Background

The Master of Information Communication Technology (mICT) is a 2 year joint collaboration programme  offered by Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC) and Aalborg University , Denmark.

Target Group
 The programme is particularly meant  for :   

Developers, designers, and/or project managers and  

Professionals with a first degree from the public and private institutions with  a technical  background and  are involved in strategy or planning and need knowledge about many  technical matters in order to be able to make the right technological and business-related decisions.

Delivery

The programme, which is taught by a mix of Ghanaian and Danish professors in Ghana and Denmark, is delivered in English using a combination of WEB based e-training tools, video-conferencing and face to face seminars.

Participants will from the beginning be introduced to a WEB based e-learning tool (UNIFLEX) so they can use it to access courses, communicate with teachers, and also use it to ease collaboration within the groups.

     
Orientation
Students will undergo a one week orientation at the Aalborg University, Denmark and will have the option of completing their project work in Ghana or at the Aalborg University during the final trimester.

Required Courses
 
1st Trimester
Theme: ICT Systems and Networks
General
            Project based learning and report writing
            Requirement specifications
            Product Technology (PT)
            Network technologies
            Future broadband and mobile networks
            Internet technologies & applications

Product Realization Technologies (PRT)

ICT services and applications
Business And Application Technologies (BAT)
ICT market and regulation
Project work

2nd Trimester

Theme: ICT applications and software development
Product Technology (PT)
Technology convergence
Security and privacy
Product Realization Technologies (PRT)
Object-oriented software development
Mobile application development
Interaction design

Business and Application Technologies (BAT)

Strategy and ICT in organizations
Project work

3rd Trimester
 Theme: ICT Business and Market
Business and Application Technologies (BAT)

            Information & network economics
            E- Business Patents and Standards
            Techno-economics of infrastructures
            ICT for Development

Project work