The Master's degree program in Business Information takes 4 semesters in which courses amounting to 120 ECTS must be completed.

Below you will find an overview of the ideal study plan that allows you to complete your studies as quickly and efficiently as possible:

In the Master's degree program in Business Informatics, you determine your own study focus.

You have the choice of selecting one of 12 existing core subject areas. These predefined specializations are coordinated in terms of topic and content and make it easier for you to search for courses: (links currently in German)

• Artificial Intelligence in Business
• Information & Knowledge Management
• Software & Data Engineering
• Web Engineering & Management
• Business Engineering & Logistics Management
• Security Engineering & Management
• Information Systems & Marketing
• Information Systems & Finance and Accounting
• Information Systems & Human Resource Management
• Information Systems & Economics
• Business Intelligence & Data Science
• IT Entrepreneurship

You can also put together your own individual Master's degree by combining areas of specialization from business informatics, computer science, and business and economics.

If subjects (modules or courses) of a specialization have already been completed in the Bachelor's degree programme on which admission is based, the Master's degree programme can still be completed with a specialization that includes these subjects (modules or courses) if other subjects (modules or courses) are chosen from the compulsory or elective courses to the same extent instead.

As part of the mandatory courses, 24 ECTS must be completed in the subject area Business Informatics. These must be supplemented by a further 12-36 ECTS from the elective courses of the subject area Business Informatics (see elective courses). Each of the subjects listed below comprises 6, 12 or 18 ECTS credits. At least 6 ECTS must be completed from each subject. Courses that have already been completed in the Bachelor's degree program on which admission is based can no longer be chosen. However, a subject chosen in the Bachelor's degree program can be further deepened by selecting other courses from this subject.

Details of the subjects

In addition to the area of specialization in Business Informatics, courses from the following subjects are compulsory to the extent specified:

When choosing courses from the subject Selected Topics in Business Informatics, please note that courses that have already been completed in the Bachelor's degree program on which admission is based can no longer be chosen.

Our elective courses allow students to specialize in subject areas to acquire skills that let them align themselves with their desired professions. In combination with the predefined core subject areas, these electives allow students to deepen their knowledge in subjects that interest them most. Students must complete 48 ECTS from the following subjects, whereby the area of specialization in Business Informatics is not listed as a separate subject in the elective program, but expands the area of specialization in Business Informatics in the mandatory courses accordingly:

* only when choosing a Core Subject Area

Details of the areas of specialization

The Master's degree program in Business Informatics builds on the Bachelor's degree program in Business Informatics offered at the Johannes Kepler University. Successful completion of one of the degree programs listed below at the Johannes Kepler University Linz entitles you to admission to this Master's program:

• Bachelor Business Informatics
• Bachelor/Diploma Business & Economics
• Bachelor Business Administration
• Bachelor/Diploma Computer Science
• Bachelor Artificial Intelligence

For graduates of Business Informatics, Computer Science, or Artificial Intelligence, admission is unconditional. For graduates in Business Administration or Business & Economics, admission is subject to conditions. The exact regulations can be found in the curriculum.

Admission based on other studies

Admission based on the completion of other studies at universities, universities of applied sciences, or other recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institutions requires that the completed studies are equivalent in content and scope to one of the studies at the Johannes Kepler University listed below:

• Bachelor Business Informatics
• Bachelor/Diploma Business & Economics
• Bachelor Business Administration
• Bachelor/Diploma Computer Science
• Bachelor Artificial Intelligence

For this type of admission, it must be determined at the time of admission with which of the above-mentioned studies an equivalence exists and whether the requirements for graduates of the above-mentioned fields of study are to be applied as an alternative to the requirements for graduates of the Bachelor's degree program in Business Informatics.

More information on admission to the Master's degree program in Business Informatics on the basis of a relevant Bachelor's degree program at a university, university of applied sciences, or another equivalent degree program at a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution can be found here, opens a file in a new window.

You can find a detailed list of admission requirements for university of applied sciences degree programs in Upper Austria here, opens a file in a new window.