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Business Informatics

Unite business and IT as a digital bridge-builder! With the BA in Business Informatics, you will become an expert in sustainably shaping the digital future. It covers all the skills needed to make data-driven decisions and to guide companies successfully through digital change.

Application deadline:
18. Jul 2027

Shaping the digital transformation

Whether in production processes, supply chains, financial markets or human resource management, hardly any area of business today remains untouched by digitalisation. Companies face the challenge of keeping pace with rapid technological change while acting wisely from an economic point of view. They need people who understand not only how technologies work, but also how to use them in a way that makes business sense.

Do you want to digitalise processes in a technologically sustainable way?

That is exactly what you learn in the BA in Business Informatics at FERNFH: you acquire digital and business know-how and combine both perspectives so you can act as a bridge-builder between IT, management and business development. Whether in large corporations, start-ups or public organisations, you identify potential for optimisation, steer transformation processes and create innovations. Your studies give you the freedom to specialise according to your interests, whether in information and digitalisation management, software development or many other areas – shape your own individual career path.

Prof. (FH) DI Dr. Martin Staudinger
Programme Director

Length of programme: Duration: 6 terms / 3 years

Scope: 180 ECTS credits

Degree: BA

Costs: € 363.36/term plus Austrian Students’ Union fee (ÖH)

Admission requirements: General university entrance qualification or subject-relevant professional qualification (incl. additional examinations)

Work placement: 12 calendar weeks of 25 hours each or 300 working hours in a subject-relevant role

Applications open: 18. Jul 2026

Application deadline: 18. Jul 2027

Language: German

Digital competences & IT

From understanding computer networks and computer programs to handling data, transforming business processes and artificial intelligence

Business administration, economics & society

From classic business administration content, legal questions, economic and social issues to the design possibilities of a digital firm.

Entrepreneurial mindset

Competences for successful entrepreneurial action that enable a way of thinking that never forgets the people we deal with.

Set your own focus

Electives (45 ECTS) and alternative extensions (15 ECTS): these allow you to specialise in individual business informatics disciplines or to explore individual topics in a targeted way.

YOU WANT TO STUDY
Business Informatics
BECAUSE …

… you don’t see business and technology as opposites, but as a forward-looking combination – and you want to master both.

… you want to act as the interface between IT and management.

… you want to make data-based decisions that make companies more successful.

… you want not only to analyse structures but to actively improve them – with digital tools and business foresight.

… you believe we need people who shape the future and know how to use technologies strategically – in companies, in markets and in society.

Typical groups of people who study with us

Future-oriented entrepreneurs
Prospective students
Career changers
School leavers and career starters
Business administration professionals
IT professionals

Your career after graduation

Enterprise Solution Architect
IT Controller
Data Engineer
IT project manager
Business Intelligence Analyst
IT Consultant
Digitalisation Manager

Curriculum

Compulsory curriculum (120 ECTS)

Business informatics from the ground up – in the compulsory curriculum, you build solid knowledge in computer science, business and the digital world from a legal perspective.

Elective curriculum (45 ECTS)

Personal specialisation – choose from topics such as the digital firm, software engineering, applied computer sciences, information technologies, entrepreneurial mindset, economy and society, information systems management and IT consulting, and set your own focus areas.

Alternative extensions (15 ECTS)

Alternative extensions allow you to go further into various subject areas that you need for your individual qualification profile – even beyond your degree programme.

Select term

Business Administration

Introductory module

English

Information Technologies

Methodological Abilities

Economy and Society

Law

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Studying at FERNFH
Flexible, smart & affordable.

FERNFH Distance-Learning University of Applied Sciences is Austria's leading higher education institution for distance learning. Your FERNFH degree combines digital, self-directed self-study weeks with a small number of easy-to-plan on-campus sessions.

Flexible &
affordable study. 

Study largely whenever and wherever you like. Thanks to federal funding, our affordable range of programmes is designed to fit your life as closely as possible – not the other way round.

Self-directed
but never alone.

On-campus sessions you can plan ahead and self-directed self-study weeks let you learn in your own way. Via the Online Campus, you stay connected with fellow students and lecturers at all times.

Education that fits your career path. 

That’s why our degree programmes offer you individual focus areas or electives. Or you can extend your studies with Micro-Credentials from outside your subject.

How a term works

The distance learning programme is designed so that students work through most of the content in the Online Campus whenever and wherever suits them. Digital learning materials, exercises and opportunities for exchange are available there, so the learning process can be shaped individually and flexibly.

During the self-study weeks students set their own learning pace, access the learning platform at any time and use digital communication channels to clarify questions or connect with others in group work.

In addition, there are three on-campus sessions each term. These offer the opportunity for in-depth study, discussion, exams and practical application of the course content. This ideally combines direct contact with lecturers and fellow students with the advantages of digital flexibility.

Start of the semester

2 on-campus session days

On site in the form of a term start-up conference

Self-study weeks

Study anytime, anywhere

on the Online Campus

Mid-semester

2 on-campus session days

Online (exams)

Self-study weeks

Study anytime, anywhere

on the Online Campus

End of the semester

2 on-campus session days

Online (exams)

Your studies. Your way.

Learn more about the FERNFH study model, discover your admission options and find out how we support you along the way.

  • Understanding our study model

    What sets our distance learning programmes apart from conventional part-time degrees and other distance learning options? Want to find out more about the FERNFH study model?

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  • Use the FERNFH Infocenter

    Here you’ll find all the key information on your path to the degree of your choice, gathered in one place – from Consulting and the self-check for your distance learning programme through to your application.

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  • Studying without a secondary school-leaving certificate

    Where there’s a will, there’s a way. At least at FERNFH. Find out how you can earn a university degree without a secondary school-leaving certificate.

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