micro-credential
Business Administration and Financial Accounting
for Computer Scientists
Would you like to understand the basics of business administration and financial accounting—tailored specifically to your needs in the IT field? This Micro Credential provides you with practical knowledge of business administration and accounting, so you’ll be just as confident with financial figures as you are with ones and zeros. Ideal for computer scientists who want to continue their education flexibly—despite their jobs and daily lives—and expand their skills in a targeted way.
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To succeed and grow in the IT industry today, technical knowledge alone is no longer enough. A holistic approach to work in technical companies is just as much based on an understanding of business contexts. This is exactly where our micro-credential program comes in.
Our micro-credential program gives you a deeper understanding of business management and empowers you to navigate the IT world with a broader perspective. Broaden your personal and professional horizons with the MC in “Business Administration and Financial Accounting for Computer Scientists.” Take another step forward on your career path—toward a successful future in the IT industry!
This micro-credential in the field of “Business Administration and Economics” can be earned as part of an existing FERNFH degree program or as a standalone short program designed exclusively to lead to this qualification.
This micro-credential is offered as part of theBusiness Informatics | Bachelor's degree program.
Courses
- Introduction to Business Administration (3 ECTS, Winter Semester)
- Bookkeeping and Financial Reporting (3 ECTS, Winter Semester)
Skill development
Upon successful completion, students will be able to …
- To identify criteria for successful business management and the conflicting goals associated with them.
- Describe business functions and the stakeholders involved in them.
- To use tools for long-term business planning.
- Explain sales policy tools and describe the marketing mix using case studies.
- Calculate a company's key performance indicators, explain their significance, and analyze businesses based on internal key performance indicators.
- to make simple entries for receipts and invoices.
- to outline the Austrian Standard Chart of Accounts and its account classes.
- to derive business relationships and key performance indicators from a balance sheet.
- to explain an income statement.
- Create simple balance sheets and prepare income statements, including adjustments and subsequent entries.
Duration of the program: 1semester
Scope: 6 ECTS credits
Level: 6 – Undergraduate
Cost: €350 plus ÖH membership fee
Application deadline: Aug. 17, 2026
Start: September 4, 2026
Application deadlines
01. Jan. 1970
Micro-credentials are typically worth 5–15 ECTS credits, which generally corresponds to two to five courses. Once you have successfully completed all the courses that make up the learning path, you will receive your micro-credential—in the form of a printed certificate and a digital badge.
Individual courses must have been completed within a 5-year period in order to count toward a micro-credential.
In all courses that make up the MC, the course instructor must conduct a formal assessment of whether the learning outcomes have been achieved. This assessment is graded using the “school grading system,” similar to the courses in the degree programs. Simply acknowledging attendance in a course is not sufficient to earn an MC.
Exams can be administered as “open book” or “closed book,” as well as “online” or “on-site.”
During the winter semester, the various application deadlines run from August through October and vary depending on the micro-credential. You can find the latest deadline for applying to your micro-credential on the page for that specific micro-credential.
Upon successful completion of the MC, you will be issued a certificate of completion.
As for the individual courses: Yes. They are structured and organized in such a way that they can usually be completed within the specified timeframe, even during busy periods. Otherwise, you might have to wait until the next academic year for exams to be offered again in your MC subject.
As for the entire MC: No. For example, if we suggest that you take two courses in the winter semester and two in the summer semester, you can also spread them out over four semesters, taking one course each semester. Or you can take even more courses and take a break in between.
The only important thing is that you must complete everything within five years of enrolling in the Micro-Credential.
If you’re earning your micro-credential as part of your current FERNFH degree program:
If you’d like to apply for a micro-credential from your own degree program, you can contact your program directly. For micro-credentials outside your degree program, please apply via the micro-credentials online application page:
By the way: If it’s been a while since you graduated, we’ll count ECTS credits earned up to 5 years ago.
If you are completing your micro-credential as a standalone short program.
To get started with a micro-credential, apply for your specific MC on the Micro-Credentials online application page.