Master of Science In Information Systems

Moving to a new country, starting studies and a new life is a big step. Luckily for you, our students have already been through the process! Therefore, they would like to invite you to a webinar for students by students.

Information systems offer opportunities for enterprises and for people to communicate, learn, innovate and organize.

Degree Option

• Master (Two Years), on-campus
• Master (Two Years), Distance learning
• Master of Science (60 credits) with specialization in Information Systems, on-campus
• Master of Science (60 credits) with specialization in Information Systems, Distance learning

The main field of study: Informatics

This is Linnaeus University

Linnaeus University is a modern, international university in southeast Sweden. We are located in two nature-loving cities, one by the Baltic sea and one surrounded by lakes in the greenest city in Europe. More facts about Linnaeus University:

• Founded in 2010 through a merger between Kalmar University and Växjö University;
• Located in Kalmar and Växjö;
• 44,000 enrolled students;
• 2,200 enrolled international students;
• 6th largest university in Sweden in terms of the number of students;
• 780 partner universities in more than 80 countries;
• 100-degree programs on the first-cycle level, 8 of them taught in English;
• 80-degree programs on the second cycle level, 35 of them taught in English.

Växjö

Roughly 15 minutes by bike from the city center, you will find Linnaeus University’s campus. It is like a small society with a university, student accommodation, and student life. Here you become part of a creative knowledge environment.

What will you come across on an excursion in Växjö – the city of contrasts? You will find good restaurants, a celebrated hockey team, and cozy cafés where you can enjoy a latte with lingonberry flavor. In Växjö, beautiful nature is always just around the corner; the city is surrounded by lakes and forests. Students like the combination of the city center and the active student life on campus. Your dream of the future starts here!

After the education, you could work on projects with the purpose to plan, design, and introduce information systems intended to develop businesses or organizations.

The master's program in Information Systems will give students advanced and broad knowledge of the planning, design, use, and leadership of information systems in organizations and businesses. It will also prepare them for research studies within informatics. The aim is to give each student the competence needed to describe and analyze businesses, organizations, and their need for developing information systems.

Examples of themes of the program include IS/IT for Organizing, Communicating, and Coordinating; Ontologies and Epistemologies: Methodologies, Methods, and Theories; Big Data in Organizations, Businesses, and Society.

In order to be able to work in these fields, we consider it important to have the ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge and to analyze and handle complex questions and issues. It is also important to develop one’s ability to critically, independently, and in a creative way identify and express questions.

Selections: The individual assessment is based on your previous degree. The informatics area is broad and covers several backgrounds that can assimilate its different topics, which opens up a broad spectrum of backgrounds, from informatics, computer science, business economics, and elsewhere.

About the distance education

You can choose to study this programme on campus or as distance education. Distance education at Linnaeus University in the Department of Informatics provides distance students with almost the same opportunities as those who study on campus. Consequently, it means that the distance students will be able to follow the lectures in real-time together with the campus students. However, it is important to keep in mind that most distance education includes a number of compulsory digital lectures and seminars during the weekdays. In addition, the lectures, seminars, and other mandatory parts of the course are given during the weekdays and working hours, i.e. 8.00 – 17.00 GMT + 1 time zone.

Moreover, the common denominator of a distance student in the Department of Informatics is that the lectures are streamed in real-time on the web. In addition, the students communicate with the teachers and fellow students using an e-learning platform. The e-learning platform supports the teaching and learning process including, for instance, discussion forums where the students can ask questions related to the course and its topic, discuss group work, and have video meetings with the support of a webcam and headset, etc.