Business Information Systems (B.Sc.)

As an interdisciplinary subject, the business information systems degree programme is composed of economic content, primarily business administration, informatics content, and additional business informatics content. Information management, system development and system selection as well as (business) application systems, for example, are fundamental subfields of the business information systems degree programme. In your studies, you will deal with topics such as the design of application systems, mobile applications, data management and machine learning. The generous elective area gives you the opportunity to get to know many different subject areas in order to discover new interests - also through modules outside of business informatics and economics.

You must be able to apply your knowledge in reality. Therefore, all modules are designed to establish a link to practice and to smooth your transition into professional life in the fast-moving IT industries through up-to-date content.

In hardly any other industry does the relevant knowledge change as quickly as in IT. We prepare you optimally for this dynamic professional field: On the one hand, we teach you practical and cutting-edge content and, on the other hand, timeless methods that will help you to familiarise yourself with new tasks throughout your entire professional life.

The programme is completely modularised, i.e. credits are acquired during studies. The programme is successfully completed when 180 credits have been earned.

At the start of your studies, you will be supervised by older students who are tutors in the WiWi-O phase. As well as attending your first lectures, you will learn about important learning management and examination administration systems, and receive information on timetable planning and the relevant examination and study regulations. Numerous joint activities, such as a city rally, a so-called “Bunter Abend” and pub nights, will help you familiarise yourself with the university, the city and your fellow students. Before the lectures begin, you can voluntarily take part in the preliminary mathematics course (“Mathe-Vorkurs”/MVK), which covers selected topics from school mathematics. The MVK will prepare you optimally for the quantitative modules in your degree programme, such as the mathematics module. The WiWi student council organises a 'support programme' comprising various social activities around the MVK. These include a pub evening, a games afternoon and campus and city tours.

For a qualified bachelor's programme in the field of economics, students must especially have sound knowledge in the English language (international students also must have good German language skills), mathematics as well as information and communications systems (ICS).

Students whose knowledge of English/ German, mathematics or ICS is poor are strongly suggested to improve in these areas before beginning with the programme. The Faculty of Business and Economics also offers a precourse in Mathematics for new students to prepare them for the following modules in Mathematics (every winter and summer semester).

Admission to the Bachelor's degree programme in Business Information Systems is restricted in the first subject-related semester, while the higher subject-related semesters are not subject to admission restrictions. Students can apply and be enrolled in both the summer and winter semesters.

What we expect from you:

• Motivation and a will to achieve
• Interest in entrepreneurial or macroeconomic issues
• Analytical thinking faculties as well as an interest in and ability to deal with mathematical methods of presentation
• Good proficiency in German, a good or at least working knowledge of the English language

As a graduate with a bachelor degree, you will have career opportunities in a multitude of professions. The labour market continues to be characterised by a strong demand for highly qualified information technology (IT) specialists.

Core occupations for graduates of the Bachelor's programme in Business Information Systems include jobs as computer specialists and system analysts. Bachelor degree graduates will be tasked with planning, documenting and rolling out hardware and software and gathering data on the impacts on organisational forms. This additionally involves support in solving problems and the modification or new development of concepts. Concrete jobs for graduates with a bachelor degree include jobs as specialists at computing centres and user services, organisation and system analysts, advisors and vendors or software developers as well as work implementing and modifying standard software for business administration applications (for example SAP).

Moreover, bachelor degree holders can work in hybrid occupations as so-called hybrid experts, i.e. individuals who are familiar with business problems and are capable of designing IT solutions. These individuals are often employed in a coordinating function between the operating department and the IT department. Project managers, project coordinators and system analysts are some examples of specific professions. Fields that graduates can work in include either those (1) within the data processing (DP) department (for example, system analysis, user consulting, DP control) or (2) outside the DP department in business-oriented operational departments with distinct DP references, such as organisation.

Get to know the different professional fields of our graduates in the alumni portraits .

Additionally, a bachelor degree offers you the possibility for further studies like enrolling in a master's programme in Germany or abroad. In Göttingen, completing a bachelor degree can increase your chances of getting admitted to the four-semester degree programme in Business Information Systems, which culminates in a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Information Systems. Moreover, you have the possibility to pursue other master's programmes at the Faculty of Business and Economics, e.g. the Master's programme in Applied Statistics (M.Sc.), as long as you fulfil the admission requirements.