Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
The Prospectus contains information about all the courses within your study programme. Here you can find all you need to know about your programme. Via the online learning environment Brightspace you can communicate with your lecturers and submit assignments.
The Course and Examination Regulations (OER in Dutch) and the Rules and Regulations set by the Boards of Examiners (R&R) can be found on the page Faculty and study programme regulations.
The programme is 120 EC in extent and consists of several course-work modules for a total of 82 EC, and a master’s thesis research project of 38 EC. The course-work modules cover methodological issues, foundational and advanced business related topics, and foundational and advanced ICT related topics. Elective courses on ICT, business and governmental topics allow students to individualise their programme and accommodate their specific interests. In addition, there are possibilities to customise the programme through international exchange programmes.
The curriculum depends on the student’s background. Students with a business background follow the foundation courses on ICT (15 ECTS total). Students with an ICT background follow the foundation courses on Business (15 ECTS total). Students with a Bachelor degree ‘Informatica & Economie’ from Leiden University are exempted from the courses in the foundation modules. These students follow additional electives instead for 15 ECTS. Students who choose for the specialisation ICT in Business need to take all courses from the Module specialisation ICT in Business (24 ECTS in total), whereas students who choose for the specialisation ICT in the Public Sector take all courses from the Module specialisation ICT in the Public Sector (24 ECTS in total). Students who choose both specialisations have to take all specialisation courses from both specialisations resulting in a total of 144ECTS.
There are two specialisations:
- ICT in Business
- ICT in the Public Sector
Courses are given in Leiden and The Hague. We advise students to find housing in Leiden. The courses are normally offered in a combination of (guest)lectures, company visits, case work, lab work, and student presentations. Many activities are based on team work. The 120 ECTS programme structure is as follows:
|
Main courses |
EC |
LEVEL |
|
Training Cross Cultural Management |
0 |
n.a. |
|
Research Methods |
5 |
500 |
|
Applied Research Methodology |
4 |
500 |
|
Global Business game |
1 |
400 |
|
Module Foundation Business or Module Foundation ICT (see below) |
15 |
500 |
|
Leading and Managing People |
5 |
500 |
|
Capstone Cases |
4 |
500 |
|
Enterprise Architectures |
6 |
500 |
|
Systems Development |
3 |
500 |
|
ICT Enabled Process Innovation |
3 |
500 |
|
Software Development and Product Management |
6 |
500 |
|
Advances in Data Mining |
6 |
500 |
|
Module specialisation ICT in Business or ICT in the Public Sector (see below) |
24 |
500 |
|
Master Thesis Research Project |
38 |
600 |
|
Total |
120 |
|
Module Foundation Business |
EC |
LEVEL |
|
Strategy and Technology |
5 |
500 |
|
Marketing Science |
3 |
500 |
|
Operations Management |
4 |
500 |
|
Accounting |
3 |
500 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
|
Module Foundation ICT |
EC |
LEVEL |
|
Machine Learning for Business Analytics |
3 |
500 |
|
Process Modelling |
3 |
500 |
|
Foundations of Software Testing |
6 |
500 |
|
Cyber Security |
3 |
500 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
|
Module specialisation ICT in Business |
EC |
LEVEL |
|
AI for Strategy |
3 |
500 |
|
Strategic Financial Management |
3 |
500 |
|
Entrepreneurship |
3 |
500 |
|
Systems Optimisation |
3 |
500 |
|
Managing Software Evolution |
3 |
500 |
|
Electives (see below) |
9 |
500 |
|
Total |
24 |
|
|
Module specialisation ICT in the Public Sector |
EC |
LEVEL |
|
|
|
|
|
Digital Government Citizen Interaction |
3 |
500 |
|
Data-Driven Policy Making |
3 |
500 |
|
Role of IT in Public Administration |
6 |
500 |
|
Electives (see below) |
6 |
500 |
|
Total |
24 |
|
Electives
The electives allow you to individualize your programme and accommodate special interests. Examples: Lean Six Sigma, Systems and Software Security, Regulatory Governance in Data Science, Introduction to Machine Learning, Entrepreneurial Finance and Management Science. Taking electives abroad. More information about electives: see here.
The programme schedule is intense (with a regular course load of two academic years).
For detailed curriculum information, see our e-prospectus.