Digital Information Management and Systems Innovation

As a future digital leader, this course provides you with the latest skills and capabilities to utilise digital technologies and manage information effectively in business.

Digital technologies are fundamentally transforming business models, products, services and ways of working. You will learn tools and techniques for managing technology mediated change and innovation in digital business. You will be equipped to successfully adapt and innovate to meet the challenges and opportunities posed by digital transformation.

You will benefit from strong links to business, as the course has been co-designed by academic experts and industry leaders from our Advisory Board.

Academic excellence

This Masters is supported by an Advisory Board, with representatives from leading UK and international businesses, including IBM, Ericsson, ITV, BT, Crisp Thinking and Thales Group. They advise on programme content, deliver guest lectures and workshops, provide dissertation projects and offer site visits. You will benefit from a curriculum developed in collaboration with these partners, which allows us to focus our teaching on the skills most relevant to the future digital workplace.

Teaching on the MSc is informed by leading scholars from the–¯AIMTech Research Centre–¯at Leeds University Business School, one of Europe's most influential research centres in information systems and information management.

The centre has a tradition of cutting-edge research subjects, including organisational innovation and adaptation to new technologies, digital transformation, social media in organisations, digital platforms and new business models, and evaluation of new information systems.

This course prepares you for a range of careers related to digital information management and systems innovation. Graduates can consider a management or specialist position in information systems, information management, senior IT and business development, along with technology, data and analytics consultancy. You may also pursue a dynamic career as a digital leader, technological innovator or entrepreneur.

Ongoing digital technological transformation provides new opportunities and threats for individual managers and organisations and requires shifting managerial capabilities. These are skills that are critical to any future digital workplace and we work closely with our Advisory Board to ensure we deliver the latest subjects relevant for a career within the profession of digital information management and systems innovation.

Links with industry

Students on this course have the opportunity to engage with senior leaders and experts from the world of business as part of the Leaders in Residence initiative and our Advisory Board. Successful and established individuals will share their experience at speaker events and guest lectures to help you connect the theory of your course to real world practice.

Careers support

We help you to achieve your career ambitions by providing professional development support as part of the course. You benefit from our Professional Development Tutor, who will help you to develop the academic skills to successfully progress through the course, and also the professional skills you will need to start a successful career.

Read more about our–¯careers and professional development support.

The–¯Careers Centre–¯also provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate.

Apply

There are three steps to applying:

1. Read our Access to Leeds application guidelines
2. Fill in our Access to Leeds application form (this will be available here once the application cycle opens). If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader), there is an accessible version of this form available to download. Please only use this version if you have accessibility requirements
3. Submit your application using our online Access to Leeds Application Submission Form (this will be available here once the application cycle opens).

If you require it for your application, please download our Declaration of Household Income Form (this will be available here once the application cycle opens).