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MSC in ICT Strategic Management (MUISM) – (M.Sc.)
Barcelona School of Management
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| Application Deadline: | June 30th, 2012 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 13,500 - | ||
| Location: | Barcelona / Spain / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 15 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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Overview
The strategic importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) has become increasingly visible with the advent of the internet, the convergence of technologies and the new generation of personal devices. This has created a growing demand for specialists who are able to understand the importance of information and communication technologies. The finance, energy, health and transport sectors are all extensive users of ICT and require well-trained professionals.
The Master of Science in ICT Strategic Management was created on merging two pioneering international groups within the university, the ICT Department (listed amongst the top 100 in the world in the Shanghai Ranking ‘09) and the Economics and Business Department (first in the Tilburg Economics Ranking’08).
Objectives
The main objective of the programme is to provide professionals with the business skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive world and to teach them how to use the vast quantity of information that is continuously generated from different work processes in the most efficient way possible, in order to enhance the company’s ICT strategies and make them beneficial for the company.
Internships
Students must complete a 12 to 24 week internship during the final part of the programme. They are offered a position in organisations and institutions where they are given responsibility to carry out tasks and projects under supervision. This type of project-based learning is an essential part of the programme as it offers students the opportunity to develop an ICT project in a pioneering company. Furthermore, the experience gives students very valuable professional contacts.
Potential candidates
The programme is aimed at people who have studied Economics or Business and wish to improve their advanced technology application skills, as well as those who have studied IT, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics and who wish to gain a deeper knowledge of ICT management. The merger between business and engineering makes the MSc an ideal setting for learning to develop management skills, thanks to the exchange of experiences in a diverse and multicultural environment.
Contents
Academic contents
The structure of the Master of Science in ICT Strategic Management (MUISM) starts with two parallel tracks (IA and IB) followed by a set of mandatory subjects, including an internship and a final thesis in a business area that permit the student to focus their master in the direction of their choosing.
Courses per quarter:
First Quarter (20 ECTS)
IA: Management for engineers/mathematicians
- Strategic Management
- Marketing Management
- Accounting and Finance Management
- Operations Management
IB: ICT skills for business/economists.
- Project Management
- ICT sector and value chains
- Networking services and infrastructures
- Information Systems and business intelligence
Common course: Knowledge Economy
Second Quarter (20 ECTS) Tools for Management
- Supply Chain Management and Technology
- Information Technology for Marketing
- Management Science and Business Information Systems
- Enterprise Resource Planning systems for Business
- Knowledge Management Systems
Third Quarter (20 ECTS) Business Strategy
- Technology Strategy
- Business Change Management
- Entrepreneurship/Technology and innovation management
- E-Business Technology and Management
Fourth Quarter (30 ECTS) Internship/Mobility and MSc thesis
- Practicum in a leading company
- MSc final thesis and defence
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Register Now!Requirements
Please make sure your application meets the following criteria:
1. Bachelor's degree from the social sciences sphere, exclusively from the economics and business area or a degree in engineering from the information and communications technologies (IT, electronics and telecommunications), mathematics or physics area.
2. Degree or diploma from the social sciences sphere, exclusively from the economics and business area or a second cycle in engineering or technical engineering from the information and communications technologies (IT, electronics and telecommunications), mathematics or physics area.
- Candidates must have completed their studies at the time of starting the programme.
3. Sufficient level of English: participants whose mother tongue is not English must provide one of the following certificates:
- TOEFL CBT: > 235
- TOEFL PBT: > 575
- TOEFL IBT: > 100
- CAE: C1
- IELST: > 6,5
The results should be sent directly by the examining institution to Management Admissions: Balmes 132-134, 08008, Barcelona, Spain.
- If your mother tongue is English, you do not need to submit any of the certificates mentioned.
- If your university degree was completely in English, you should submit official evidence in writing.
4. Professional experience will be appreciated in management or middle management positions in organizations which make intensive use of technologies, from the ICT sector or other sectors such as Banking and Finance, Media, Consulting, Logistics, etc.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 235 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
Accreditation
This program has received verification as an Official Master's Degree within the European Union for the 2012-2014 Academic Year.
Funding details
Barcelona School of Management offers grants so that the best Spanish and foreign students can gain access to the Masters of Science, the aim of which is to:
- Foster diversity and offer students international experience.
- Promote mobility.
Grants for 2012-2013
- Mobility Grant: this aims to gives students the opportunity to broaden their international experience and network of contacts.
- Entrepreneur Spirit Project Grant: this grant offers students the opportunity to demonstrate their ideas and motivation to create new business solutions.
- Grant for BRIC Countries: this grant is for candidates who are nationals of these strategic markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China).
- Grant for UPF Collaborating Universities: this grant is awarded to students who have completed studies at universities that have collaboration agreements with Pompeu Fabra University.
Requirements
- To have been admitted in the selected Master of Science.
- Present a cover letter explaining the reasons for the application, or a project in the case of the Entrepreneur Spirit Project Grant (maximum two pages).
Application dates*
- Phase 1: 31st March
Announcement: 10th April - Phase 2: 30th April
Announcement: 7th May - Phase 3: 31st May
Announcement: 8th June
*All the requirements must be met at the time of application.
Applications made after commencement of the programme shall not be considered. Students may not receive more than one grant or scholarship awarded by the Foundation.
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