MS in Information Technology

The demand for IT professionals who understand business and the emerging focus on business analytics has never been greater. As a student in WPI’s master's in the information technology program, you’ll be immersed in the information technology, business analytics, and comprehensive management principles necessary for understanding the application of IT to business. You will learn how to create business opportunities by leveraging existing and emerging information technology and analytics tools and learning how to use that information in business applications. The information technology MS program will transform you into an IT professional who can take on a leadership role at the forefront of technological and business innovations. WPI's master's in information technology is currently offered both on-campus and online for full-time and part-time students.

The WPI Business School, grounded in a technology-focused university, has world-class expertise and educational resources in these areas and thus is suitably poised to offer a graduate-level education to prepare students for their career choices and leadership.

A Premier STEM Business Degree, More Affordable Tuition

There is a pressing need for engineers, scientists, and coders with business acumen and management skills. WPI is committed to making STEM education more attainable, and The Business School is doing its part by reducing its tuition for graduate programs. Today, a premier degree from WPI’s business school is more affordable than ever—meaning you can see a high return on investment from your degree even sooner.

WPI attracts candidates with backgrounds in engineering, science, and information technology, as well as marketers, entrepreneurs, researchers, financial managers, and medical practitioners. Whatever your focus when you come in, you will leave with a keen business sense for a technology-centric world. WPI graduate business students are bright, hardworking, committed individuals from across the globe and industry spectrum.

MSIT students must complete a three-course core as follows:

• MIS 581 Policy and Strategy for IT and Analytics
• MIS 584 Business Intelligence
• MIS 502 Data Management for Analytics

MSIT students must complete two three-course specialties, selected from the following specialties:

Specialty in Information Systems Design

• MIS 571 Database Applications Design and Development
• MIS 582 Information Security Management
• MIS 585 User Experience Design

Specialty in Data Analytics

• MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
• MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
• Select 1 of the following:
  • MKT 565 Digital Marketing
  • MKT 562 Marketing Research

Specialty in Digital Transformation

• MIS 500 Innovation with Information Systems
• Select one of the following:
  • OIE 501 Operations Management (recommended for students with no operations background)
  • OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
  • OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
• Select one of the following:
  • MIS 576 Project Management
  • OBC 533 Negotiations
  • OBC 537 Leading Change

Specialty in IT User Experience

• MIS 583 User Experience Applications
• MIS 586 User Experience Methods
• MKT 561 Consumer Behaviour and Analytics

Additional specialties are likely to be developed in the future.

IT master’s degree​ students must complete a two-course capstone project experience as follows:

• OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
• MIS 573 System Design and Development

Additional recommendations for on-campus, international informational technology MS students:

• On campus, international students are encouraged to complete up to three additional credits of internship to ensure their readiness for employment in the U.S.

Are you ready to begin your master’s degree in information technology and become an IT professional? WPI’s information technology MS program prepares students for cutting-edge, in-demand jobs as software engineers, IT consultants, developers, and more.

Recent graduates of WPI’s IT master’s degree program have gone on to IT careers at companies, including:

• Aetna
• Chewy
• Dell EMC
• Deloitte
• Fallon Health
• Sanofi
• The MathWorks
• Vanguard Renewables