De­part­ment of In­form­a­tion Man­age­ment

• Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS)
• Sales, Branding and Distribution (5 ETCS) (only in winter term)
• Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (5 ECTS) 
• International Business Negotiations (5 ECTS) (only in winter term)
• Services in Automotive (5 ECTS)
• Mobility Services (5 ECTS)
• Car Entertainment & Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (5 ECTS)
• Product Lifecycle Management and PLM-Systems (5 ECTS)
• Future Cars and new Automotive Processes (5 ECTS)
• IT as a service enabler (5 ECTS)
• Corporate Performance Management (5 ECTS)

Double Degree programme (Oulu University of Applied Sciences)

At the HNU you attend the courses taught in English from the 4th and 5th semester (IMA 4 and IMA 5). You will find your schedule for the respective semester on the intranet. If you have successfully completed all examinations, you will receive degrees from both universities.

• User Centered Design and Development (5 ECTS)
• Business Information Systems and Information Management (5 ECTS)
• Communication Project (5 ECTS)
• Digital Leadership and Business Ethics (5 ECTS)
• Information Management (5 ECTS)
• UX Project (5 ECTS)
• Seminar (5 ECTS)
• Intercultural Management (5 ECTS)
• Advanced Corporate Communications (5 ECTS)
• Strategic Management (5 ECTS)

Double Degree Programm (Oulu University of Applied Sciences)

At the HNU you attend the courses taught in English from the 5th and 6th semester (IMUK 5 and IMA 6) and selected elective courses. You will find your schedule for the respective semester on the intranet. If you have successfully completed all examinations, you will receive degrees from both universities.

• Business Information Systems (5 ECTS) (Only in winter semester, not in summer term 2024)
• Sales, Negotiations and Intercultural Management (5 ECTS)  (Only in winter term)
• Future Technologies and Media (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
• Digital Leadership and Business Ethics (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
• Deep Learning (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)

• Data Science Cases, Ethics and Data Privacy (5 ECTS) (only in summer term)
• Deep Learning (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
• Big Data (5 ECTS) (only in winter term) 
• Natural Language Processing and Text Mining (5 ECTS) (Only in winter semester)

Double Degree Programm(Oulu University of Applied Sciences)

At the HNU you attend the courses taught in English from the 5th and 6th semester (DSM 5 and 6) and selected elective courses. You will find your schedule for the respective semester on the intranet. If you have successfully completed all examinations, you will receive degrees from both universities.

Module handbook: Digital Transformation and Global Entrepreneurship (opens in a new window)

The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:

• Entrepreneurial Trend and Technology Scouting (5 ECTS)
• Entrepreneurial Ideation and Prototyping (5 ECTS)
• Digital Transformation and Global Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
• Digital Business Models and Approaches (5 ECTS)
• Applied Data Digitalisation (5 ECTS)
• Systematic Literature Review (5 ECTS)

The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:

• International Startup-Tour  (5 ECTS)
• International Strategic Management (5 ECTS)
• Entrepreneurial Funding and Finance (5 ECTS)
• Disruptive Technologies (5 ECTS)
• Digital Implementation (5 ECTS)
• Quantitative Reseach Methods (5 ECTS)

Module handbook: International Corporate Communication and Media Management (M.A.) (opens in a new window)

The following courses are offered each semester:

• Strategic International Corporate Communication (6 ECTS)
• Media Management in the Digital Age (6 ECTS)
• Institutional, Ethical and Cultural Aspects of International Media Production and Usage (6 ECTS)
• Human Centered Design and Design Thinking (6 ECTS)
• Methods of Communication and Media Research (6 ECTS)
• International Strategic Management (5 ECTS)
• Sustainability and CSR Communication (5 ECTS)
• Research Project & Content Production (10 ECTS)

Module handbook: Digital Innovation Management (opens in a new window)

The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:

• Introduction to Digital Innovation (5 ECTS) 

• Digital Innovation Strategy (5 ECTS)

• Consulting (5 ECTS)

• Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
• Strategy and Performance Management (5 ECTS)
• Digital Business Models & Approaches (5 ECTS)
• Interpersonal Skills (5 ECTS)

The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:

• Innovation Project (5 ECTS)
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (5 ECTS)
• Organization and Processes (5 ECTS)
• Design for Digital Innovation (5 ECTS)
• Digital Innovation in industry (5 ECTS)
• IS Research (5 ECTS)

Module handbook: Strategic Information Management (opens in a new window)

The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:

• Strategic Management 
• Digital Process Management
• Technology & Application Management
• Enterprise Application Engineering
• Consulting
• Interpersonal Skills
• Academic Writing

The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:

• Digital Leadership
• Business Value Creation by IT
• Strategic Information Management in Practise

Dual Degree Programm (D'Annunzio University Pescara)

You will attend the courses of the first Master semester (SIM 1) (opens in a new window) at the HNU. You will find your schedule for the respective winter semester on the intranet. If you have successfully completed all exams, you will receive a degree from both universities.

Exchange students can choose from all courses of the Master degree programme Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (M.Sc.).  (opens in a new window)

• Enterprise Application Engineering
• Consulting
• Interpersonal Skills
• Strategic Management
• Digital Process Management
• Big Data and AI
• Business Value Creation by IT
• Business Application Re-Engineering
• Advanced NLP
• Deep Learing
• Data Platform Architectures
• Elective

Module handbook: Communication and Design for Sustainability (opens in a new window)

The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:

• Sustainable Economics Models and Responsible Management
• Media production and Storytelling
• Lifestyle and Communication
• Ethics and Sustainability
• Design and Transformation
• Communication for Sustainability

The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:

• Life Centered Design
• Design Research
• Quantitative Research Methods
• Academic Writing
• Sustainable Projects and Social Innovation
• Conceptual Seminar