Information Studies
Information Studies is a broad and interdisciplinary field, primarily concerned with analysing, collecting, classifying, manipulating, storing, retrieving and disseminating information. It examines how people, organisations and any existing information systems interact, in order to create, replace, improve or understand those systems.
Language of instruction
English
Mode
Full-time,
part-time
Location
🧩Combine computer science with several disciplines to tackle systemic problems
Feb10
Master's Week 10 -14 Feb
Nov15
Master's Week: 15-21 Nov
Here's why you want to study Information Studies in Amsterdam
Combine several fields
You’ll learn aspects of computer science, as well as cognitive science, commerce, communications, management, philosophy, public policy, and social sciences.
Choose from two distinctive tracks
You can choose from the tracks Information Systems and Data Science.
Help build the future
With either of the tracks you’ll become an information specialist, who will help design the future.
Be part of a cutting-edge institute
Information Studies is part of the Informatics Institute.
Information Studies will suit you, if you...
- Translate scientific, societal and business challenges into data related solutions.
- Learn to explore and analyse data.
- Discover the ways in which people interact with (new) technology and media, and how they are supported, hampered and influenced by them.
- Analyse systems for the supply, storage and communication of information.
Track list
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Facts & Figures
- Degree programme
- MSc Information Studies
- Type
- Regular study programme
- Mode
- Full-time, part-time
- Credits
- 60 ECTS, 12 months
- Language of instruction
- English
- Starts in
- September
- RIO code
- 60229
- Location
- Science Park
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