Information Technology with Management MSc
University of St Andrews
About this program
Information Technology with Management MSc
The MSc in Information Technology with Management provides students from disciplines other than business and management with the knowledge and the analytical and critical skills needed to manage the information and communication technologies that underpin all successful business practice.
The MSc in Information Technology with Management is a one-year taught program run jointly by the School of Computer Science and the School of Management. The course consists of two semesters of taught modules followed by an 11-week project leading to the submission of a 15,000-word dissertation in August.
A part time version of this program is also available.
Admission requirements
A good 2.1 undergraduate Honours degree in a subject other than business or management. Students with a background in business, management or related subjects are advised to consider the Information Technology (MSc), the International Business (MLitt) or the Marketing (MLitt) programs.
If you studied your first degree outside the UK.
English language proficiency
For direct entry to a Masters in Computer Science, you will be required to provide evidence of English language proficiency.
The qualifications listed are indicative minimum requirements for entry. Some academic Schools will ask applicants to achieve significantly higher marks than the minimum. Obtaining the listed entry requirements will not guarantee you a place, as the University considers all aspects of every application including, where applicable, the writing sample, personal statement, and supporting documents.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Compulsory
Students choose two or three compulsory modules from the following:
- Corporate Finance and Accounting
- Managing Human Resources
- Marketing: Principles and Practice
- Strategic Management
Optional
Computer Science optional modules
Here is a sample of optional modules that may be offered.
- Artificial Intelligence in Practice
- Artificial Intelligence Principles
- Critical Systems Engineering
- Database Management Systems
- Data-Intensive Systems
- Green Information Technology
- Human Computer Interaction Principles and Methods
- Information Security Management
- Information Technology Projects
- Information Visualisation
- Interactive Software and Hardware
- Knowledge Discovery and Datamining
- Language and Computation
- Masters Programming Projects
- Principles of Computer Communication Systems
- Programming Principles and Practice
- Software Architecture
- Software Engineering Practice
- Software Engineering Principles
- User-Centred Interaction Design
- Web Technologies
Management optional modules
- Alternative Investment
- Creative Marketing Communications
- Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity
- Ethics, Organisations and Management
- Financial Systems
- International Financial Management
- International Marketing
- Leadership in Organisations
- Managing Natural Resources
- Managing Non-Governmental Organisations
- Managing People in Global Markets
- Marketing and Society
- Risk Management
- Scenario Thinking and Strategy
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Program delivery
Teaching methods include
- seminars
- lectures
- tutorials
- practical classes
Tuition
Continuing studies
Many graduates continue their education by enrolling in PhD programs at St Andrews or elsewhere. The School of Computer Science is highly rated for its theoretical and practical research in areas such as AI, symbolic computation, networking, distributed systems, human computer interaction, and systems engineering and offers research opportunities leading to a PhD in Computer Science.
Career paths
Alumni of Computer Science MSc programs have gone on to work in a variety of global, commercial, financial and research institutions, including:
- Amadeus
- Amazon
- Atlas
- Avaloq
- Barclays Capital
- BP
- BT Openreach
- Capricorn Ventis
- FactSet
- Hailo
- Hewlett Packard
- Hitachi Data Systems
- Microsoft
- OpenBet
- Rockstar
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Sky
- Skyscanner
- Symantec
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University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews is Scotland’s first University. As a 600 year-old institution, we are known across the globe for our world leading quality and depth of research. For six centuries some of the world’s brightest and most promising...
Why study at University of St Andrews
Studying in St Andrews is a unique and rewarding experience that will take your skills and knowledge to the next level.
Students at St Andrews have access to some of the world’s best professors and lecturers and a degree from the University of St Andrews is sought after by employers around the world.
In addition to award-winning teaching and research, the University of St Andrews has an array of facilities which result in high levels of student satisfaction and a world class reputation.
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