Master in Information Systems Engineering
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos T
Key Information
Campus location
Madrid, Spain
Languages
English, Spanish
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 45 / per credit *
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Sep 2023
* resident students, per credit, price; €84.07: non-resident students, per credit, price
Introduction
What knowledge will I acquire with this Master's?
Recent reports indicate that one of the professional profiles with the most future, in the informatics area, are those that have capacities related to Information Systems and decision-making processes and techniques. Along these lines, the Master's Degree in Information Systems Engineering presents a novel mixture of Information Technology aimed at the construction, management, and organization of Information Systems, on the one hand, and Decision Making, on the other. In this way, the aim is to train superior quality professionals, capable of solving the decision problems of this new millennium and leading modern societies, which are very useful in many high-level companies.
Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?
Yes.
Recommended Profile
Students who have possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that empowers in the country issuing the degree for access to Master's degrees.
Objectives
The recipients of this title
- They will have demonstrated sufficient basic knowledge and understanding to develop and/or apply original ideas, either in the context of Research or in that of development, in the area of Information systems
- They will be able to direct, supervise, and actively participate in the process of building and managing information systems. From the moment of its conception to the moment it is put into production.
- They will have sufficient skills to manage or optimize the operation of Information Systems already implemented.
- Essentially, they will have the ability to integrate knowledge and deal with complexity and also to formulate judgments based on uncertain information through data analysis tools, but which includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge. and judgments reflected through socially responsible utility functions.
- They will be able to communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and conceptual framework on which they are based, to both expert and non-expert audiences and in a clear and unambiguous manner.
- They will have developed learning skills that allow them to continue their training in the area of Information Systems and specifically in aspects related to their construction, through the management of leading publications in the field (paper and electronic)
Competences
General competences
- CG01 - Ability to develop and apply original ideas in the area of Information Systems Engineering and decision making, using available technological tools.
- CG02 - Ability to develop and apply original ideas in the decision-making support area, using data analysis and Operations Research tools and models.
- CG03 - Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in order to face and solve problems related to Information Systems Engineering and Decision.
- CG04 - Ability to formulate judgments based on uncertain information, using data analysis tools, all based on socially responsible utility functions.
- CG05 - Ability to fully justify the alternatives/decisions for the design and construction of Information systems that can be understood by different types of audiences.
- CG06 - Ability to continue training in the field of Information Systems Engineering and Decision, through the management of leading publications.
Transversal competences
- CT01 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis, organization and planning
- CT02 - Oral and written communication skills
- CT03 - Critical and self-critical capacity
- CT04 - Ability to integrate and communicate with experts from other areas and in different contexts
- CT05 - Ability to write and present technical and scientific documents
Specific competences
- CE01 - Ability to understand the general elements of the general process of Discovery of useful Information in Databases.
- CE02 - Ability to detect latent information contained in large relevant databases, using Data Mining tools.
- CE03 - Ability to apply Data Mining techniques to the Management of Customer Relationships.
- CE04 - Ability to understand the connections and interrelations between the different techniques of Data Mining (without going into the mathematical details).
- CE05 - Ability to understand the main aspects related to IS security.
- CE06 - Ability to understand, design, and implement biometric systems.
- CE07 - Ability to understand, design, and implement artificial vision systems.
- CE08 - Ability to understand, design, and implement the most used classifiers.
- CE09 - Ability to know the different dissemination forums in the area of Information Systems and Decision and select the most appropriate for a specific objective
- CE10 - Ability to know and apply the main research methods
- CE11 - Ability to carry out systematic reviews of the literature
- CE12 - Ability to understand the particularities of data storage and management in Information Systems.
- CE13 - Ability to design advanced data models adapted to complex Information Systems.
- CE14 - Ability to handle tools that allow automating the Information Management process
- CE15 - Ability to structure analysis of decisions and negotiation problems
- CE16 - Ability to participate in a structured and informed negotiation
- CE17 - Ability to prepare to act as a mediator in a negotiation, writing the corresponding reports
- CE18 - Ability to handle the modeling tools of decision analysis and negotiation analysis
- CE19 - Ability to handle IT tools to support decision-making and conducting negotiations
- CE20 - Ability to understand and take advantage of the characteristics of new trends in the development of information systems.
Admission
The requirements for access to the proposed degree are according to article 16, Royal Decree 1393/2007, modified by Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2:
- To access the official Master's degrees, it will be necessary to hold an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution belonging to another State that is part of the European Higher Education Area that empowers there to access teachings of Master.
- Likewise, graduates in accordance with educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area will be able to access without having their qualifications approved, after verification by the University that they accredit a level of training equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and empower in the country issuing the degree for access to postgraduate education. Access by this means will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree that the interested party is in possession, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of taking the Master's degrees.
Aspiring selection:
Recommended access criteria for the title
Legal requirements
To participate in the Master's, it will be necessary to be in possession of a Bachelor's degree or another expressly declared equivalent.
Graduates in accordance with foreign educational systems may take the Master's degree without the need for the homologation of their degrees, after checking that they accredit a level of training equivalent to the corresponding Spanish Bachelor's degrees and that they empower in the country issuing the degree for access to postgraduate studies.
Specific requirements
For students with the title of Computer Engineer, Technical Engineer in Management Computer Science, or Technical Engineer in Computer Systems, the preferred admission criteria will be an academic record and work experience.
For students from other undergraduate degrees, the admission criteria, in addition to the above, will include the affinity of the study plans of the universities of origin and letters of recommendation from the academic or professional field, which will be evaluated by the Admission Commission.
Prior admission for foreigners
Request:
- Foreign students who wish to apply for prior admission to the Master must submit the same university pre-registration form that you will find at www.urjc.es, within the same deadlines established for the rest of the students.
- Documentation: Along with the pre-registration form, the following documents must be provided, in addition to the documents listed on the sheet:
- Certified/collated photocopy of the foreign Higher Education Degree (Bachelor, Architect, Engineer, Doctor)
- Certificate of studies legalized in accordance with Spanish legislation and translated by an official translator
Special access conditions and tests
There are no special conditions or access tests
Offer of places: 16 places. If the minimum number of students foreseen is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.
Training Itinerary
Code | Matter | Semester | Kind | No. of ECTS |
609501 | New Trends in Information Systems Engineering | 1st | required | 6 |
609502 | Information Systems for Decision | 1st | required | 6 |
609503 | Methodology and Scientific-Technical Documentation | 1st | required | 6 |
609504 | Information Systems for Knowledge Management | 1st | required | 6 |
609505 | Information Systems Security | 1st | required | 6 |
609506 | Information management | 2nd | required | 6 |
609507 | Final Master's Project | 2nd | TFM | 24 |