Description
Business Intelligence (BI) has become a huge industrial domain and a major economic driver, however overlooked by academics.
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
IT4BI
Information Technologies for Business Intelligence
Duration: 24 months
Course description:
Since its inception 20 years ago, Business Intelligence (BI) has become a huge industrial domain and
a major economic driver, however overlooked by academics. It encompasses many scientific and
technological fields including data warehouses, data mining, content analytics, business process
management, visual analytics, and requires competences in information systems, web science,
decision science, software engineering, and innovation and entrepreneurship. The European Master's
Programme in Information Technologies for Business Intelligence (IT4BI) is designed to provide
understanding, knowledge and skills in this broad scope of fields. Its main objective is to train
computer scientists who understand and help develop the strategies of modern enterprise decision
makers. The program favours the integration of students into a network of specialists and researchers
in BI.
The curriculum is jointly delivered by Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium, Université
François Rabelais Tours (UFRT) in France, Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) in France, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain, and Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) in Germany.
Scholars from academic partners around the world and partners from leading industries in BI, private
R&D companies, service companies, public research institutes, and public authorities will contribute to
the programme by training students, providing computers, software, course material, job placement or
internship perspectives, as well as financial support. This consortium will prepare the graduates not
only to answer today's professional challenges by a strong connection with the needs coming from the
industry, but also to pursue their studies into doctorate programs, through strong connections with the
researchers' and innovators' views.
IT4BI is a 2-year (4 semesters, 120 ECTS) programme. The first year is devoted to fundamentals: the
first semester at ULB, the second one at UFRT. Then, all students participate to the European
Business Intelligence Summer School. In the third semester, the programme offers three
specialisations at ECP, UPC and TUB and students move to the partner of the chosen specialisation.
The fourth semester is dedicated to the master's thesis and can be realised at either as a placement in
industry, or as an internship in a research laboratory in any full or associated partner. Eventually, all
students will be gathered in the workshop "Business Intelligence: Innovation Meets Research". The
tuition language is English. The program targets students with a Bachelor of Science (or a level
equivalent to 180 ETCS) with major in Computer Science, as well as an English proficiency
corresponding to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Upon
completion of the program, graduates will be awarded with a multiple degree, the national master’s
degrees from ULB, UFRT and the university of the specialisation.
Website:http://it4bi.univ-tours.fr/
Partners:
FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS (ULB), Belgium (Co-ordinating institution)
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF PARIS, France
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS UNIVERSITY OF TOURS, France
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, Germany
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF CATALUNYA, Spain
Contact:
Professor Esteban Zimányi
Computer and Decision Engineering (CoDE)
avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50
BE - 1050 Bruxelles
Email: [email protected]
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
Maximum grant:
731 000 € (30 000 € consortium + 701 000 € scholarships), 2012
830 400 € (30 000 € consortium + 800 400 € scholarships), 2013
doc_839936403.pdf
Business Intelligence (BI) has become a huge industrial domain and a major economic driver, however overlooked by academics.
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
IT4BI
Information Technologies for Business Intelligence
Duration: 24 months
Course description:
Since its inception 20 years ago, Business Intelligence (BI) has become a huge industrial domain and
a major economic driver, however overlooked by academics. It encompasses many scientific and
technological fields including data warehouses, data mining, content analytics, business process
management, visual analytics, and requires competences in information systems, web science,
decision science, software engineering, and innovation and entrepreneurship. The European Master's
Programme in Information Technologies for Business Intelligence (IT4BI) is designed to provide
understanding, knowledge and skills in this broad scope of fields. Its main objective is to train
computer scientists who understand and help develop the strategies of modern enterprise decision
makers. The program favours the integration of students into a network of specialists and researchers
in BI.
The curriculum is jointly delivered by Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium, Université
François Rabelais Tours (UFRT) in France, Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) in France, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain, and Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) in Germany.
Scholars from academic partners around the world and partners from leading industries in BI, private
R&D companies, service companies, public research institutes, and public authorities will contribute to
the programme by training students, providing computers, software, course material, job placement or
internship perspectives, as well as financial support. This consortium will prepare the graduates not
only to answer today's professional challenges by a strong connection with the needs coming from the
industry, but also to pursue their studies into doctorate programs, through strong connections with the
researchers' and innovators' views.
IT4BI is a 2-year (4 semesters, 120 ECTS) programme. The first year is devoted to fundamentals: the
first semester at ULB, the second one at UFRT. Then, all students participate to the European
Business Intelligence Summer School. In the third semester, the programme offers three
specialisations at ECP, UPC and TUB and students move to the partner of the chosen specialisation.
The fourth semester is dedicated to the master's thesis and can be realised at either as a placement in
industry, or as an internship in a research laboratory in any full or associated partner. Eventually, all
students will be gathered in the workshop "Business Intelligence: Innovation Meets Research". The
tuition language is English. The program targets students with a Bachelor of Science (or a level
equivalent to 180 ETCS) with major in Computer Science, as well as an English proficiency
corresponding to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Upon
completion of the program, graduates will be awarded with a multiple degree, the national master’s
degrees from ULB, UFRT and the university of the specialisation.
Website:http://it4bi.univ-tours.fr/
Partners:
FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS (ULB), Belgium (Co-ordinating institution)
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF PARIS, France
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS UNIVERSITY OF TOURS, France
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, Germany
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF CATALUNYA, Spain
Contact:
Professor Esteban Zimányi
Computer and Decision Engineering (CoDE)
avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50
BE - 1050 Bruxelles
Email: [email protected]
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
Maximum grant:
731 000 € (30 000 € consortium + 701 000 € scholarships), 2012
830 400 € (30 000 € consortium + 800 400 € scholarships), 2013
doc_839936403.pdf