Lancaster’s MIT degree has been created in partnership with business professionals to give you the ability to apply IT to business situations, evaluate technical knowledge and confidently take on project and team management in IT-related business scenarios. You will gain a sound academic basis in management, with an understanding of the concepts, debates and issues in the areas of change management, project management, information technology management and information systems development. Endorsed by the government’s IT and telecoms skills council (The Tech Partnership) as part of their IT Management for Business undergraduate degree initiative (ITMB), and accredited as a Tech Industry Gold Degree, this course helps graduates to stand out in the job market and opens up careers with any of our sponsor organisations. The degree includes a one-year industry placement. The Tech Partnership supports us in finding placements among employers who endorse the programme. You’ll begin your degree with the study of core modules that include Management and Organisational Behaviour, Software Development and Information Systems. In your second year, you’ll move on to compulsory subjects such as Introduction to Financial Accounting for Managers; Management and IT; Managing People; Managing Change; Developing Business Information Systems, Business Analysis, and our revised IT Service Management module. These modules are also available for your final year of study. You can then choose your options from across the Management School and the School of Computing and Communications. You’ll spend your third year in industry on placement.

Lancaster's world renowned academic credentials, coupled with MIT’s close contacts with industry and emphasis on employability, means you will stand out in the competitive job market. Students who spend their third year in industry have an added advantage. An MIT degree opens the door to a wide range of careers. Lancaster’s MIT graduates are recruited as business consultants, software engineers, IT consultants, IT managers, business analysts and project managers or go on to graduate management schemes with large organisations. Many students are employed by organisations endorsing the e-skills programme, such as Deloitte, Land Rover, IBM and Fujitsu. Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, you also graduate with the relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability awareness, career development, campus community and social development. Visit our Employability section for full details. Lancaster Management School has an award winning careers team to provide a dedicated careers and placement service offering a range of innovative services for management school students. Our high reputation means we attract a wide range of leading global employers to campus offering you the opportunity to interact with graduate recruiters from day 1 of your degree.