ensure you have the skills and knowledge the sector currently needs, and you'll be learning from lecturers who maintain working partnerships with information technology companies. You'll have opportunities to meet guest lecturers from companies like IBM and Oracle, to work on real-life case studies, and to solve a live business problem in your final project

You can begin this course in September (full-time or part-time) or January (full-time only).

Course highlights

  • Design and develop your own software, hardware or network solutions to real-life problems, as you study key topics such information systems management or web development
  • Access our industry-standard facilities, including a pervasive computing lab, eye-tracking usability equipment, and our £1 million network laboratory, featuring the latest computer networks and communication systems
  • Apply your studies to real-life practical problems, in collaboration with local and global organisations
  • Combine technical ability and business training to solve complex professional problems in your industry
  • Join a friendly and truly international student intake

Careers and opportunities

Prospects' 2022 overview of the information systems industry shows the sector has grown 11% over two years, with 10% of the UK's job vacancies being found in IT. This degree's focus on the professional use of information systems means that, when you graduate, you'll have demonstrable expertise in applying your technical skills to fast-moving problem-solving environments.

During your study, you'll be able to work with business case studies, get involved with your lecturers' partnership projects in industry, and to design a project around solving a current issue in an active business. This means you can set yourself up for senior roles in the computing industry, or use computing as an additional skill to support your managerial career in a different sector.

Graduates of this course have gone onto roles such as:

  • Business intelligence developer 
  • Finance officer 
  • Software test analyst

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/masters-and-postgraduate-taught/fees-and-funding

Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, including Computer Sciences, Business or Social Sciences, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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