[20W] Wirtschaftsinformatik

• Practical AND theoretical: Do you worry that a university degree programme won’t be of any practical relevance to you? We’ve got good news for you: What we teach is closely linked to the practical sphere. The case studies we work on with you are highly relevant. What we offer is nothing out of this world, but rather we allow you to take flight!
• International setting: More young international people study at Klagenfurt University than at other universities. Spanish, Russian, English, Chinese – we offer a wide range of language classes to help you prepare for your career, wherever you choose to live and work. The Master’s degree programmes available to you following your graduation are all taught in English.
• We will accompany you on your journey. Are you nervous about disappearing among the masses of students at a large university? That won’t happen to you here in Klagenfurt. For us you are not just one among many, you are special. We want to know who you are, what moves you and what you want to achieve. That’s why we offer very good supervision arrangements, small seminars and compact working groups.

• Business Administration: Roughly one-third of the subjects in the Bachelor’s programme will help to ensure that you will become an irreplaceable all-rounder in all matters of business: Finance & accounting, law, marketing, HR management, innovation management, sociology, economics and lots more is included in the package we have put together for you.
• Software Development: We will show you how to develop sound and trouble-free software, across all development stages: You plan, you develop, you implement and you test. At the same time your business skills give you an extra edge!
• Information Management: We live in a world of data. We will teach you how to manage and use them properly.
• Business Information Systems: Nowadays, companies have to adapt to the demands of digitalisation at lightning speed if they want to stay up to date. Many need customised technical solutions tailored to their requirements. IT security is absolutely essential today. Here in Klagenfurt you will become an expert for business information systems!

We help you to acquire scientific skills, and you can use them to good effect: While some people become mere users of PCs, we will turn you into a visionary thinker, designer and, with plenty of freedom and scope for action in your professional life. The unique combination of business & IT will transform you into an indispensable employee!

• Everything you need for the practical setting. Around 40 percent of our lecturers are highly successful in the professional field. They know what you need for a stellar career.
• Triumph with soft skills. The world of work needs team players who can work creatively and purposefully, regardless of subjects and cultures. In our seminars you will learn how to boost inspiration and efficiency in group work. Here you will learn to become a moderator and manager of projects.
• Reaching for the sky after graduation. Many of our graduates enter professional life straight after their Bachelor’s degree. However, others are eager for more. At the University of Klagenfurt, we are able to offer you Master’s degree programmes (taught in English), which are specially tailored to you: The direct successor programme is the Master’s degree programme in Information Management. You can also attend the university’s Master’s degree programmes in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity or Media and Convergence Management. The choice is yours!

First of all: Excellent job prospects lie in store for you when you graduate from the Bachelor‘s programme in Management Information Systems. Doubly qualified experts in business administration AND computer science are highly sought after on the job market and the headhunters working for major companies recruit graduates through our numerous career projects. After completing your studies, you can work in the following fields, among others:

• Software developer or Quality engineer: You will become an expert for the entire development process: from design to testing. Your business skills give you an extra advantage here!
• Interface expert between business & IT: Some want to maximise profits and optimise processes, others want to create great software. In many cases, business administrators and computer scientists don’t really “get” each other. We will transform you into an interface manager who understands both perspectives and thus drives IT projects forward.
• Project management in marketing, production, logistics or controlling: Today, it is impossible to imagine any business activity without digital tools. As a “double” all-rounder you can be deployed in all areas of the company.
• You want to be able to work independently? What if you have a brilliant technical business idea that the world is just waiting for while you are studying for your Bachelor’s degree? No other degree programme will prepare you as comprehensively for self-employment in the IT environment as the Bachelor’s degree programme in Management Information Systems. The neighbouring Lakeside Science & Technology Park and the business incubator build! also provide the ideal infrastructure for your entrepreneurial growth.

The information and communication technology industry is global: So, whether you want to or work in e-commerce product development in Silicon Valley after graduation or support European companies in making better use of Big Data, the world is yours to explore. Complete a semester abroad during your studies and spend it at one of the university’s 250 or so partner universities. You won’t need to worry about your finances – we have plenty of scholarships on offer.

There are no limits to your personal development. Enjoy the freedom that only a university degree can offer you and expand your horizons beyond your academic studies. You can pick and choose which competences will set you apart in the future. We have lots to offer, for instance:

• Do you want to learn a new language and prepare for an international career? You can learn Russian, Spanish or Chinese (and many other languages besides) at the University of Klagenfurt.
• Are you interested in collaborating in groups, teams and organisations to achieve the best possible results? In the extension programme “Social Competence and Organizational Learning SCOL“ we will show you how project and conflict management, mediation processes and moderation techniques can succeed.
• You want to optimise the world through mathematics? Which goods are produced where and in which order are they delivered to which destination? If you are interested in challenges such as these, you should complete our extension programme “Optimisation for Technology”. If the Bachelor’s degree programme in “Management Information Systems” does not include enough computer science for your tastes, you can expand your knowledge even further with the extension programme in “Digital Competences”.

Continue to browse through this overview of all the elective subjects.