Master's degree Business Informatics
MA (Master of Arts in Business)
120 ECTS
Autumn semester (September)
Compulsory optional courses in the 3rd or 4th semester (18 ECTS)
One semester consists of 3 on-campus sessions (2 days each, Friday and Saturday) and two self-defined distance learning phases.
Whether you are a manager, a key position or a specialist - in the Master's program in Business Informatics you will qualify for the conception, implementation and management of IT and digitalization projects in companies and will be prepared for the IT management of the future with regard to digital innovations and IT trends.
In the master's program, you will acquire comprehensive skills in information systems management, IT security and information technologies, expand your management and key skills for IT executives, and deepen your business know-how, including in the areas of business administration, economics and sales technologies, in order to support and improve business processes with IT in the long term. You can choose from a wide range of specializations during your studies - for example, you can specialize individually in the areas of e-commerce, web application and e-business security, digital transformation and much more.
Admission requirements
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree study programme, (The degree can be submitted subsequently by 31.10.) OR
- completion of an equivalent study programme
Information session
Your Career future
After your graduation, a broad spectrum of different positions, fields of activity and industries awaits you, especially at the management level - depending, of course, on what you specialize in during your master's program.
For example, career opportunities may await you in the following areas:
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT leadership / IT management
- IT team leader
- IT coordination
- IT service management
- IT Architect / IT Enterprise Architect
- IT consulting / IT consultant
- IT Systems Consulting
- IT Solution Specialist
- E-Business / E-Commerce Solution Specialist
- IT Project Management
Your curriculum
In addition to the core curriculum (compulsory subjects), you can choose from a wide-ranging catalog of electives, amounting to 27 ECTS, those courses that correspond to your personal and professional interests.
| Business Administration | Corporate Analysis and Development | ||||||||
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Course Number:
BÖ411
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Corporate Finance | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BÖ423
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Applied Microeconomics | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BÖ412
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Applied Macroeconomics | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BÖ424
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
2
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| International Economy | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BÖ435
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Information System Management and Security | IT Process Management | ||||||||
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Course Number:
IM421
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Leadership and Organization | |||||||||
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Course Number:
IM412
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Information Security Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
IM423
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| IT Frameworks and -methods | |||||||||
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Course Number:
IM534
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| IT Governance | |||||||||
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Course Number:
IM535
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| International IT Projects Management and Controlling | |||||||||
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Course Number:
IM436
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
4
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| Information Systems | Business and Competitive Intelligence Systems | ||||||||
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Course Number:
IT427
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Grid Computing | |||||||||
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Course Number:
IT523
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
4
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| Marketing Communications and E-Commerce Technologies | Market-Oriented Management | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MK411
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
4
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| Customer Relationship Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MK422
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Management and Communication | Communication, Negotiation and Conflict Management | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MN411
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Management & Organisation | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MN412
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Change Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MN436
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Quantitative Methods in Information Systems | Optimization, Simulation and Cryptography | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MT411
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Dynamic systems | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MT413
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Multivariate Models and Analysis | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MT422
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Law | Advanced Topics of Law and Information Technology | ||||||||
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Course Number:
RE411
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| International Contract Law and the European Legislation in Business Informatics | |||||||||
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Course Number:
RE422
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Legal matters of World Wide Web | |||||||||
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Course Number:
RE433
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Scientific Research Methdology and Thesis Writing | Philosophy and Methodology of Science | ||||||||
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Course Number:
WI411
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| English: Advanced Skills | |||||||||
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Course Number:
WI416
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
1
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| Capstone units | Writing a Thesis Proposal | ||||||||
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Course Number:
CU421
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Intermediate
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Thesis Seminar 1 | |||||||||
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Course Number:
CU532
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Thesis Seminar 2 | |||||||||
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Course Number:
CU543
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
1
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| Masterkolloquium | |||||||||
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Course Number:
CU545
Course Type:
Pflichtfach
Course Level:
Master
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Master’s Thesis | |||||||||
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Course Number:
CU544
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
20
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| Compulsory optional Courses (12 ECTS) | Wahlfächer - 2. Semester | ||||||||
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Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
9
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| Wahlfächer - 3. Semester | |||||||||
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Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
12
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| Wahlfächer - 4. Semester | |||||||||
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Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
6
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| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 | ||||
Your individual know-how
You would like to attend courses outside the boundaries of Business Informatics and additionally educate yourself in other areas?
If you study at the FERNFH, you have the possibility to complete micro-credentials in the following topics outside your own study program:
- Business Administration and Economics
- Data, Information Systems and IT Management
- Digital Business
- Healthcare
- Psychology
- Software Development
- Science General
A Micro-Credential is a qualification certificate that you receive after successfully completing a learning pathway (several courses) at FERNFH. You can complete the MCs during your study time at FERNFH and thus individually compile and continuously expand your portfolio of skills and know-how, depending on your personal or professional interests.
More about the Micro-Credentials...
Programme overview
Advantages
part-time
individual
flexible