Accredited diploma
Offered by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Taught in English
Engage in group discussions with professors and peers
12-24 months
9 courses total, 36 credit hours of graduate coursework, 10-15 hours per week, per course
100% online
Hands-on learning from anywhere, no travel required
under $13,000
Total cost of the program. Learn about your payment options
Student Experience
As an iMSM student, you’ll learn from and engage with senior faculty at Gies College of Business. The Gies Business faculty team has crafted a student experience that thoughtfully takes advantage of the iMSM’s online setting.
Lectures and video material better suited for independent learning are delivered through asynchronous courses (Coursera MOOCs). This allows valuable discussion time in live class sessions, often used for lectures in traditional business programs, to be preserved for students to truly engage with senior-level faculty.
Gies’ online classrooms are collaborative spaces that encourage side conversations – creative, innovative thinking – and strong relationships built between students and faculty alike. You’ll also get to know your classmates by working on team projects.
Meet your instructors
Kevin Vaccaro
Adjunct Industry Professor, Information Technology and Management
About Illinois Tech
Illinois Tech is a top-tier, nationally ranked, private research university with programs in business, engineering, computer science, architecture, design, natural sciences, human sciences, and law. The university offers bachelor of science, master of science, professional master’s, and Ph.D. degrees, as well as certificates for in-demand STEM fields and other areas of innovation. Talented students from around the world choose to study at Illinois Tech because of the access to real-world opportunities, experiential learning, connections with the business community, renowned academic programs, high value, and career outcomes of graduates.
About the College of Computing
Many faculty members from the College of Computing work in the tech industry, bringing bona fide expertise to the classroom that will uniquely help you prepare for your career. You can tap into their knowledge in areas such as data analysis, digital system architecture, information system management, business system analysis, voice/data system analysis, software development, mobile application development, systems administration, web applications development, and more. National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education
The United States Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency have designated Illinois Institute of Technology as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.
North American Defense and Security Academic Alliance (NADSAA)
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) North American Defense and Security Academic Alliance (NADSAA) exists as a collaborative, information-based enterprise dedicated to strengthening and normalizing relationships between the two commands and academic institutions. This relationship stimulates and develops new thinking, examines cross-organizational solutions, and helps cultivate future generations of defense and security practitioners.