Careers for EBIN students
Helping students with their careers
LUMS arranges events throughout the year to help students with their job hunting. This video features the 'Meet the Employer' event, held every year in February, at which employers come to campus to meet LUMS students.
The Lancaster MSc in E-Business and Innovation is an excellent start for a career at the intersection of innovation, business and technology.
The EBIN programme provides you with the skills and knowledge that enables you to reshape organisational strategies and industrial practices, by exploiting the opportunities provided by the Internet and mobile and multimedia technologies.
EBIN graduates have found employment in a variety of roles at Fortune 500 organisations, well-known consulting firms, and with small business and technology firms around the world. In general, EBIN graduates are well equipped for a career as:
- Business and technology managers who influence e-business and e-commerce strategies.
- Project managers with small to large companies and consulting firms like IBM, who are responsible for the delivery of technology and business solutions.
- Marketing and usability managers, who define customer strategy and online experience.
- Business and technology consultants with consulting organizations like Accenture.
- IT architects who specify or developing enterprise-wide IT solutions.
- Entrepreneurs who wish to establish their own innovative companies in the IT and online sector, following example such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google.
For a growing list of the job profiles of EBIN alumni, please click here.
To ensure that the EBIN programme is the start to a successful career we provide:
Close industry participation in teaching and curriculum development
We work closely with major companies to revise our curriculum on an ongoing basis and to teach classes that integrate novel approaches in academic and industrial thinking. We have fostered direct and close ties with SAP to deliver state-of-the-art modules on enterprise software. We work with IBM to collaboratively teach a module on IT Architecture. In particular, the course entails an intensive 2-day workshop in which you work on a real-world IBM case study.
Industry projects as an integral component of the curriculum
Each year we work with a large number of local and international firms to run 10-week industry projects to enable you to learn in and from the real-world. Employing new ideas and skills in this on-the-job experience as business and technology consultants is a major asset for EBIN graduates when finding a job.
Industry lecture series
Throughout the academic year we bring in industry speakers to share their skills, experience and knowledge with EBIN students. The sessions are aimed at providing you with a clear understanding of the day-to-day experiences of working in different and often challenging professional environments.
Careers planning support
Throughout the year, our experienced careers advisor helps you to identify potential employers and roles, and assists in preparing you for finding employment following graduation. We organise workshops and information sessions that focus on issues such as job-search, career planning, completing job application forms, writing a CV or resumé, preparing for interviews and performing in the interview itself.
