Course details

Summary

Take your IT career to the next level with a professional qualification in Information Management at Victoria.

Advance your career

With the profusion of data and the rapid emergence of new technologies in today's digital world, effective management of information systems is vital to any successful organisation.

Get a valuable specialist qualification that builds on your IT knowledge and experience. Victoria's MIM is New Zealand’s premier Master’s qualification designed for IT professionals like you who want to move into senior management roles. Courses are based on leading-edge research and in-depth case analysis to give you fresh insights into modern information management.

Take advantage of the MIM's flexible learning options to focus on your personal career aspirations.

Get the skills

Gain the analytical, communication and decision-making skills essential to build a successful career in information management. You'll develop your managerial abilities and learn to use research-based frameworks and tools to help you understand, diagnose and solve real-world information problems. Gain skills that are now in high demand worldwide in government, business and in not-for-profit organisations.

Careers

Get prepared for promotion to a higher-level management position like chief information officer, chief technology officer, chief digital officer or other senior roles in the management of information services and information systems. Or you might use your knowledge to create your own online startup.

Graduates with Master’s degrees in management and information technology are in high demand and are among New Zealand’s highest earners five years after the completion of their degrees.

Employer support

The capability boost you get from doing an MIM means your employer may be willing to pay some or all of your costs. Many students are reimbursed their study fees for every course they pass.

Qualification family structure

The Master of Information Management is part of a tiered family of qualifications:

• Master of Information Management
• Postgraduate Diploma in Information Management
• Postgraduate Certificate in Information Management

Choose the qualification that suits your career goals, time constraints and financial situation.

Stair casing allows movement in both directions if you begin by enrolling in the Certificate or Diploma programme you can continue on to complete your Master's. Or if you enrol in the Master's but can't complete it, for whatever reason, you may have enough points to be awarded a Certificate or Diploma.

What you'll study

Your MIM will provide you with a broad understanding of information management and encourage personal development and exploration. Your studies will include:

• Two core courses you'll learn about communication and critical thinking in information management, and management in the new information age.
• Eight other courses choose from a wide variety of courses according to your interests and career goals in subjects like managing IT change, IT security, managing big data and analytics, and emerging information technologies. These courses change regularly to include fast-developing subjects.
• A case study you'll do your own investigation into an IT management issue relevant to your career goals.

The Diploma programme requires you do the two core courses and six more courses of your choice, and Certificate students do the two core courses and choose a further two.

Entry criteria

To be accepted into this degree you need:

• A Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience in IT-related professional roles
• To be accepted by the programme director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

Other English Language requirements:

• Minimum IELTS overall band of 6.5, with writing score of 7.0 with no subscore below 6.0
• TOEFL 90 (IBT) with a minimum of 27 in writing
• Victoria University English Proficiency Programme final scores ‘4,4,5,5’ with writing ‘5’.