Course summary
Master technology and business skills, in a city buzzing with data-driven industries, on this MSc Information Systems. Whether your background is in business or in information technology, you’ll build on your professional interest in combining them for effective commercial solutions. You’ll study the ways information systems unites these subjects, and develop your problem-solving skills and critical faculties. You’ll graduate with the ability to investigate complex business situations, develop entrepreneurial solutions to problems, and communicate the value of your plans to the sector you’re working in. You’ll be eligible to register as a Chartered IT Professional (CITP), and you’ll be well placed to explore the modern business world from our London campus. Course highlights
- Focus on strategies that apply information technology to analyse and build innovative business solutions
- Develop your problem-solving, managerial and communication skills, so you can lead on delivering technical solutions at the heart of modern industry
- Join the course even if you don’t have a background in IT
- Register as a Chartered IT Professional (CITP) on graduation
- Join an international student group at our friendly London campus
Modules
- Managing Information Systems – 30 credits
- Research Methods – 15 credits
- User Experience Design – 15 credits
- Web Product Development And Management – 30 credits
- Database Management – 15 credits
- Cyber Security And Information Systems – 15 credits
- Masters Project – 60 credits
Entry requirements
An upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, including Computer Sciences, Business or Social Sciences, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 6.0. |
| PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing. |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall CPE score of 45 or above with a minimum of Weak in each skill. |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
**Postgraduate fees for 2023 entry will be available shortly.**
For further fee information please see the corresponding University of Portsmouth course page or visit https://www.port.ac.uk/study/masters-and-postgraduate-taught/fees-and-funding
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP