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Master's Degree in "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems". Streams: a) Information Systems Management, b) Communication Systems Management, c) Health Information Systems, d) Information Systems for Sustainable Growth. School of Science and Technology. International Hellenic University.

Description

Knowledge:
• Thorough understanding of the basic technical principles of operation of IT systems.
• Integrated knowledge of modern IT and telecommunication technologies for e-commerce.
• Development of basic technologies and administrative knowledge that are necessary for the successful professional career in organisations, governments, and businesses related to any field.

Skills:
• Search for, analyse, and synthesise data and information, using the necessary technologies.
• Plan and manage projects.
• Generate new research ideas.
• Promote free, creative, and conductive thought.
• Decision-making.

Competences:
• Practical application of the knowledge.
• Adjustment to new situations.
• Autonomous work.
• Group work.
• Work within an international environment.
• Respect to diversity and multiculturalism.
• Respect to the natural environment
• Presentation of social, professional, and moral responsibility with regard to gender-related issues.
• Opportunity to criticise and self-criticise.
• Written and oral communication in English.

Further Information

The basic objectives of the Postgraduate Programme of the School of Technology Sciences on Computer and Communication Systems, in accordance with the entries in the Government Gazette bulletins regarding their establishment, are the following:
• The development of the basic technological and administrative qualifications and knowledge that are necessary for a successful professional career on Managing IT and Communication Systems.
• Development of special technological and administrative products in four separate specialisation directions: a) Administration of IT Systems, b) Administration of Communication Systems, c) IT Health Systems, d) IT Systems for Sustainable Development. This shall enable the graduates of the postgraduate programme to receive more specialised training on four popular fields of IT and Communication Technologies.
• Opportunity to acquire knowledge on the current legislation context that governs Information and Communication Technologies.
• Support of self-awareness and self-confidence through knowledge and practice on the techniques of IT and Communications Technologies.

Relation To Employment

Holders of qualifications that belong to this type may work either as self-employed or in positions of responsibility in companies and organizations in the private or in the public sector.

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have those who hold a Bachelor Degree (level 6). The selection of graduate students is mainly based on the following criteria: the overall grade of the Bachelor Degree, the grades in undergraduate courses that are relevant with the subjects of the Master’s program, the performance in thesis, where is foreseen at the undergraduate level and any research activity of the candidate. The detailed application of the above mentioned criteria, the definition of additional criteria or the conducting of examinations and interviews, the results of which are taken into account in the selection, are determined by decision of the relevant Department.
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 8.

Ways To Aquire

Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.

Awarding Body

International Hellenic University

Qualification Type

MASTER’S DEGREE (METAPTYCHIAKO DIPLOMA EIDIKEFSIS)

Name

Higher education

Purpose

Basic

Duration

2 years

Supplements

Thematic Areas

Database and network design and administration
Software and applications development and analysis