Where to pursue a degree in Information Systems: India or US?

Information Systems is more than a hip and happening arena today, thanks to the marriage of technology and business. World over, digital enterprises are mushrooming like never before, paving way for Information Systems graduates to utilize the opportunity in its 360 degree potential. In fact, IS graduates with an unusual inclination to business practices, functional disciplines and to the latest and popular computer applications, are being short-listed by Industry giants the moment they pass out of universities. This phenomenal popularity is indeed drawing more students to Information Systems graduate programs.

So what does Information Systems deal with? It deals with the development, use and management of an organization’s infrastructure. A strong information infrastructure represented in people, experience, know-how and innovations (patents, copyrights, trade secrets), is the biggest asset of any company today. Hence the study of Information Systems involves why and how technology can be used to better the information flow in an organization, institution or society at large. Information Systems can be broken down into three main areas of work including strategy, development and management. Each of these areas branches out into a number of sub disciplines that overlap with other science and managerial disciplines including computer science, pure and engineering sciences, social and behavioral sciences and business management.

In India, prospective students enamored by the possibilities of Information Systems Graduate degree programs, do almost always face the dilemma - where to pursue the degree - in India or US. Though Indian business and technology schools offer degree courses in Information Systems both in the traditional and in the online spectra, there is a higher acceptability for Information Systems graduate programs offered by U.S based IS graduate schools. However, since traditional courses take more than 3-4 years, most prefer to go for online Information Systems courses which can be completed within a short period of time, and at one’s own convenience.

Though Information Systems graduate programs in India is much cheaper compared to those offered by foreign Information graduate schools, the standard of education offered by US based online universities are found to be more fitting for the fast changing Information Systems arena today. For instance, certain premier online universities in California are offering Information Systems Graduate programs such as BE in Information Technology, BS in Management Information Systems, DBA in Information Systems and Enterprise Resource Management and Dual Degrees in MBA and DBA with emphasis on IS. These courses fetch law prices compared to traditional degree courses in US, but are more in-sync with industry demands. Besides, these California University of technology offer you a degree which will help you get noticed by potential employers worldwide. More than that, these online IS graduate programs will also let the graduates pursue higher qualifications in future, from whichever part of the globe.