The Information Architecture Track

What is the Information Architecture track?

Information Architecture (IA) is a multi-disciplinary master's degree track. It is a collaborative programme of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science (EEMCS) and the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM). Within the TPM faculty, the associated track falls under the MSc programme in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management (SEPAM). Information Architecture is formally a track of the MSc Computer Science but has its own programme, which it partially shares with the IA track within SEPAM. Students who have completed the IA track receive an official notice in their MSc certificates.

The IA programme combines aspects from computer science and from management, and thus addresses the problem of concurrently designing and engineering enterprises and their supporting ICT applications. It concentrates on the alignment between organizational needs and the engineering opportunities and solutions offered by novel ICT solutions. An information architect is a professional who bridges the gap between business and ICT. Students from both the Computer Science faculty and SEPAM participate in the programme, and they collaborate in several projects.

Why Information Architecture matters

The advent of modern digital information and communication technology (ICT) has facilitated dramatic improvements in efficiency and productivity in organizations across the spectrum: large and small, public and private. These organizations rely increasingly on innovative web-based systems and services to manage their operations and meet the needs of their customers and clients. With the expanding capabilities that the Web and its supporting technologies offer for managing information and services, both inside and outside an organization, businesses and organizations see new opportunities to implement and manage innovative internal and external business processes. The purpose of the MSc Track in Information Architecture is to train computer scientists to become system architects - specialists in designing and engineering systems that align organizational needs with the engineering opportunities and solutions for Web-based and services-based information systems.

More information:
www.ia.ewi.tudelft.nl