This presentation provides information about the M.Sc. degree in IT and Business (officially called ICT and Business) at Leiden university in the Netherlands. It is fully English spoken and allows students with a B.Sc. degree.

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Dr. Michel R.V. Chaudron
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chaudron@liacs.nl
Program Director ICT in Business M.Sc. program
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2. ICT Means Business…
Economies of Speed and Scale
 ICT is enabling exchange of information at
unprecedented scale and speed
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 Ubiquitous availability of information is breaking down
boundaries
– within company: globalization
– between companies: supply chain management,
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partnering
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 ICT is the biggest factor in industrial and business
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innovation
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3. M.Sc. In ICT in Business
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Important themes:
- How can we use IT to improve business performance?
- Managing of IT projects and IT departments
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
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The ICT in Business program equips people with a
technical background with business skills.
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4.  The program combines all topics of a MBA management
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degree with a high level IT degree
 Keywords:
 IT and Business (Bedrijfskunde en Informatica),
IT manager, IT project manager, IT architect, Business
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Analyst, Chief Information Officer (CIO), IT Consultant
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 IT Architecture, Enterprise Architecture,
Business IT Alignment, IT Governance, Innovation,
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Change Management, SOA, Cloud, App’s, Social
Networking, e-commerce
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5. Curriculum Year 1 (for 2011-2012)
Sept - Oct
Apr - May Feb - March Oct - Nov
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Main themes:
• IT System development &
management
• General Business
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• Entrepreneurship
• Research
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Throughout the year
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Business Topics: Corporate Strategy, Marketing & Communications, Accounting & Finance, Innovation,
Decision Making & Organizing, Managing People, Project Management
IT Topics: Software Engineering, Process Modeling, IT Strategy and Planning, IT Architectures

6. Curriculum Year 2 (for 2011-2012)
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•Exchange possibilities
•In-company or International Projects
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7. M.Sc. In ICT in Business
Business Challenge:
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 Cases-driven projects with industry
 Learn how practice matches theory
 Look what your future job looks
like inside companies
 Build contacts with industry
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8. Multicultural Nature
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Students and lecturers come from all continents
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9. Some of our lecturers
 Dr. Hans LeFever (Strategy, IT-Strategy)
 Spent 22 years with Shell in a variety of planning and IT
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Management functions. Since 2003 he is an independent
consultant serving Dutch (multinational) companies in
the area of innovation and managing IT.
 Professor Dr. Jose M. Faustino (Marketing & Communication)
 is the Goodyear Professor of Business Management.
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His 20 years as professional manager & entrepreneur were in
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the areas of marketing, operations and general management.
Every year we have many guest lectures from top industry speakers:
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IBM, Accenture, KPMG, Boston Consulting Group BCG, ING
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10. In-Company Thesis Projects
• IT architecture design for Citi-bank Singapore
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• IT Portfolio management at CapGemini
• Increase business agility using IT
• Introducing agile testing
Measuring benefits of introducing new software
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development process
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11. Employment
Current job positions M.Sc. in ICT in Business graduates:
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 Deloitte, CapGemini, Sogeti, Accenture
 ABN-AMRO, Atradius, Garanti
 Nike, Océ, Shell, Reuters
 United Nations
 Shandong University (China)
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 McGill, UBC (Canada), Leiden
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 Your own company:
Caridion/GameBasics, Mobzili
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12. To get the most out of your study:
 Initiative:
 Be the change you want to see in the world
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– Gandhi
 Courage / Guts
 No guts, no glory
 Differentiate yourself
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 Knowledgeable:
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 Never stop learning
 Speaking Is Silver, Listening Is Gold
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 Find out what your talents are
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 Network matters

13. Interested?
• Start 1st of September or 1st of Februari
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• Entry requirement:
B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field of study
• More information: iib.liacs.nl
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14.  High success rate of students achieving graduation
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 100% employment rate after graduation
 Small classes with intensive lecturer contacts
 Historic University since 1574
Great standard of living and student life
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 Central in Netherlands and Europe
(via Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)
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 100% English spoken
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15. Latest information about the program and
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about enrollment is online at:
http://en.mastersinleiden.nl/programmes/ict-in-business/en/introduction/
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16. Collaboration with Erasmus University
 Per 1 sept 2009: joint Bachelor degree Informatics and Economics
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– Informatics courses in Leiden
– Economics courses in Rotterdam
 M.Sc. ICT in Business gives entry to the ‘fast track’ of the M.Sc. at
Rotterdam University.
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