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Study Details: Full time 1 year
In a world reshaped by relentless technological change, MSc Information Systems and Digital Business Innovation equips you to thrive in a digital-first economy. The programme’s forward-looking curriculum fuses emerging trends in information systems, digital innovation, and strategy. You will develop the skills and insight to guide both established and digital-native organisations through change.
You can deepen expertise through two specialised tracks: Digital Marketing or Cyber Security.
When it’s time to showcase what you’ve learned in your final assessment, you can choose to craft a digital start-up plan, deliver a live consulting project, or pursue a classic research dissertation. Workshops, case studies, and simulations enable you to translate theory into action, so you will be ready to create value from the day you graduate.
You will turn insight into impact every week:
Collaborative hackathons and case competitions, run in collaborative spaces such as the University’s new Data Immersion Suite, give you a safe space to test emerging ideas with practitioners before taking them to market.
You will experience learning sessions delivered through SAP’s ERPsim, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) simulation. With ERPsim, you compete in teams to run virtual companies for profit.
Almost every core module carries a live brief supplied by regional or global partners.
Beyond the classroom, our partnership network, including the IN4 Group’s CyberFirst initiative, offers placements, hackathons, and mentoring that plug you directly into the North-West’s fast-growing digital economy.
Lancaster’s Research and Enterprise Services offers seed-funding competitions, legal drop-ins and hot desk space through Work in Progress. Many students progress straight from the programme into accelerator cohorts hosted on campus, groups of startups participating in a business accelerator programme. Ventures launched by this programme’s alumni include AI-driven agri-tech, social-commerce platforms and data-ethics consultancies.
2:2 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in any discipline.
For fees and funding options, please visit our website to find out more.
Typical career destinations include:
Digital Transformation Consultant: Driving organisational change through digital innovation and technology adoption.
Information Systems Manager: Overseeing the implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of IS within organisations.
IT-Business Analyst: Bridging the gap between business needs and IT solutions through strategic analysis and planning.
Cyber security Specialist/Manager: Designing and managing secure systems to protect organisations from cyber threats.
Digital Solutions Analyst: Developing and optimising digital tools and platforms to enhance business operations.
Enterprise Systems Consultant: Advising organisations on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and analytics for efficiency.
Data Analyst/Business Intelligence Analyst: Analysing complex data to inform business decisions and strategies.
Digital Marketing Manager: Crafting and executing digital strategies to enhance brand presence and audience engagement.
Social Media Strategist/Consultant: Managing and optimising social media campaigns to drive business goals.
Start-up Entrepreneur: Launching innovative digital ventures leveraging technology and business insights.
Core
Core and Emerging Technologies for Digital Innovation
Digital Business and Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Systems and Analytics for Sustainability
Information Systems Strategies in the Age of AI
Optional
AI and Cyber Security for Business
Architecting Secure Information Systems
Digital Marketing and Social Media in Practice
Dissertation: Digital Start-Up
Dissertation: Industry
Dissertation: Research
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