Content + Strucutre
The Master's programme in Business Information Systems is starting annually in the autumn semester. The programme is designed for students who are working part-time. Classroom courses are generally held on the two teaching days, Monday and Tuesday. The course content was developed in response to a clear market need and in close cooperation with the business and IT community.
Portrait
The Master's programme in Business Information Technology provides you with sound skills to take on demanding specialist and management tasks in information technology after completing your studies and to approach these with the necessary entrepreneurial thinking.
Training objectives
The Master's programme in Business Information Technology qualifies you:
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to design digital business models and implement them both organisationally and technologically
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to design a sustainable enterprise architecture in line with the company’s strategy
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to design IT architectures for the optimal support of business goals, for planning, implementation, and operation of application systems
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to build agile, process-oriented organisations with the help of appropriate information and communication systems
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to manage complex programmes and projects in a methodical way
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to take on general management tasks in the fields of organisation and IT.
Type of study + duration
With its four-semester structure, the Master's programme is designed as a part-time programme.
Structure of the study programme
The Master's programme is divided into four module areas:
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Core modules
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Profile-building and general elective modules
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Scientific work and projects
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Master’s thesis
Core modules
This section contains modules that impart essential competencies at the Master's level. The modules in this area are divided into the following module groups:
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Digital Transformation
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Digital Enterprise Management
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Data Driven Enterprise
Elective modules
In this area, the module groups are subsumed, which you put together individually within certain boundaries. The module groups are arranged according to subject areas: by selecting the suitable modules, you can choose to specialise in health (Digital Health), production (Digital Manufacturing), financial services (Digital Finance), or Information Technology (General Business IT).
Certain elective modules are declared either compulsory or not permissible depending on your respective Bachelor's degree and other qualifications,. For example, students with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration must take some or all modules from the subject area of General Business IT. Conversely, graduates of a BSc programme
in Computer Science or Business Information Technologycannot choose modules in the subject area of General Business IT. In a compulsory entrance interview with the head of the degree programme, it is determined which modules are compulsory or may not be taken.
Scientific work and projects
The modules in this module area provide the practical application of the acquired theoretical knowledge from the core or compulsory elective modules. Based on an introduction to research methods specific to Business Information Technology, such as Design Science, scientific methods are practised and implemented in research and innovation projects.
Master's Thesis
The Master's programme cumulates in the Master's thesis. In this individual thesis, students demonstrate that they are able to correctly and purposefully apply the professional and methodological competencies acquired in the course of their studies.