Build your tech career at Northeastern’s campuses in Canada
Pathway-to-Tech Master’s Degrees
Earn your tech degree at Northeastern University in Toronto or Vancouver.
Advance your capabilities in a world of rapidly changing technology at one of Northeastern University’s campuses in Canada, building a resilient foundation in computing, digital media, and data skills. Our pathways-to-tech master’s degree programs are designed for students who have earned their bachelor’s degree in any field and do not have prior computing or tech experience.
Northeastern offers a range of advanced tech degrees that take you beyond programming languages into the conceptual frameworks of today’s data and computing systems. Our programs give you the skills and experience to join the next generation of leaders in computing, digital media, analytics, and information technology.
Our faculty in Toronto and Vancouver are locally based experts fully versed in industry-specific trends. Their experience connects you to a thriving tech employment market and leading companies throughout Canada, including Amazon, BMO, Deloitte, Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, and Scotiabank. Northeastern is committed to diversity in the tech workplace, and we offer you four industry-aligned master’s programs to transform your career as a tech leader and innovator:
- Align MS in Computer Science
- MPS in Analytics
- MPS in Digital Media Connect
- MS in Information Systems—Bridge
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Which program is right for you?
Align MS in Computer Science
Prepare yourself for success in computer science. Increase your knowledge and customize your studies with electives from disciplines such as artificial intelligence, graphics, programming languages, networks, game design, and more.
Offered in Vancouver.
Studying in Canada:
- 92% of technology leaders in Canada are facing challenges finding skilled talent (Robert Half, 2023)
- The annual wage for a tech worker is 48% higher than Canada’s median wage for all occupations (Financial Post, 2023)
- Toronto has the fifth-largest tech sector in North America (CBRE, 2023)
- 34% of Canadian startups are based in Toronto (StartupBlink)
- Vancouver is the top city for high-tech job growth in North America (CBRE Tech-30, 2023)
- Nearly a million new jobs are expected to be created in Vancouver and throughout B.C. by 2033 (B.C.’s Labour Market Outlook, 2023)
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, 300,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,500 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.