Business Information Systems - Wirtschaftsinformatik (B.Sc.)
What makes this degree programme special?
- excellent IT facilities and modern software environments
- a unique combination of practice-oriented and research-based education
- an internship phase in the 7th semester acting as an ideal transition into your career
- cutting-edge topics such as digitalization, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and IT security integrated throughout the curriculum
- attractive career prospects in Jena's economically vibrant IT region
What is the structure of the programme?
As a Business Information Systems specialist, you move with equal confidence in the worlds of business administration and computer science. You will learn to understand business processes, evaluate technological capabilities, and use this knowledge to develop high-performance information systems for companies.
In addition to economics and business administration courses, as well as core computer science, the curriculum includes a wide range of specialized Business Information Systems modules. These prepare you specifically for the diverse professional fields in the industry. The curriculum is supplemented by mathematics, statistics, and law as crucial foundations for making well-informed decisions in business and IT.
From the very beginning, you will work hands-on with modern information systems and current software technologies. Topics like digital business processes, cloud computing, data analysis, and artificial intelligence will accompany you throughout your studies, showing you how innovative technologies permanently transform companies.
In the seventh semester, you will complete a practical internship phase, which often serves as a direct stepping stone into your future career. With its numerous innovative companies, the IT region of Jena offers excellent opportunities for this. You will complete your studies by writing your Bachelor's thesis.
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What are the entry requirements?
- Higher education entrance qualification (Abitur), subject-related higher education entrance qualification or entrance qualification for a university of applied sciences (Fachhochschulreife)
- You don't have a higher education entrance qualification but you have work experience? Find out about studying without High School Diploma.
- Did you complete your school or university education abroad? Please note the admission requirements for studying in Germany.
What career prospects do I have after completing my studies?
With your internationally recognized Bachelor's degree, you will be exceptionally well-prepared to launch a successful career. Today, companies are looking for specialists who understand business contexts while targeting the use of modern information systems, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. This exact intersection is where Business Information Systems experts operate.
Digitalization and artificial intelligence are changing almost every area of business. Business Information Systems specialists play a key role in this transformation: they analyze business processes, develop digital solutions, guide the implementation of new information systems, and evaluate the practical use of AI technologies. As a result, the demand for qualified professionals will remain high in the coming years.
Depending on your interests, you could help companies navigate digital transformation, lead IT projects, develop digital business models, or take on management positions. The program also opens up opportunities for freelance or entrepreneurial activities, providing you with the essential legal and tax knowledge required.
The combination of business and IT opens up a wide range of fields, including:
- IT Infrastructure Planning: Selection and evaluation of IT systems, enterprise software, and IT controlling
- Digital Business Models: Development, analysis, and transformation of digital business models
- E-Commerce and Digital Marketing: Online marketing, social media, e-commerce platforms, and shop management
- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence: Data analysis, machine learning, generative AI, business intelligence, data mining, and the development of data-driven applications
- Process Management: Analysis, modeling, and digitalization of business processes, as well as process mining
- IT Security Management: Development of security concepts, risk management, and security analysis
- IT Project Management: Planning and steering of IT projects and software development
- Software, Web, and App Development: Conception and implementation of modern applications
- IT Compliance and Governance: Financial reporting, tax compliance, and legal issues of digitalization
- IT Law and Data Protection: Evaluation of legal issues, particularly regarding data protection, copyright, contract law, trademark law, domain law, and e-commerce
