Stra­te­gic In­for­ma­ti­on Ma­nage­ment (MSc)

Schedule

1st semester

• Strategic Management
• Digital Process Management
• Technology and Application Management
• Enterprise Application Engineering
• Consulting
• Interpersonal Skills

2nd semester

optional: abroad

• Business Value Creation by IT
• Disruptive Technologies
• Strategic Information Management in Practice
• Digital Leadership
• Electives (bspw. Intro to AI, Blockchain Applications for Business, Digital Innovation in Industry)

3rd semester

• Academic Writing
• Information Systems Research
• Master Thesis

Graduates of business informatics and information management degree programmes as well as of more business or technically oriented degree programmes (e.g. business administration, industrial engineering) can expand and deepen their management skills by specialising in these areas.

Graduates of the program today work in key positions in strategic information management. The spectrum ranges from specialist and management roles in the planning and control of IT in international companies and organizations (e.g. as part of digitization programs, in IT project and portfolio management, in internal consulting or in IT controlling) to high-profile positions with IT-service providers (e.g. in project and quality management or product or service management) to jobs in consulting.

• Completed university studies with at least 210 ECTS (University degree does not reach 210 ECTS)
• Grade 2.5 or better
• A total of 20 ECTS from the fields of object-oriented programming, database systems, IT management and business administration, each amounting to at least 5 ECTS. As part of our application process, we will check this knowledge. For this purpose, we need the transcript of grades and the corresponding excerpts from the module handbook.
• 5 ECTS scientific work (optionally, a research proposal can be submitted)
• English B2
• For international applicants: German A1
  (The language certificate must be submitted by the end of the 1st semester at the latest).
• The programme is approval-free

Winter semester: 02.05. – 31.08. 

For non-EU applicants:
Winter semester: 02.05. – 15.07.

The programme is only offered in the winter semester.

Skills in object-oriented programming in Java, relational database systems, IT management and business administration must be demonstrated. For each field, at least 5 ECTS must have been acquired in a previous university course at a state or state-recognized German or foreign university.

Specifically, we expect the following skills:

• Ability to develop (simple) applications based on object-oriented programming paradigms in Java
• Ability to design and model data structures and implement them in relational database systems
• Basic knowledge of essential concepts of information and IT management (information systems, business processes, modeling, integration concepts, application systems, IT strategy and IT governance, IT sourcing)
• Knowledge of basic concepts of business administration (constitutive decisions, value creation, financing, accounting, marketing)

If you cannot prove your competencies in one or more fields through ECTS from previous university studies, we offer a preliminary oral examination. We provide materials to prepare for the exam.

To have enough time to prepare, you should notify us as early as possible if you would like to take the preliminary exam.

Yes, if you have completed your Bachelor's degree at HNU in one of the following degree programs:

• Business Information Systems
• Information Management Automotive
• Information Management and Corporate Communications
• Digital Enterprise Management
• Data Science Management

If you cannot provide the 20 ECTS from the areas of object-oriented programming, database systems, IT management and business administration, each amounting to at least 5 ECTS, then you can alternatively take oral exams (30 minutes each) at Neu-Ulm University. The exams take place online. To prepare for the oral exams, online pre-courses as well as self-study material are provided.

For the master’s degree programmes offered in English, you will need to submit evidence of level B2 English language skills with your application. This can be done in the following ways:

• corresponding results from a recognised language test (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS)
• evidence of adequate language skills from school or university transcripts
• completion of a degree programme that was verifiably taught entirely in English 
• evidence that English is your native language

Non-native speakers of German are also required to provide evidence of German language skills at level A1 when enrolling.

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To enrol in any of the programmes in which the predominant language of instruction is German, you will need to provide evidence of German level C1 language skills. Evidence of your language skills can be provided, for instance, with the following certificates:

• German Language Exam for University Admission (Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang – DSH): a minimum of DSH-2
• Test of German as a Foreign Language (TestDaF): a minimum of TDN 4 in all sub-tests
• German Language Diploma from the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (Deutsches Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz – DSD): DSD II
• Goethe Certificate C2 (Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom – GDS)
• telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule

Preparation courses for language tests are offered at:

• Studienkolleg Coburg (Preparatory College)
• Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
• Ulm University

For the programmes offered in English, you will need to submit evidence of B2 level English language skills with your application. This can be done in the following ways:

• corresponding results from a recognised language test (e.g. a 90-point minimum TOEFL-IBT, a 6.5-point minimum Cambridge IELTS, a 3-point minimum Cambridge BEC Vantage)
• evidence of adequate language skills from school or university transcripts
• completion of a degree programme that was verifiably taught entirely in English 
• evidence that English is your native language

Non-native speakers of German are also required to provide evidence of German language skills at level A1 when enrolling.