These are the requirements for the Master's in Business Information Systems

The Master's distance learning course in Business Information Systems at the Wilhelm Büchner University is aimed at individuals who have already obtained a Bachelor's degree in the field of computer science or a related field and wish to deepen their knowledge at the interface between information technology and business administration.

The requirements for admission to the Master's programme in Business Information Systems are as follows:

• Academic Qualification: You should have successfully completed at least a 6-semester academic education in the field of computer science or a related area. The decision on admission will be made by the examination board.
• Language Skills: English language skills at level B2 are recommended.
• Recognition of Previous Achievements: It is possible to have previous achievements recognized, especially for examination achievements obtained in a 7-semester Bachelor's programme and/or equivalent. The decision on recognition also lies within the competence of the examination board.

A homogenization phase at the beginning of the 4-semester study variant is designed to bring all students to a uniform level of knowledge and thus create a common foundation for the demanding study content.

This is the study content and course structure

Business informatics is the interface between IT and management. You acquire in-depth knowledge about business processes, solve business problems using IT-based systems, and lead IT projects and departments.

In terms of content, this degree course builds on your initial academic qualification in computer science. You deepen your knowledge in the fields of international business informatics. In addition to the classic technical skills, key competencies such as management techniques, intercultural competence, project management, and methods of scientific work are integrated here.

Your master's degree course in business informatics at WBH is modular in content. You study thematically closed subject areas (modules) to which credit points are assigned according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). The number of credit points assigned to each module depends on the scope of a module and the associated workload. All credit points you earn will be credited to you, and you will receive confirmation of this. Your achievements are thus comparable and recognised – also internationally.

The course is structured as follows:

• 1st semester: Research methods and project management, business analytics, management of digital transformation, architecture and software concepts, elective module 1
• 2nd semester: Elective module from the area of interdisciplinary skills, research work including specialist seminar, project work, elective module 2, elective module 3
• 3rd semester: Master's thesis including colloquium

In the elective areas, you choose from these modules:

• Core study elective area*: Digital marketing, cloud computing, digital ethics, IT controlling, IT service management, IT security management, IT project and quality management, law for IT managers, strategic information management, software engineering of distributed and mobile applications, electronic markets and business models, enterprise collaboration, process management
• Interdisciplinary skills elective area**: Management techniques and intercultural competence, psychology for executives, technology-based business start-up

*Select 3 out of 13 optional modules **Select 1 out of 3 optional modules

All students of the 4-semester course go through a homogenisation phase in the 1st semester, which facilitates entry into the various modules of the course and enables students to consolidate their basic knowledge and prepare optimally for the demanding content.

In the homogenisation elective area, you choose from these modules*:

• Business informatics area: Mathematical methods of business informatics**, IT management and law**, information systems and business intelligence**, information and knowledge management, electronic and mobile services, design of digital transformation, big data, knowledge organization and information retrieval
• Business economics area: Business and organization**, basics of innovation and technology management, financial decision-making foundations, controlling and quality management, online marketing
• Computer science area: Digital technologies**, introduction to app development, software architecture, introduction and application of artificial intelligence, advanced programming

*Select 5 out of 18 optional modules **The competencies of these modules must be covered. You can prove these competencies through your previous studies or choose these modules.