University of Glasgow

Course Details

Information Technology MSc

Course Description

The Masters in Information Technology is an intensive, practically oriented taught postgraduate programme which will equip you with advanced IT skills. You will apply your knowledge and skills by conducting a development project. You will have opportunities to meet employers who come to make recruitment presentations, and often seek to recruit our graduates during the programme. You will benefit from having 24-hour access to a computer laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software.

Course Duration

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1year

Career outcomes

Former students are now employed in the chemical, electronics, travel, food, and oil industries, in banking and insurance, in software houses, in retailing, in education, in the health service, in management consultancy, in civil engineering, and in other sectors. Some graduates apply their newly-acquired IT skills within their existing careers, or move into research or teaching. Graduates of this programme have gone on to positions such as: Programmer at Ciber IT Software Developer at Lockheed Martin (Amor Group Ltd) Web Developer at Emerald Design Web and Mobile Developer at SwarmOnline Ltd Technical Consultant at Kana Verint Project Manager at Equator IT Consultant at Agile Solutions Business Analyst at Reply Ltd Analyst at Agile Solutions (GB) Ltd Developer at SwarmOnline Associate Software Engineer at Moody’s Technical Analyst at QueryClick Graduate Applications Developer at Baillie Gifford Junior Software Developer at TBR Global Junior Developer at OLM Group Graduate Digital Developer at Tesco Bank Process Development Trainee at Elaine’s Vehicles Associate Software Engineering at KANA Software Graduate Developer at V.Ships Crewing Software Developer at SEEMiS Group LLP Application Developer at JP Morgan Technical Graduate Trainee at Fujitsu.

Information Technology MSc University of Glasgow