The program "Information Technology Management in the Digital Economy" was developed by professors of the Department of Business Informatics of the Financial University together with the program partners, representing IT companies of the Russian market. Students who successfully complete the program can apply for positions as heads of IT services of companies, heads of major projects in the field of automation and business transformation, heads of departments in the field of business analysis. The program is supported by the International Institute of Business Analysis and the Union of IT Directors of Russia, whose members give various courses within the period of studies. Graduates are in demand by well-known consulting and IT companies, IT services of major Russian and foreign corporations. Among the disciplines that students study are: "Strategic IT Management"; "Crosscutting Technologies of the Digital Economy"; "Finance, Financial Analytics and Marketing in IT", "Design Thinking", etc.
Students will learn more about IT strategy development and strategic management of IT.
Students learn how to audit an enterprise's IS in terms of its alignment with strategic business goals.
This discipline introduces students to the types of entrepreneurship on the Internet, learning how to use off-the-shelf solutions and develop some of their own.
In this discipline, students learn how to use analytical tools for financial analysis of enterprise activities using SAS and SAP solutions as examples.
In this discipline, students are introduced to IT budgeting techniques and types of resource sourcing.
Students get project portfolio management skills, allowing them to integrate IT projects in an organization with common strategic objectives and resources.
A modern company is focused on improving its own operational efficiency through the introduction and modernization of IT assets: infrastructure and business applications, which require the involvement of specialists who will be able to reasonably offer the required IT solutions, assess the economic and business implementation benefits, provide a comfortable environment for working with new technologies and manage the entire IT infrastructure in accordance with the organization business strategy. The growth of business IT involvement and technological innovations is the key to the constant demand for IT managers and IT analysts!
Employment: Business Analyst; IT Manager; IT Project Manager; IT Solutions Sales Manager; Information Systems Implementation Specialist.
Unique teachers. The principal difference between the master’s degree program in the concentration “Business Informatics” is the maximum involvement in its implementation of existing practitioners, specialists who are currently implementing programs for digital transformation of companies, IT services management and professionals with experience in developing and implementing projects for business processes’ digitalization. More than 65% of academic disciplines are implemented with the full or partial participation of our partners working in IT and consulting companies!
Practice oriented. An important condition for the educational program implementation is the adaptation of the acquired theoretical knowledge to the modern business realities, the ability to correctly use information models and technologies to the tasks of individual companies, and the possibility of applying modern IT management theories to create business value. Each business is unique, therefore, the set of tools recommended for its development and improvement must be substantiated and implemented in accordance with this uniqueness. Our partners, practitioners teach our students to focus on the experience of their own projects. The program is based on an activity-based approach to the masters’ training, which allows to boost creativity and the ability to work in teams. Students in groups solve problems that often arise in practice, they develop IT strategies for enterprises, and offer models of digital transformations. At the same time, students use the most modern end-to-end technologies of the digital economy in their solutions: predictive and prescriptive analytics based on machine learning, visualization, design thinking, etc.
Reputable partners. We are proud of the fact that our master classes, conferences, and classes for our students are supported by our partners: Russian integrator companies; consulting companies with practice in the field of IT management; industry companies implementing modern technologies to improve business.
Additional certifications. During the course, students can obtain a certificate from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) and pass a qualification exam according to the professional standard “Information Technology Manager”.
Internships in major corporations. The portfolio of leading Russian business companies formed at the FinU, inviting our students for internships, gives a unique opportunity to prove and improve professional competencies on partner projects and perform research for management and IT business development tasks.
