Department of Information Management
The Department of Information Management offers a steadily growing number of courses and seminars at either bachelor or master's level taught in English.
Information and tips on course selection
- Exchange students may choose courses from all departments, degree programmes and semesters.
- Bachelor students may only take courses at Bachelor level.
- Master's students may take any course from the English master's programmes.
- You must have the required competencies stated in the course descriptions. Our internationalisation officers check these as part of the application process.
- Some courses are only offered in either winter or summer semester.
- If not enough students register, courses can be cancelled.
- Wherever there is a single number of ECTS given behind a course name, it is possible to take single courses from a module. Otherwise, students must take the entire module.
- We recommend to choose courses with a workload of 15 to maximum of 30 ECTS. Please follow the guidelines of your home university.
- For courses taught in German (other than German language courses), please contact the International Office.
- Do not forget to clarify the recognition of the courses with your home university in advance.
Degree programmes with courses taught in English
Information Management Automotive (Bachelor of Science)
- 2130300: Sales, Branding and Distribution (5 ETCS)
- 2140300: Automotive Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS)
- 2140500: Business Information Systems and Information Management (5 ECTS)
- 2140600: International Business Negotiations (5 ECTS)
- 2182201: Human Vehicle Interaction (5 ECTS)
- 2182301: Services in Automotive (5 ECTS)
- 2182302: Mobility Services (5 ECTS)
- 2182401: Corporate Performance Management (5 ECTS)
- 2460100: Future Technologies and Media (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
- 2460200: Digital Leadership and Business Ethics (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
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.
Information Management and Corporate Communications (Bachelor of Arts)
- 2250200: User Centered Design and Development (5 ECTS)
- 2140500: Business Information Systems and Information Management (5 ECTS)
- 2250400: Communication Project (5 ECTS)
- 2460200: Digital Leadership and Business Ethics (5 ECTS)
- 2260200: Information Management (5 ECTS)
- 2260300: UX Project (5 ECTS)
- 2260400: Seminar (5 ECTS)
- 2260500: Intercultural Management (5 ECTS)
- 2250600: Advanced Corporate Communications (5 ECTS)
- 2410021: 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.
Digital Enterprise Management (Bachelor of Science)
- 2450100: Business Information Systems (5 ECTS) (Only in winter semester)
- 2540200: Natural Language Processing and Text Mining (5 ECTS) (Only in winter semester)
- 2460100: Future Technologies and Media (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
- 2460200: Digital Leadership and Business Ethics (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
- 2550200: Deep Learning (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
Data Science Management (Bachelor of Science)
- 2550100: Data Science Cases, Ethics and Data Privacy (5 ECTS) (Only in summer semester)
- 2540100: Big Data (5 ECTS) (Only in winter term)
- 2450200: Sales, Negotiations and Intercultural Management (5 ECTS) (Only in winter term)
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.
Master of Digital Transformation and Global Entrepreneurship (Master of Science)
Module handbook: Digital Transformation and Global Entrepreneurship (opens in a new window)
The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:
- 6510100: Entrepreneurial Trend and Technology Scouting (5 ECTS)
- 6510200: Entrepreneurial Ideation and Prototyping (5 ECTS)
- 6510300: Digital Transformation and Global Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- 6510400: Digital Business Models and Approaches (5 ECTS)
- 6510500: Applied Data Digitalisation (5 ECTS)
- 6510600: Systematic Literature Review (5 ECTS)
The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:
- 6520100: International Startup-Tour (5 ECTS)
- 6520200: International Strategic Management (5 ECTS)
- 6520300: Entrepreneurial Funding and Finance (5 ECTS)
- 6520400: Disruptive Technologies (5 ECTS)
- 6520500: Digital Implementation (5 ECTS)
- 6520600: Quantitative Reseach Methods (5 ECTS)
Master International Corporate Communication and Media Management (Master of Arts)
- 2610100: Strategic International Corporate Communication (6 ECTS)
- 2610200: Media Management in the Digital Age (6 ECTS)
- 2610300: Institutional, Ethical and Cultural Aspects of International Media Production and Usage (6 ECTS)
- 2610400: Human Centered Design and Design Thinking (6 ECTS)
- 2610500: Methods of Communication and Media Research (6 ECTS)
- 2630100: International Strategic Management (5 ECTS)
- 2630300: Sustainability and CSR Communication (5 ECTS)
The following course is only offered in the winter semester:
Master of Digital Innovation Management (Master of Science)
Module handbook: Digital Innovation Management (opens in a new window)
The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:
6410100: Introduction to Digital Innovation (5 ECTS)
6410200: Digital Innovation Strategy (5 ECTS)
2410013: Consulting (5 ECTS)
- 6510300: Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- 6410400: Strategy and Performance Management (5 ECTS)
- 6510400: Digital Business Models & Approaches (5 ECTS)
- 6430100: Interpersonal Skills (5 ECTS)
The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:
- 6420100: Innovation Project (5 ECTS)
- 6420200: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (5 ECTS)
- 6420300: Organization and Processes (5 ECTS)
- 6420400: Design for Digital Innovation (5 ECTS)
- 6420500: Digital Innovation in industry (5 ECTS)
- 2410014: IS Research (5 ECTS)
Master of Strategic Information Management (Master of Science)
Module handbook: Strategic Information Management (opens in a new window)
The following courses are only offered in the winter semester:
- 2410021: Strategic Management
- 6610200: Digital Process Management
- 6610300: Technology & Application Management
- 2410012: Enterprise Application Engineering
- 2410013: Consulting
- 6430100: Interpersonal Skills
- 6430200: Academic Writing
The following courses are only offered in the summer semester:
- 6620400: Digital Leadership
- 6620100: Business Value Creation by IT
- 6620300: 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.
Master of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (Master of Science)
Exchange students can choose from all courses of the new Master degree programme Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (M.Sc.). The language of instruction in this degree program is German. Lectures will be held in English, when guest lecturers or students from abroad participate in the course.
- 6710300: Big Data and KI (5 ECTS)
- 6720300: Advanced NLP (5 ECTS)
- 6720200: Business Application Re-Engineering (5 ECTS)
- 6720500: Data Platforms Architecture (5 ECTS)
- 6720400: Deep Learning (5 ECTS)
Double Degree Programm (Oulu University of Applied Sciences)
You will attend the courses in the 2nd Master semester at the HNU. You will find your schedule for the respective summer semester on the intranet. If you have successfully completed all exams, you will receive a degree from both universities.
Module handbook: Communication and Design for Sustainability (opens in a new window)
The following courses are only offered in winter term:
Sustainable economic models, sustainability communication, design science and media production
Life-centered Design (opens in a new window) (5 ECTS)
The following courses are only offered in summer term:
Design and communication, Sustainable and transformative projects, Research projects
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Do you have questions about the course content or courses taught in German?
Please contact the Internationalisation Officers of our departments. They will be happy to advise you on the courses. If you have any general or organisational questions regarding the choice of courses, please contact the International Office.
