Information Resources Management (Big Data Analysis)

Nanjing University, known as Nanda, is a major public university, the oldest institution of higher learning in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and a member of the elite C9 League of Chinese universities.Established in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, it underwent several name changes until it was renamed Nanjing University in 1950. It merged with the&nb..

Information Resources Management is a 2-year English-taught master's program. It has two research directions: Information Management and Data Analytics(IM&DA), Information Management and Digital Humanities(IM&DH). After completing all course work and succeeding in thesis defense, students will receive a Master’s Degree in Management.

The School of Information Management of Nanjing University, which supports this program, was established in 1927. It is the oldest school of information management in China and is also one of the best in China as it is the third iSchool in Asia and was ranked 26th in the 2019 QS World University rankings. The School consists of 69 faculty and staff members, including well-known scholars and leading talents. At present, the school has 4 majors at the bachelor’s level, 6 at the master’s level and a doctoral program, constituting a comprehensive, mature and internationalized education system.

 

The program offers training in the theoretical and practical study of the intersections between social science and information science. As a cross-disciplinary program, it offers rigorous hands-on training in information management research and applications with computerized techniques that are particularly useful for this field of inquiry, as they allow for processing large amounts of data across the barriers of time and space.