Design your informatics career
Master of Professional Studies in Informatics
Northeastern University has been a leader in combining classroom instruction with career-focused, real-world experience since its founding in 1898. As a Northeastern student, you’ll learn the skills necessary to meet industry needs, put them into action through internships and co-ops, and immediately connect with thousands of alumni and employer partners around the world.
Our Master of Professional Studies in Informatics program is designed to equip IT professionals with the information strategy, data governance, analytics, ethics, and business intelligence skills necessary for dynamic engineering and management positions.
In this unique program, you’ll be able to:
- Deepen your studies with a concentration in cloud computing, information security management, leading and managing technical projects, human-centered informatics, and analytics.
- Choose from a wide range of multidisciplinary electives, such as web creation, user experience, interactive design, and more.
- Learn from expert faculty members who continue to influence the informatics industry and bring their real-world insights to class each day.
- Take on co-ops that allow you to work full time at leading employers and put your learning into practice before you graduate.
Domestic Canadian students that start their on-ground programs in Fall 2025 or Spring at the Toronto campus may be eligible for scholarships of up to 50%. Please note that scholarship eligibility is subject to verification, restrictions may apply.
Take the next step in your career
Entry Terms
Credits Required
45 quarter hoursCommitment
Format
Studying in Toronto
- Earn an industry-aligned degree that features world-class co-op and internship programs.
- Network and gain valuable real-world experience at the Canadian headquarters of Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and many more.
- Learn from industry leaders and gain up-to-the-minute insights.
- Enjoy living in a friendly, multicultural city with easy access to green spaces, world-class restaurants, major sports teams, and more.
- Tap into our global network of student resources, including Global Learner Support, Global Student Success, Student Financial Services, and more.
- Study at Northeastern’s first international campus alongside more than 1,400 students.
About Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.