I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of information? I checked out a couple universities including University of Manchester but i'am looking for a university that offers a Masters in Informations systems or something around that major. Most colleges offer a degree in computer science and that does not interest me. Well the concentration in programming doesn't.



Any advice would be appreciated
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Manchester has a good computing department. I worked there for a year as part of my degree.

There aren't any research IS degrees listed at the moment, but there are taught postgrads.

Other than that, I too struggled when looking for IT degrees. I choose Sheffield Hallam as it was one of only two that offered a 'Networking' degree. Hallam had a year work experience. Turns out that most of the degree was useless and the students knew more than the tutors who were mostly there for the research grants.

The only useful tutor we had taught out business module which very few people were interested in actually doing so that was screwed up too :/

Uni of Bedfordshire has a wide range of IT degrees

here:

http://www.beds.ac.uk/courses/bysubject/cominfsys

I would recommend Lancaster University, but then again as I teach there I would

Check out Lancasters Postgrad Courses to see what is offered. There is a fair amount of practical work involved in most of our courses but they give you a fairly good grounding for industry.
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A solid foundation is always a good idea... i would go for "old-fashioned" computer sciences. Even if you are not going to become a software developer, it is a good idea if you have a rough idea of how everything works.

Even if you do a Master in computer sciences, you will not become a good software developer by the end of the course...you won't learn how to write good software at university anyhow - only at work (or at home).

The most important factor is the ratio of male/female students - go to the university with most female students and then choose the course with the highest ratio of women!