Degree programme Business Informatics
Professional profile: Business Informatics
Business Information Specialists are competent in Business Administration as well as in Informatics. They form the link between the IT department on the one hand and the specialist departments on the other. Because of their business training Business Information Specialists are in a position to understand users’ IT-related tasks while, at the same time, because of their IT training they can evaluate these tasks for their feasibility and competently convey them to the IT section.
In addition, Business Information Specialists are responsible for the planning, development, application and maintenance of information and communication systems for every kind of company, authority and institution.
Requirements
As well as a keen interest in IT and the associated capacity for analytical and logical thinking, Business Informatics students should ideally have:
- Good communication skills and the capacity to cope with pressure
- Capacity for rational time management
- Ability to lead processes
- A good command of English
- A well-groomed appearance
Supplementary qualification Microsoft MCITP or Linux CLA Certificate
Utilisation, technical systems operation as well as the introduction and further development of information technological solutions are critical tasks in every medium-sized and large company, across all sectors. Modern companies place increasing emphasis on various software systems and industry standards. Graduates able to combine both commercial and technical methods and thinking are thus particularly well qualified to meet company needs if, as certified IT specialists, they can also demonstrate their knowledge of market-relevant technologies (e.g. Microsoft or Linux).
Our Business Informatics programme is designed to give graduates the opportunity to achieve this certification within the scope of their company practice and, as such, to gain these essential elements from their interdisciplinary education.
One of the key success factors for any company is that its employees are well trained and, ideally, certified. Expert knowledge, social competence and practical experience define the level of qualification and commitment within the business. Therefore, the dual “Business Informatics” programme based in the University of Cooperative Education and in the placement company builds the ideal foundation: The model’s combination of study and practice (each week 20 hours at the University of Cooperative Education plus 20 hours in the company) guarantees continuous integration in the placement company and the reinforcement of practical tasks. Students are quickly integrated into the day-to-day running of the business.
Qualification goals
The target qualification at University of Cooperative Education is a demanding one. As such, we expect that our students display a particularly high level of commitment to practice and study, as well as a keen interest in specialist topics and economic issues.
Particular emphasis is placed on the following outcomes:
- Gaining a scientific and, at the same time, practice orientated qualification within a short timeframe.
- Acquisition of methodological and social competence, in both theoretical study and practical activit.
- Early assumption of expert and management task.
- Willingness to demonstrate IT knowledge through optional certification within the scope of practical training.
Fields of application
Upon completing their studies, graduates are able to take on challenging tasks:
- Managerial functions in specialist departments geared towards business administration
- Active and creative cooperation, as well as assumption of managerial functions in data centres, support organisations or software development teams
- Cooperation in, or assumption of, sub-project management within IT projects, particularly in implementation and conversion projects with large operating system and network environments.
Placement companies/institutions
The International University of Cooperative Education works together with several partner companies across a number of sectors. The training partners for the Business Informatics programme can include all medium-sized or large companies using information technology in the form of PCs/data processors and information processing programmes, in particular:
- Companies using networked computer systems
- Companies which either develop or adapt software
- Companies which carry out IT orientated projects, either in-house or on behalf of customers.
Course Duration: 3 Years / 6 Semester
Academic Award: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Business Informatics
Study locations: Berlin, Bochum, Darmstadt, Erfurt, Göttingen, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Kassel, Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg
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