NOVA Information Management School

Marketing and Research and CRM

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Masters

This path is an option of

ECTS Coordinator

Roberto Henriques

Education objectives

The specialization in Marketing Research and CRM is ranked as the best Master degree Program in E-Business in Portugal, the 2nd best in Europe and in the World by Eduniversal, international agency that publishes an annual ranking of the best MBA and Master degree programs in the world.

This program fills a gap in the high level training of managers, technical staff, and other experts in marketing, who wish to obtain and deepen their skills in Marketing Research and CRM, using the most advanced methods of collection, analysis and treatment of information.

It is particularly aimed at technical staff and users of Market Research, as well at professionals who are involved in Customer Relationship Management in Banking and Insurance, Telecommunications, FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods), among others.

The main goal of this program is to train technical staff and managers to:

  • Plan, create and conduct market studies or any other market research;
  • Select and apply methods of collection of marketing data;
  • Analyze, interpret, and communicate the results of market research;
  • Manage, explore, interpret and communicate marketing information that is present in information systems or from other sources of marketing information;
  • Create, implement and manage customer relationship policies. 

Applications
To complete the application, the applicant must register in NOVA IMS' Applications Portal, fill the form, upload their Curriculum Vitae and submit the application in the end, from February 2nd to March 24th, 2016. The selection process is based on the analysis of the applicant's academic and professional curriculum, and an interview.

Access conditions

<p> The requirements for the applications are: </p> <p>A degree in a compatible field;</p> <p>Analysis of the applicants' academic and professional curriculum;</p> <p>Interview conducted by the Admissions' Jury Panel.</p>

Degree pre-requisites

For the conclusion of the curricular component, it is necessary to obtain a minimum of 60 ECTS (credit units). The curricular component of the program includes two semesters, that corresponds to a postgraduate program diploma.

To earn the Master degree program in Statistics and Information Management, with a specialization in Marketing Research and CRM, the student must develop a scholarly thesis, work project or a professional internship, carried out in the third semester.

Access to other courses

Access to Doctorate Program.

Evaluation rules

The evaluation of each discipline is usually carried through a final exam. This evaluation may be complemented with a project developed individually or in group. A minimum classification of 10 values is demanded so that the discipline is concluded successfully.

Structure

1º year - Autumn semester
Code Name ECTS
200087 Data Collection Methods 7.5
200092 Quantitative Methods for Marketing - Descriptive Methods 7.5
200093 Quantitative Methods for Marketing - explanatory methods 7.5
Options
200001 Data Analysis 7.5
200004 Geographic Information Systems Applications 7.5
200009 Spatial Databases 7.5
200012 Business Intelligence I 7.5
200015 Geographical Information Systems and Science 7.5
200016 Cartographic Sciences 7.5
200020 Geo-Spatial Data: Models and Operations 7.5
200026 Data Mining I 7.5
200032 DataBase Management Systems 7.5
200046 Statistics 7.5
200048 Marketing Strategy and Consumer Behaviour 7.5
200055 GI Standards 4.0
200058 Geographic Information Systems Applications 7.5
200060 Geospatial Data Mining 7.5
200064 Geostatistics 7.5
200068 Information Project Management 7.5
200070 Information Technologies Services Management 7.5
200071 Knowledge Management 7.5
200073 Information Systems Management 7.5
200081 Introduction to Geostatistics 3.5
200083 Marketing Digital 1.0
200089 Survey Methods 7.5
200101 Banking and Insurance Operation 7.5
200104 Principles of Financial Management 7.5
200107 Project Management 3.5
200115 Remote Sensing 7.5
200122 Geographic Information Systems 7.5
200129 Value Quantification Technics 7.5
200139 Web Marketing and E-Commerce 7.5
400009 Innovation, Change Management and the New Healthcare Client 7.5
400020 Information Systems Governance 7.5
400029 Web Analytics 7.5
1º year - Spring semester
Code Name ECTS
200049 Market Research 7.5
200065 Customer Satisfacion and Loyalty Management 7.5
200072 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 7.5
200086 Research Methodologies 7.5
Options
200007 Architectures for Information Technology 7.5
200013 Business Intelligence II 7.5
200014 Business Process Management 7.5
200024 Geospatial Data Mining 7.5
200028 Data Mining II 7.5
200052 Geographic Data Bases (Advanced) 4.0
200061 Geospatial Free Open Source Software 4.0
200067 Marketing Management 7.5
200069 Risk Management 7.5
200085 Experiential Marketing 7.5
200088 Forecasting Methods 7.5
200090 Econometrics Methods 7.5
200094 Geographical Information Systems and Modelling 7.5
200097 Solvency Models 7.5
200121 Decision Support Systems 7.5
200124 Geographical Information Systems in Organizations 7.5
200144 Big Data 7.5
400019 Customer Relationship Management Systems 7.5
400022 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems 7.5
400027 Search Engine Marketing 7.5
400028 Social Media Intelligence 7.5
2º year - Spring semester
Code Name ECTS
200040 Dissertation 35.0
200113 Internship 35.0
200134 Work Project 35.0