Why choose Information and Service Management?

5 reasons:

1. International focus
2. Multidisciplinary 
3. Practical learning methods
4. Customizable degree
5. Career prospects

International Focus

Currently, more than half of the ISM students are from outside Finland and coming from the most diverse countries, such as China, Russia, and many more. The English teaching language makes sure that the learning environment is really welcoming to foreigners and all the professors and school staff are fluent in English and at least one more language besides Finnish.

Multidisciplinary

Inventions and innovations are often born as a result of multidisciplinary research collaboration, as one field of science explores the boundaries of another. The Information and Service Management Programme, as the name describes, gathers in one Master’s programme three different spheres which are of high repute in the current business world. Aalto University wants to realize the full potential of its multidisciplinary nature given that it not only combines the various areas of specialization found within the university but also collaborates actively with the surrounding society – with companies, bodies governed by public law and industries, making it truly unique.

Another benefit to study at Aalto University is that students can also choose a minor from any Aalto school, allowing students to customize their degree to be even more multidisciplinary. Click here to see all minors available for Aalto students.

Practical Learning Methods

Most of the core courses in the ISM Programme have cases as their main learning tool. This means that students get to spend relatively little time inside the classroom and more time with self and group studies. At the same time, ISM courses often offer events and seminars with companies which bring a very practical bias to the learning.

Customizable Degree

Embedded in the programme structure there are three different elective areas of specialization from which the students can choose upon their start on ISM. The tracks are Busines Analytics, Information Systems and Logistics. At the same time, the ISM student is entitled to choose from a vast list of minors that could be taken in the School of Business or in any other Aalto school. This means that students are not bound to one spesific area of studies, but can combine different studies from different areas of interest.

Career prospects

The programme allows students to choose between more consulting and management oriented or more quantitative and analytically oriented concentrations and combine studies from the different areas. According to the recent Forbes study on employability of graduates, the information systems; statistics and math majors are the most sought after and the new data-driven market makes math skills, particularly statistics, very important.

The quantitative data analysis skills are one of the growth areas in the next few years. ISM graduates typically find jobs easily and for example information systems majors have some of the highest starting salaries of all business majors according to both Finnish and international studies.

Typical jobs:

• Analyst, business intelligence
• Consultant, information based services development
• Project manager
• Logistics manager
   

Examples of companies where ISM students continue working: