Solve business challenges through information systems and drive digital transformation. Our business information systems programme gives you both up-to-date application knowledge and timeless methods for implementing IT systems, opening up numerous career paths in IT administration, consulting, e-business and many specialist departments.
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AIS Research Ranking: Business Information Systems Research Group in 16th place in Europe and 6th place in Germany
In our bachelor's programme, you will learn to design, implement and introduce IT systems that help companies achieve their goals. To do this, you will analyse operational business processes as well as the success factors of platform technologies and learn agile project management and software development methods. The degree programme provides you with an optimal mix of current application knowledge and timeless methods. At the same time, it is characterised by its great flexibility. You already have the opportunity to set focal points in the bachelor's programme. The large elective area gives you the opportunity to deepen your own interests or to get to know many different subject areas. Through events held by speakers from the business world and project seminars, you will gain first-hand practical knowledge and make first-class contacts. In this way, you are optimally prepared to start your career directly or to complete the Master's programme in Business Information Systems.
This phase in the first and second semesters provides you with fundamental knowledge in business informatics, computer science, business administration and economics. You will also gain knowledge of the crucial mathematical and statistical methods. In the module "Companies and Markets", which you take right in the first semester, you will receive an overview of the economics and business administration content of the degree programme and get to know various lecturers. You will then apply the theoretical knowledge you have acquired directly in a computer-based business game.
The orientation phase also gives you the opportunity to get to know different aspects of business informatics and computer science. In this way, you can discover your own interests and talents in order to make decisions about your future specialisation.
The orientation phase is followed by the in-depth phase from the third semester onwards: This area deepens your knowledge in different aspects of business informatics. You will learn about the design and management of information systems and take a seminar on business information systems topics.
You will also take modules from three of four focus areas:
In this block you acquire knowledge about the basics of computer science. For example, you deepen your practical knowledge of programming languages. A highlight is the project seminar on system development, in which you conceive and design a software solution. Here you have the opportunity to work with practical partners. In addition, you choose further modules from two of three focus areas to deepen your studies individually:
In the courses from the area of "Business Administration", you will learn how companies are organised, how markets function and how value chains are structured. This understanding is important so that you can learn to understand the needs of companies and develop efficient solutions for them.
You will take three modules from the following list :
The elective area gives you the opportunity to align your studies according to your individual interests and professional goals, to develop an independent profile and to optimally prepare for a Master's programme after the Bachelor's degree. You can freely choose modules from the areas of Business Information Systems, Business Administration and Quantitative Methods as well as the area of "Advanced Computer Science". In addition, you can have an internship credited to your degree programme or expand your knowledge in related legal fields, e.g. in business law. Key qualifications such as the acquisition of language skills or communication and leadership skills round off your individual profile.
Your freedom of choice is not only limited to what the University of Göttingen has to offer: Our exchange ring events give you the opportunity to attend lectures online at the Universities of Hanover and Osnabrück, for example, as well as at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt and Saarland University.
The final thesis enables you to practically apply the knowledge you have acquired and to work on a concrete question within a given time. In it, you combine all the skills you have learned during your studies: Research methods, critical thinking and independence. You select current topics and use, for example, real data as well as quantitative methods to answer your own research questio.
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 the project seminar on system development, you will design and accompany - also in cooperation with practical partners from the business world - the complete development of a software solution.
Our Bachelor's programme gives you great freedom in choosing the content you can learn. 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. Once you have discovered a subject area that particularly interests you, you can specialise in this focus and stand out from the crowd by creating your own knowledge profile.
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. In the process, you will not only learn the theoretical concepts, but also put your knowledge to practical use.
Through our Bachelor’s degree programme, you will not only get to know company executives in lectures, but also solve their real entrepreneurial problems together with them in the project seminar. You can use these encounters to gain professional experience as an intern or working student. In this way, you will create a network of high-quality contacts that will make it easier for you to start your professional life.
Career paths with a bachelor’s degree in business information systems.
You are the designer of tomorrow's digital world: Create innovative apps, web applications and software systems. Whether in large companies, start-ups or as a freelance developer - your skills are needed everywhere.
You make things happen: With organisational skills, technical knowledge and an understanding of business requirements, you create plans for corporate IT projects - and make sure they become reality.
You find out what is needed: Through workshops and interviews you define requirements for a new IT system and describe its functionality and usability through diagrams as well as models and specifications.
Three simple steps to enrolment to the faculty
Open admisssion degree programmes: You can enrol in these degree programmes without prior application. Enter your personal data in the application and enrolment portal of the University of Göttingen and provide information about your desired degree programme.
Upload the documents required for enrolment and submit the application. You can then complete your online enrolment by entering additional data.
After you have transferred the semester fees to the university, you will receive a confirmation with information about your enrolment as well as your student ID and your semester ticket by email.
"I enthusiastically discuss the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation with students in my lectures and seminars. It's great to see how they can develop innovative solutions to the problems of our time by engaging with methods and concepts."
“I am motivated by teaching students the many different approaches to solving problems and how modern IT can improve business processes and support decision-making. It is particularly inspiring to develop and discuss solutions with students.“
"For me, knowledge is the key to opening up the new horizons of digital change. I enjoy helping students to better understand the present and actively shape the future."
"I am satisfied when students develop an understanding of the basic principles of business information systems and business administration - happy when they sharpen their critical analysis skills, and excited when we experience the application of knowledge in business practice and projects together!"
"Supporting students in their transition to professional life always motivates me. And when I see the alumni again after a few years and they remember the course content, it makes me happy."
“I want to make clear that the value of studying is not the accumulation of existing knowledge. Rather, it is about acquiring the skills to systematically question these findings, to formulate and justify the possible doubts and to find ways to confirm or dispel them.“
Are you wondering whether a study programme at the Faculty of Business and Economics is right for you or do you have questions about the course of studies, placement in a higher semester or recognition of academic achievements? During our office hours, we advise you on site at the Oeconomicum, digitally via BBB and by telephone without prior registration.
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