MSc in ICT Strategic Management

The MSc in ICT Strategic Management is a fifteen-month programme taught in English, aimed at students who wish to specialise in the use and management of the large quantity of information received in order to transform it into specific benefits for their organisations.

The programme includes a curricular internship in a prestigious company, which is the perfect professional environment for students to develop their final project.

The programme benefits from the unique combination of the UPF Department of Information and Communication Technologies (listed amongst the top 100 in the world by the Shanghai Ranking '09) and the UPF Department of Economics and Business (among the 50 best centres for economics in the world by the Tilburg Economics Ranking) together with the practical knowledge of experienced business professionals.

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.

The MSc learning process brings together theory and practical skills, which is why it includes a compulsory internship period in a prestigious company. This professional environment is the perfect setting for students to develop their final project.

Furthermore, the MSc enhances students' leadership skills, has a multidisciplinary and international composition, and a flexible, practical and pragmatic approach towards management as a cross-disciplinary business attitude.

The programme consists of four terms, and during the first three, students study a total of 19 subjects. There are two tracks which run parallel and which are recommended for each of the two main student profiles (economics/business and engineering/science), but which share a common introductory course on the knowledge economy. The second and third terms offer a selection of strategic management subjects and tools. The last term consists of a part-time or full-time internship and development of the final project.

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.

An important part of the programme is the development of an ICT project in a pioneering business organisation.

Student Profile
Nationalities represented: 11
Average age: 25
Age range: 22-29
Women: 42%

Academic Background

Geographic Origin by Region

Represented countries
Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.