Information Technology Management for Business (Hons) Loughborough University

Overview

The MSci in  Information Technology Management for Business (Hons) programme offered by Loughborough University is designed to offer an insight into the real world of IT. It allows you to learn the people and project management skills required to be a successful IT professional.

Across the course you will learn to evaluate and understand technology and its role within business and to gain practical experience working on real world business challenges.

Key Facts

• The course is taught in conjunction with Loughborough's highly-ranked School of Business and Economics to provide the essential mix of expert teaching and support for you to become a professional in an industry where the combination of technological expertise and business skills is in high demand.
• Our ITMB degree is supported by a partnership of over 200 leading industry employers including Accenture, Amazon Web Services, BAE Systems, Bank of America, the BBC, BP, BT, Cisco, Deloitte, Disney, Ford, Fujitsu, Google, GSK, HSBC, Home Office, HPE, IBM, Intel, John Lewis, Lloyds, Mars, Microsoft, the NHS, Nationwide Building Society, Pepsico, PwC, RAF, Royal Navy, Rolls-Royce, Sainsbury’s, Telefonica and Unilever.
• The MSci year provides a broad understanding and study of entrepreneurship, leadership and management, together with a group project that helps develop your team working skills. There is also a significant, research-based individual project conducted with a member of academic staff.
• Why you should study this course:
• Input from industry throughout our IT Management for Business degree makes this course distinctive. The Tech Partnership Degrees organisation coordinates the industry input with Industry Insight lectures given by business leaders, competitions set and judged by employers, company led workshops and master classes, and networking opportunities at a national event.
• The IT Management for Business degrees have a series of Industry Insight lectures from business leaders in the first year, in addition to the guest lectures provided in a number of modules organised by the Department.
• In the first and second years an employability workshop and a "master class" is provided by a leading company such as IBM.
• Tech Partnership Degrees organises an annual event of inspirational lectures, workshops and competitions at a location near London that is attended by the first and second years.
• The Department also organises events such as a placement fair and various industry presentations.
• This course is co-taught by the highly-ranked School of Business and Economics. 

Your future career:

• Students from across our courses have been able to gain employment in a wide range of roles and organisations after graduation. Although the majority go on to work in the information and communication or the financial sector, graduates have been able to apply their skills in a variety of contexts. 2018 graduates went on to work for such companies as Atos, Deloitte, PwC, and Epsilon.
• Graduates of our computing degrees have been able to secure positions with wide-ranging companies including BT, Dyson, Sky and Microsoft. Example job titles have included Software Engineer, Software Developer, Operations Analyst, and Project Manager.  

Accreditation

The Information Technology Management for Business degree is accredited by TechSkills (www.techskills.org) as meeting industry standards for quality and relevance to tech and digital careers.