Digital Information Management - Information Services

Postgraduate Programme, Department of Information Science (formerly Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology), School of Information Science and Informatics, Ionian University

Curriculum of the M.Sc. Programme

The M.Sc. Programme has a duration of three (3) semesters. During the first two semesters, courses are taught, while in the final semester students prepare their Master’s Thesis. Each course is taught over one semester and comprises three (3) teaching hours per week. Teaching includes lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, and seminars.

The language of instruction is Greek and/or English. Teaching material may also be in Greek and/or English. In addition, Master’s Theses may be written in English, at the student’s choice and in consultation with the supervising professor.

The courses and their distribution by semester are presented in the following tables.

1st Semester

COURSE DETAILED DESCRIPTION ECTS
Information Management on the World Wide Web (C)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Information Retrieval (C)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Data Mining (C)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Cultural Heritage Enhancement and Documentation (C)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
TOTAL30

2nd Semester

COURSE DETAILED DESCRIPTION ECTS
Semantic Web (C)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Conceptual models and data for libraries, archives and museums (C)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Social Networks (E)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Digital Preservation (E)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
Information Law (E)Course Description (in Greek)7,5
TOTAL30

3rd Semester

COURSE DETAILED DESCRIPTION ECTS
Master ThesisCourse Description (in Greek)30
TOTAL ECTS90
Compulsory courses are marked with the letter (C), while elective courses are marked with (E). Students are required to choose 2 out of the 3 elective courses.


Last updated on June 2026.