Providing distinguished undergraduate and graduate programs for computing and telecommunications professionals while maintaining a leadership position in the application of information technology through education and research.

ITK News and Events

  • The ITK Research Colloquium continues this fall! A list of presentations can be found here.
  • Congratulations to Sandeep Basnet, Min Jiang, and Niranjan Sharma, ITK master's students, who were three of only seven students in the U.S. to win IBM's 2009 Destination z Enterprise Computing Scholarship for excellence in mainframe course work. Sandeep, Min, and Niranjan's mentors were Dr. Chu Jong and Dr. Kyoungwon Suh.
  • ITK offers the following Graduate Certificates: Enterprise Computing Systems (New!) , Information Assurance and Security, Internet Application Development, Systems Analyst, and Telecommunications Management.
  • ISU is a member of the Open Student Television Network (OSTN), a multicast 24/7 channel delivered over Internet2 at NTSC quality. OSTN features exclusively student-produced content.
  • Consult the University Calendar for more information.

School of Information Technology

The mission of the School of Information Technology is to provide premier undergraduate and distinguished graduate programs for the education of computing and telecommunications professionals, to support other academic units through courses in information technology, and to maintain, through education and research, a leadership position in the application of information technology.

The School of Information Technology offers three undergraduate bachelor's degree programs, an undergraduate minor program, a master's program in Information Systems, and a graduate certificate program. Our Information Systems program is the largest in the state and among the largest in the nation.Our Computer Science program is one of only four nationally accredited programs in Illinois. Our Telecommunications Management program is one of the very few in the country to be offered at a bachelor's level.

Both the Information Systems program and Computing Science program are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410) 347-7700.

Our Information Systems master's program and graduate certificate program feature small class sizes and flexible scheduling options for full time students and working professionals.