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Study Details: MSc full-time 1 year, full-time internship 20 months, part-time 20 months, extended 14 months, enhanced extended 15 months
This MSc Information Systems course aims to give you a full understanding of how information systems (IS) are designed, constructed and integrated within organisations.
Your studies will take into account the large, varied and distributed structures of IS today, with multiple devices in different locations being used to access systems.
We welcome students from different educational and professional backgrounds who have an interest in IS, and you will benefit from our highly supportive culture and extensive industry experience.
Extended Masters and Enhanced Extended Masters options
If you have an undergraduate degree but do not meet the entry criteria for this course, you may qualify for our Extended Masters or Enhanced Extended Masters courses.
These courses feature four specially designed modules which will improve your academic and English skills. Once completed you can progress directly onto the regular Masters course. See below for more information.
You should have an honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university or equivalent in computing, or business or engineering with a significant level of computing.
We will also consider equivalent professional qualifications or a relevant HND provided you can demonstrate relevant work experience. In this case you will have to complete an interview with your application and some optional modules may not be available without a first degree in computing. All applications are considered individually.
Please visit the course page for full list of entry requirements.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
The course aims to provide routes into a number of career options and positions. There are good opportunities for employment in the core IS and ICT functions at the development and service levels. Employers require information officers, librarians, information service staff, content and intelligence gatherers and analysts, researchers, editors, searchers and intermediaries, advice and assistance workers, data managers, management information systems staff, as well as multimedia content workers, mapping specialists and cartographers, marketing research, public relations and communication staff. All these wider information professional positions are grounded in the fundamental core the discipline of information systems and the broader computing and ICT environment.
Graduates have a good record of achieving employment and progressing in professional information work especially in the voluntary and private sector as well as in the public sector.
Modules
The University of West London (UWL) offers a diverse range of postgraduate courses, with options to study full-time and part-time, both in daytimes an...
