Information Systems

• The MSIS degree closes the gap between business management, software engineering, and information technology to help students solve complex issues related to businesses and society.
• The program offers a wide range of courses that reflect current and future industry trends, such as:
  • Cryptocurrency and Smart Contract Engineering
  • Engineering of Big-Data Systems
  • Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
  • Cybersecurity Engineering and Development
  • Digital Business
  • Full-Stack Software Engineering
  • User Experience Design
  • Data Science and Machine Learning Systems Engineering
• MSIS courses are interactive, conversational, and participatory in nature, in which students can take ownership of their learning experience in class through technical sessions and discussions, which focus on business aspects and real-world cases.
• Full time or part time on campus flexibility.
• Students can personalize the curriculum to their career interests with numerous electives.
• Vancouver is ranked in the top 20 for “Best Student Cities.” QS, 2022

The MSIS program is dedicated to preparing you with the complex skills you need—programming, design, and architecture alongside strong communication and interpersonal abilities—to succeed in today’s rapidly changing technological and interconnected business world, both today and into the future.

• The MSIS program at Northeastern has successfully placed a majority of students working at industry leaders, such as Google, Microsoft, Deloitte, Oracle, and IBM, as well as companies large and small globally. Also, employment for software developers is projected to grow 25% from 2021 to 2031, which is much faster than the average for all occupations.
• Recent graduates are working in roles such as:
  • Functional engineers and architects
  • Project managers
  • Business design and process architects
  • Data architects
  • IT managers
• Employment growth in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector has been outpacing the overall economy for many years. Between 2016 and 2021, average annual growth for ICT was 3.5%, but just 0.9% for the overall economy.
• Software and computer services accounts for more than 90% of Canada’s ICT sector. The ICT sector is characterized by a knowledge-intensive workforce, with over half of its workers holding a university degree, compared to 34.0% within all Canadian industries. The software and computer services sub-sector employs the largest proportion of university educated workers within the ICT sector (65.2%). ISED, 2021
• British Columbia is expected to have over one million job openings between 2022 and 2032. Nearly 80% of these require some form of post-secondary education or training, and thousands of these job openings will be in high-opportunity occupations, which experience higher demand and higher pay compared to other occupations (information systems analysts, software engineers, computer and information systems managers, etc.). WorkBC, 2022

Students with non-STEM or no-technical bachelor’s degrees have the opportunity to earn a Master of Science in Information Systems with the Master of Science in Information Systems–Bridge.

This program is offered under the written consent of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills effective March 3, 2023, having undergone a quality assessment process and been found to meet the criteria established by the minister. Nevertheless, prospective students are responsible for satisfying themselves that the program and the degree will be appropriate to their needs (for example, acceptable to potential employers, professional licensing bodies, or other educational institutions).