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IT Management for Business degree (ITMB)

The IT Management for Business (ITMB) degree was created by e-skills UK with over 60 top companies to help to bridge the skills gaps faced by employers with IT and business graduates in the UK. It is currently run at 19 universities across the UK and is now supported by nearly 80 different companies.

A few key facts that you should know:

• Great employment outcomes for graduates: of those who graduated in 2011, 100% were in work or further study within 6 months of graduation (85% in work and 15% in further study).

Graduates found jobs in some of the world’s most prestigious companies including Apple, British Airways, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Fujitsu, Goldman Sachs, Google, HP, IBM, John Lewis, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Shell.

• Here come the girls: 34% of students on the degree are female – more than double the proportion you normally find on IT courses.

• Superb grades: 82% of 2012 graduates achieved a 2:1 or 1st class degree, compared to 51% across all other Computing graduates.

• More than just an ordinary degree course: as well as the lectures and seminars you would expect, you will also get extra support from employers including attendance at events, CV clinics, employer-supported projects, work placements and ‘guru lectures’ from senior executives and inspirational role models from some of the UK's most prestigious companies and successful start ups.

The course is supported by over 60 employers and being delivered to over 1,200 students at 19 universities across the UK and its popularity is rocketing: the number of applications is rising by an average of 24% a year.