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Does the Business Informatics Degree Fit Me and My Expectations?

Prior Knowledge

For a successful master's study in Business Informatics, you should have a sound knowledge of the contents taught in the bachelor's degree program in Business Informatics, e.g. computer science, business administration, economics and mathematics. In addition to a completed bachelor's degree in Business Informatics, a bachelor's degree in computer science or business administration may also qualify for the master's program subject to certain conditions. For more information, please refer to the short description of the study program.

For writing papers and project work, knowledge of the text typesetting program LaTeX is an advantage.

Traits and Interests

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Excitement About Computer Science, Business Administration, Business Informatics and Research-Related Work

  Since the study of Business Informatics deals with issues from areas of computer science, business administration as well as economics, you should generally be interested in all of those disciplines. It does not matter which areas of the respective specialization you like best. However, you should be prepared to deal scientifically with the questions and problems in the respective field, without disregarding the practical relevance.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Logic and Abstraction Skills

  In addition to the ability to think logically, you should have the ability to abstract in order to apply discovered approaches to analogous problems.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Familiarity With Computers and Programming Languages

  One focus of the study program is on computer science. During your studies, you will learn to solve business administrational problems using computer-based procedures. and to implement them in distributed programs. Therefore, you should be interested in and enjoy programming.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Self-Organization, Ambition and High Frustration Tolerance

  In the master's program, you will be confronted with complex problems and tasks whose solution is not always immediately obvious. You should therefore bring with you the endurance you have already trained in your bachelor's studies and not be discouraged by difficult questions.