Graduates have the required expertise to plan, design, evaluate, and optimize information systems as well as the ability to apply what they have learned in the program to master methods, concepts, and design models for use in information systems. Graduates are experts in mastering and organizing specific tasks.

Graduates can expertly initiate, execute, supervise and manage software projects (acquire, produce and maintain software products). In addition, graduates have a strong understanding of constructive and analytical measures in support of quality management, concepts, methods and specification techniques, design, implementing and testing software systems. As part of a software development team, our graduates are not only familiar with state-of-the-art software engineering and the underlying theories, they are effective members of software development teams.

Graduates have a strong understanding of information and communication technologies and recent developments in the field of database systems, particularly in the field of Data & Web Engineering. They are familiar with the way knowledge-based systems work, can apply subject-specific expertise in a team to design and implement database systems as well as integrate applications.

Graduates learn to not only master concepts and methods to design distributed, interactive IT systems in an organizational context, they learn to differentiate between organizational, technical and HR requirements when designing IT systems, differentiate procedures and methods as part of distributed information processing. Graduates acquire analytical skills as well as the ability to work in a contemplative and integrative manner.

To study Business Informatics, students should have their own laptop for use in various classes and to complete group work. The JKU will provide you with the software you need. Click here for additional information about the JKU's software. The Austrian Student Union has a cooperation agreement with Microsoft and as a student in the program, you can also downlaod various software for free. Click here for detailed information.

The JKU offers preparation courses to help new students prepare for their studies. The courses provide a condensed review of material taught at higher-level schools - perfect to help prepare new students for initial university-level lectures. Newly enrolled students who have no programming experience can learn the basics in order to take part in programming classes.  Attendance is optional.

Together with the Austrian Student Union, the JKU also organizes events to help new students get off to a good start.

As soon as you have successfully completed a minimum of 150 ECTS credits in the Bachelor's degree program, you can start taking courses from the first semester of the Master's degree program.

Both the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs have subjects that qualify for credit transfer, making the process easier. If you are going abroad, you should select a university that offers similar subject areas and courses such as Information Systems, Business Informatics or something similar. Students in the Business Informatics program can apply for a number of grants and scholarships to help make a stay abroad at one of the JKU's partner universities possible.Click here to learn more about transferring academic credit from a study abroad program.

If you want to learn more about the program, accompany a student in the program for a day (see: "Study for a Day"). You can also contact the Austrian Student Union representative for Business Informatics and get answers to any questions you may have.

The Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Business Informatics have been designed to accommodate working students. For numerous reasons, many of our students in the program also work while completing a degree. Courses requiring attendance and examinations are often scheduled at times conducive to the students' work schedule (blocked weekend sessions, etc). The program has also been designed to be flexible and allow you to individually create your curriculum and better accommodate your working hours.

If you have general questions, please contact the Austrian student union representative for Business Informatics at: win@oeh.jku.at. If you have questions about credit transfer, send an e-mail to: praeses-win@jku.at.