Master of Information Technology
About the Programme
The Master of Information Technology (MIT) is a one-year taught master's for graduates who want to move ahead in IT while they keep working. You attend lectures online on weekends, complete two semesters of taught modules, and finish with a Capstone Project. IT emphasizes knowledge combined with practical, hands-on expertise, applied in organizational and societal contexts.
- Online lectures on weekends. Examinations are held on-site.
- Complete in 12 months: two semesters and a Capstone Project.
- LKR 200,000 tuition, payable in two instalments of LKR 100,000.
- Open to graduates with a degree from a UGC-recognised university.
- Offered in collaboration with the Faculty of Computing, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.
MIT programme provides the necessary knowledge and skills to explain and apply appropriate IT methodologies with integrated Business functions and analyze, design and develop IT systems and use data and visualizations to support management. The main objective of the programme is to expose students to IT applications in management and to provide an in-depth analytical study of an area already introduced at the undergraduate level.
On successfully completing the programme, a graduate should be able to:
- Explain and apply appropriate information technologies and employ appropriate methodologies to help an individual or organization achieve its goals and objectives.
- Function as a user advocate.
- Manage the information technology resources of an individual or organization.
- Anticipate the changing direction of information technology and evaluate and communicate the likely utility of new technologies to an individual or organization.
- Contribute to the scientific, mathematical, and theoretical foundations on which information technologies are built and
- Live and work as a contributing, well-rounded member of society.