Information Systems, B.Sc.
Helping to shape the digitalization of tomorrow: Our highly interdisciplinary Bachelor in Information Systems combines dimensions of strategic management with information technology implementation. The contents from the fields of business administration and information systems are taught at the School of Business and Economics in Nuremberg, whereas the knowledge in the field of informatics is taught at the Faculty of Engineering in Erlangen. Through this broadly diversified education, students of Information Systems take on a bridging function in their later career, in which they bring strategy and implementation together.
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 | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €82 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
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 →What you study
Information Systems is an application-oriented program with its own methods and instruments. In addition to fundamentals of business administration, computer science and statistics, Information Systems focuses on subjects from the areas of Data and Knowledge, Digital Business and Processes, and Architectures and Development. Bachelors degree program in Information Systems thus provides important skills in information technologies in order to network people, tasks, and technology within organizations and in society.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The combination of science and practice will provide you with a solid professional qualification to enable you to take up management positions in the future workplace in business and administration as well as in research and development. Fields of activity for business information systems specialists can be found in almost all industries and operational areas of responsibility, e.g. in strategic planning of products, services and processes, in operational business processing in specialist departments or in the IT sector as software engineer, IT controller, IT consultant, or project manager.
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The Information Systems program was introduced in order to meet the demand of businesses for employees who have both in-depth technical and business management knowledge. Experience has shown that this dual qualification makes the start of a career much easier.
Information Systems specialists are in demand at renowned companies such as SAP, BMW Group, Daimler, VW, Siemens, Infineon, AMD, or Bosch, as well as management consultancies such as KPMG or Accenture.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €82 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | The prerequisites for a successful study of Business Informatics also include a strong interest in Computer Science, Data Sciene, and business management topics. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, 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 directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 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.