Business computer science, B.Sc.
The current working world is above all one thing: digital. Every company networks, goods and services are almost exclusively exchanged electronically.
You want to design such complex business processes using IT systems? You want to learn how information in companies is efficiently recorded, evaluated and applied? You want to start as a computer science and business professional? Then you should study Business Informatics.
Here you will receive the tools for a promising career in the area of conflict between business strategy and information technology, contribute to business solutions at an early stage and make international business contacts.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €379.06 per semester |
| Campus | TU Berlin Campus |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree program in Business Informatics combines computer science education and economics basic studies. It makes you fit for the start of your career as well as for the master's program. With subjects such as software engineering, operation of complex IT systems or security and IT project management, you will acquire the knowledge to later develop complex IT solutions for the business world as a computer science and business professional. The teaching of central soft skills is also on the timetable. A special feature of business informatics at the TU Berlin is its computer science focus, carried by world-renowned computer science professors. The aim is to train you as a technically adept manager in the area of conflict between corporate strategy and IT implementation.
What you study
The bachelor program Business Informatics takes six semesters and is divided into a four-semester basic course and a two-semester study course. First, the necessary basic knowledge in the areas of computer science, business informatics, business administration and general basics are taught. In the subject study you then deepen the subject matter in compulsory elective modules as well as the preparation of a bachelor thesis. Of course, a stay abroad can be integrated into the study. After 3 years of regular study, you will receive an internationally recognized, professional qualification with the Bachelor of Science. Designed in close cooperation with leading industrial companies, the bachelor's degree program is supervised by an advisory board of company representatives.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
As a business IT specialist your job prospects are excellent! You will find responsible interdisciplinary activities in industry and administration for the conception, planning, implementation and management of complex projects. Typical occupations are the IT manager, IT consultant, analyst, IT controller or even the CIO. Or you start your own company! There are many suggestions during the course of study, and last but not least, Berlin is home to Europe's currently liveliest start-up scene.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Berlin), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €379.06 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.