eGovernment is the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in public administrations combined with organisational change and new skills in order to improve public services and democratic processes. For this, new expertise combining technical, organizational and sociological knowledge is required.
Styliani Zafeiropoulou from GreeceWe focus on the key building blocks necessary to harness technology for development: Users, Organization, Technology, and Economy. Our Master gives you the skills by providing scientific knowledge and opportunities to apply these to real-life settings. We provide cutting edge scientific and practitioner expertise and a vast network of experts to become part of. You become an e-governance expert able to provide the necessary cross-sector integration necessary to manage change in situations with multiple and conflicting interests, including departmental and business interests, regulatory and legal standards and norms, and human and social concerns.
Having successfully graduated from our program, you will have acquired the following competences:
- You are familiar with the European and global development towards electronic government; legal, social, technical, and organizational aspects.
- You understand the transformation process government agencies and private businesses are going through.
- You understand the role of technology in these changes and are able to assess the effectiveness of technology in solving government and governance problems.
- You are aware of how information is created and used in organizational processes, and how these processes can be managed and improved.
Students talk about the programme
Meet Masters Students and listen to their thoughts and feelings about the eGovernment Master programme (Flash movies):
Styliani Zafeiropoulou from Greece
Jamo Macanze from Moçambique
Md.Rizvee Bhuyan from Bangladesh
Also visit: www.electronicgovernment.eu
Requirements
The applicant must have a Bachelor's degree (a Swedish Kandidatexamen) or equivalent academic qualifications from an internationally recognised university. The university has to be listed in the latest edition of the International Handbook of Universities.
The applicant must have proof of skills in English, the requirement is English course B. This is normally attested by means of an internationally recognised test, e.g. TOEFL, IELTS or the equivalent.
Information about different internationally recognised tests and their required minimum scores for eligibility
English Language Test Exemptions
Selection
The places on the programme are distributed primarily to eligible students with one of the following main fields of study in their qualifications: economics, business administration, informatics, computer science, media and communication studies, journalism, statistics, law, sociology, rhetoric, civics, library science or political science.
The places are secondly distributed to other eligible applicants.
Within each selection group, eligible applicants are ranked based on the number of higher education credits in the IT area accumulated up until the last application date.
Application and documentation
Applications can only be made on the online application service.
Information about the online application process
Information about supporting documentation
Application deadline
January 15th, 2010
Start date
August 30th, 2010
Issuing department
Swedish Business School at Örebro University
Degree awarded
Degree of Master [with a major in Informatics]
Contact
For information about the programme, please contact the Swedish Business School at Örebro University.
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Also visit: www.electronicgovernment.eu
If you have questions about the application procedure please fill out the online questionnaire.
