Employment Opportunities

Graduates of this degree programme have two main avenues to choose for their career paths. They can decide either to select information systems field or to select the general management field. Graduates who opt for a career in information systems can expect to commence his/her career in a position such as Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, IS Manager, IT/ERP Consultant, Quality Assurance Manager or Project Manager. With further enhancements of Information Technology related knowledge and skills, a graduate can focus on positions such as Software Engineer, Database Administrator and Network Administrator.

Graduates who are willing a career in general management can find job positions in any of the functional areas such as Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Production Operations Management etc. Their skills in logical thinking, problem solving and IT applications should help them to perform better than others in those positions. Further studies in the relevant filed and other professional qualifications will support their career enhancement and personal development in the long run.

Professional Links

The department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., which has enabled the Department to get the membership of the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance Programme. Under this programme, students of the department are provided with selected Microsoft Software free of charge for research purposes. The department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Providence Network and Solutions too which has enabled us to get the “abas” ERP software free of charge for the department. The department also maintains close links with several other private sector organizations, which has allowed the department to nominate selected students for industrial placement. Links have also been established with the key Professional Associations which are related to IT Industry.

Employment Opportunity News

DIT Career Launchpad 2020: Workshop #3

The third in the series of workshops under “DIT Career Launchpad 2020” was successfully concluded on the 30th December via zoom. The highlight of the session was the keynote speech titled: “The Pathway to being an ICT Entrepreneur” delivered by Mr. Vajeendra S. Kandegamage –CEO/MD of Stemcore Asia (pvt) Ltd. The Keynote can be viewed here The […]

DIT Career Launchpad 2020: Workshop #2

The second workshop of the series “DIT Career Launchpad 2020” was successfully concluded on the 23rd  December via zoom with the participation of 4th  year students of the Department awaiting internship opportunities. The keynote speech of the workshop, titled “Journey towards the Dream Job” was delivered by Ms Sharon Kern, Head of HR of Embla Software Innovation […]