Info IT and Business M.Sc. degree Leiden university Netherlands

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Dr. Michel R.V. [email protected]

Program Director ICT in Business M.Sc. program

information sessionNov 2011

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ICT Means Business…

Economies of Speed and Scale

ICT is enabling exchange of information at unprecedented scale and speed

Ubiquitous availability of information is breaking down boundaries– within company: globalization– between companies: supply chain management,

partnering

ICT is the biggest factor in industrial and business innovation

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M.Sc. In ICT in Business

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Important themes:

- How can we use IT to improve business performance?

- Managing of IT projects and IT departments

- Innovation and entrepreneurship

The ICT in Business program equips people with a

technical background with business skills.

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The program combines all topics of a MBA management degree with a high level IT degree

Keywords:

IT and Business (Bedrijfskunde en Informatica), IT manager, IT project manager, IT architect, Business Analyst, Chief Information Officer (CIO), IT Consultant

IT Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Business IT Alignment, IT Governance, Innovation, Change Management, SOA, Cloud, App’s, Social Networking, e-commerce

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Throughout the year

Main themes:• IT System development &management

• General Business• Entrepreneurship• Research

Business Topics: Corporate Strategy, Marketing & Communications, Accounting & Finance, Innovation, Decision Making & Organizing, Managing People, Project Management

IT Topics: Software Engineering, Process Modeling, IT Strategy and Planning, IT Architectures

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Curriculum Year 2 (for 2011-2012)

•Exchange possibilities

•In-company or International Projects

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M.Sc. In ICT in Business

Business Challenge:

Cases-driven projects with industry

Learn how practice matches theory

Look what your future job looks

like inside companies

Build contacts with industry

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Multicultural Nature

Students and lecturers come from all continents

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Some of our lecturers

Dr. Hans LeFever (Strategy, IT-Strategy)

Spent 22 years with Shell in a variety of planning and IT Management functions. Since 2003 he is an independent consultant serving Dutch (multinational) companies in the area of innovation and managing IT.

Professor Dr. Jose M. Faustino (Marketing & Communication)

is the Goodyear Professor of Business Management.

His 20 years as professional manager & entrepreneur were in the areas of marketing, operations and general management.

Every year we have many guest lectures from top industry speakers: IBM, Accenture, KPMG, Boston Consulting Group BCG, ING

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In-Company Thesis Projects

• IT architecture design for Citi-bank Singapore

• IT Portfolio management at CapGemini

• Increase business agility using IT

• Introducing agile testing

• Measuring benefits of introducing new software

development process

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Current job positions M.Sc. in ICT in Business graduates:

Deloitte, CapGemini, Sogeti, Accenture

ABN-AMRO, Atradius, Garanti

Nike, Océ, Shell, Reuters

United Nations

Shandong University (China)

McGill, UBC (Canada), Leiden

Your own company:

Caridion/GameBasics, Mobzili

Employment

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To get the most out of your study:

Initiative:

Be the change you want to see in the world

– Gandhi

Courage / Guts

No guts, no glory

Differentiate yourself

Knowledgeable:

Never stop learning

Speaking Is Silver, Listening Is Gold

Find out what your talents are

Network matters

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Interested?

• Start 1st of September or 1st of Februari

• Entry requirement:

B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field of study

• More information: iib.liacs.nl

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High success rate of students achieving graduation

100% employment rate after graduation

Small classes with intensive lecturer contacts

Historic University since 1574

Great standard of living and student life

Central in Netherlands and Europe (via Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)

100% English spoken

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Latest information about the program andabout enrollment is online at:http://en.mastersinleiden.nl/programmes/ict-in-business/en/introduction/

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Collaboration with Erasmus University

Per 1 sept 2009: joint Bachelor degree Informatics and Economics

– Informatics courses in Leiden

– Economics courses in Rotterdam

M.Sc. ICT in Business gives entry to the ‘fast track’ of the M.Sc. at Rotterdam University.