Overview

The curriculum of this Master's programme has been developed in close collaboration with the Nijmegen School of Management. The programme will teach you to become a digital architect who can look beyond mere technical sides to ICT adoption in designing competitive business solutions. In addition to developing a strong basis in systems approaches to information and management, students will specialise either as a Security or privacy officer, or in Alignment and IT.

Future career opportunities

There is a big demand for highly trained information experts who can bridge the gap between the builders and the users of IT to ensure good, user-friendly technology that meets an organisation's needs. Many of our students are offered jobs even before they graduate. Most go into industry, banking and insurance, or public-sector organisations such as schools and hospitals. Possible occupations include:

Chief Information Officer
Consultant
Project manager
ICT specialist
Privacy Officer

Accreditation

This programme is accredited by the NVAO (the Dutch-Flemish accreditation organisation).

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Programme Structure

The Master’s programme in Information Sciences at Radboud University has a course load of 60 EC (one year) and is set up in close collaboration with the Nijmegen School of Management.

Year 1

Compulsory courses:

Research Methods
System and User Approaches to Information Science
Philosophy and Ethics for Computing and Information Sciences
An additional compulsory course

Elective track You choose one of two tracks:

Security & Privacy – with courses like Security in Organisations and Law and Technology, plus a choice from Organisational Change, Organisation Design, Intervention in Organisations, or Strategic Scenarios and Business Models.
Aligning Business and IT – with courses like Human-centred Conversational Design and two electives chosen from Organisational Change, Information Retrieval, Organisation Design, Intervention in Organisations, or Strategic Scenarios and Business Models.

Free electives

Master’s thesis

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

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EU/EEA: 1st May (with housing support) to 1st July
Non-EU/EEA: 1st April (with housing support)
31 January for non-EU/EEA students applying for a scholarship

Language

English

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90

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Information Technology (IT) View 36 other Masters in Information Technology (IT) in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from a research university (WO) in Information Science, Computing Science, Business Administration, or a related field.

Bachelor’s programme must include coursework in both Computing Science and Business Administration, for example: Business Administration degree plus at least 15 EC in Computing Science courses such as Information Systems, Programming, Requirements Engineering, and Security.

Demonstrable familiarity with research methods, academic writing and critical thinking (e.g., via thesis or internship).

Sufficient proficiency in English (for English-taught programmes), via diploma or standard test (e.g., IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge, PTE Academic and LanguageCert).
For candidates with a Bachelor’s from a University of Applied Sciences (HBO) or other non-standard background: may be required to complete a customised Pre-Master’s programme to meet admission criteria.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

25429 EUR / year

≈ 25429 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2695 EUR / year

≈ 2695 EUR / year

Additional Details

Statutory tuition fee €2,695.00 per year
Institutional tuition fee EU/EEA €19,779.00 per year
Institutional tuition fee non-EU/EEA €25,429.00 per year

Living costs

Nijmegen

Netherlands

800 - 1000 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Radboud Scholarship Programme: The Radboud Scholarship Programme offers talented, highly motivated, non-EU/EEA students with outstanding study results the opportunity to be awarded a partial scholarship for an English-taught Master’s programme.
NL Scholarship: The NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship) is a partial scholarship for non-EU/EEA students who want to do their Master’s in the Netherlands.
Fulbright-Radboud Scholarships: The Fulbright Commission, sponsored by Radboud University, is offering scholarships for talented American students to study at Radboud University.

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