Information Technology has an enormous impact on companies and other organisations, and on society as a whole. This comes with the necessary technical challenges of implementing the IT solutions and getting them up and running, but also wider and more fundamental challenges, such as: what are the information needs in the first place? How can these best be met? How can resulting IT solutions be adopted in an organisation? How can their use be best introduced and managed? And how can we ensure compliance, with business requirements and legal standards for security and privacy?

For this Master's programme, the?Institute for Computing and (iCIS), which is part of the Faculty of Science, brings its world-class expertise in?security,?privacy, and?big data. Nijmegen School of Management brings its expertise in?Business Administration,?in particular onorganisational development and design (incl. technology implementation as a form of organisational design),? knowledge management, and innovation management.

• The programme provides you with a unique combination of technological and organisational expertise.
• There is a high demand for well-trained information experts who can look beyond the technical aspects of IT and who have an understanding of organising and managing the use of IT in organisations, and in deciding on the best solutions that provide sound, secure, and user-friendly technology.
• You will be taught by top researchers and experts of Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) and the Institute of Computing and Information Sciences (iCIS). Here NSM brings in expertise in Business Administration, Organizational Design & Development, and Knowledge Management, and iCIS brings its expertise in Cyber Security, Privacy, and Big Data. Depending on the elective courses you take, you can choose to specialise in these topics.

• Through?GipHouse, a virtual software company of Radboud University which is run entirely by students, you can gain experience on how to manage the design and implementation of new ICT solutions in a practical setting.

Career prospects

There is a big demand for highly trained information experts who can bridge the gap between the builders and the users of IT to ensure good, user-friendly technology that meets an organisation's needs. Many of our students are offered jobs even before they graduate. Most go into industry, banking and insurance, or public-sector organisations such as schools and hospitals.

Students with this Master?s degree could think of positions as consultants, project managers or ICT specialists. More and more companies are adding the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) to their board of directors and they are increasingly legally obliged to have a Privacy Officer. This Master?s programme is definitely a good stepping stone for reaching these kind of positions in your future career.

Want to know more?

Would you like to learn more about this programme and Radboud University? Join us for our Master?s Open Day on 16 March 2019! To learn more and register for this exciting event, visit www.ru.nl/masters/openday.