Information Management
pursue an international career at the interface of ICT, Business and Management. Curriculum
Your Future Career
Information Management
Participants participate in courses in Seminar Information Management
The MSc Information Management has been ranked among the top five
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and E-Business and have the option of selecting up to two courses from
programmes for best career prospects in the Netherlands according to
1 year
any other MSc programme at the Tilburg School of Economics and
a recent study. Our graduates work at the interface of IT and business,
Study Mode
Full-time
Management.
translating the needs of various departments into actual information
enterprise; how knowledge management can be used as a tool for
Title
Master of Science (MSc)
innovation; and which information technologies can improve an
Language of Instruction
English
organisation’s decision-making processes and overall efficiency and
Best preparatory bachelor’s Designed for students with a bachelor’s
The MSc in Information Management is based on three pillars:
Essentials
transforming business through IT, managing knowledge for business
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performance, and selecting and deploying the enabling technologies.
Croho Length of programme
You will learn how to strategically apply IT to fundamentally change an
productivity. International lecturers bring a blend of contrasting experiences and
systems (automation). Positions include that of business process In addition to one course from another master‘s programme, in
analyst, systems consultant, project leader, EDP auditor, IT manager,
business or management, at least four courses must be selected from:
systems developer or information manager, IS analyst/architect, even
in Information Management,
• Advanced Resource Planning
Chief Information Officer (CIO). The programme is also excellent
Economics and Information
• Logistics and Information
preparation for a PhD in Information Management.
Management, International Economics
• Business Intelligence
cultural perspectives into the classroom, while the department of
and Finance or Economics
• Business Process Integration
Information Management itself is a global department – collaborating
Language requirements
TOEFL 90-91 (internet-based), IELTS 6.5*
• Business Transformation and IT
internationally with top universities including UC Berkeley (USA),
Additional requirements
GMAT (average score 600) *
• Management of Knowledge and Innovation
Tsinghua University (China) and the University of South-West Wales
Core courses Business Transformation and IT,
• Method Engineering
e-Business, Business Process
(Sydney, Australia).
Integration, Advanced Resource State-of-the art teaching methods are deployed, imparting the latest
Planning, Management of Knowledge
techniques for enabling integrated business processes, virtual supply
and Innovation, Seminar Information
chains, and networked organisations. While technical aspects of
information systems are covered, the primary focus of the programme
Career Prospects Outstanding career prospects, with
Management graduates qualified to pursue positions
is on the managerial application of this information.
as Business Process Analysts, IS project Students are equipped for handling a wide range tasks from integrating
managers, IS Analysts/Architects, Systems
Yiannis Nousis, Greece. Alumnus of the MSc Information Management.
a company’s IT and business strategy, to outsourcing operations or
Consultants, EDP Auditors, IT-Managers,
“I have very fond memories of my time in Tilburg. There is a good intermixing between international and
Chief Information Officers (CIO)
Dutch students and you can live in the Netherlands easily without speaking Dutch, which is proof of the open-
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mindedness and friendly character of the Dutch peoples.”
conducting systems and business analyses.
More information: www.tilburguniversity.nl/masters/im * If applicable
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