Master’s Programme Information Systems
You want to create innovative information and communication systems and digitise organisations sustainably?
The students of the Master's Degree Programme in Information Systems learn to analyse and design the sustainable digitisation of organisations, markets and societies.
Graduates of this programme qualify for leadership positions in IT and digital management. Within the programme students develop the abilities needed to create, control, manage and assess leading and innovative information and communication systems in organisations. The students acquire interdisciplinary skills and knowledge in combination with conceptual, methodological and communication competencies.
Study Code
UC 066 926
FAQ
Graduates possess highly specialized knowledge in the areas of information management, knowledge management, process management and project management. They are able to demonstrate their competences at the intersections of business administration and information technology by formulating and substantiating arguments scientifically and by solving problems innovatively.
The goal of the Master's Programme Information Systems is to qualify students for leadership positions in IT and for IT-management tasks in companies and organizations. This includes abilities to initiate, control, manage and assess leading and innovative information and communication systems in organizations, thus achieving competitive advantages.
Moreover, IT-leadership positions require a degree of interdisciplinary knowledge in management, personnel and organization, law, finances and information systems. This interdisciplinary knowledge, together with conceptual and communicative abilities, allows graduates to work at the junction between IT and other internal departments as well as external IT-service providers. Graduates acquire the ability to offer qualified analysis of system environments at companies, considering factors such as architecture, process, service and values.
The Master's Programme Information Systems is held in English and provides an excellent basis for careers in IT-management, business consulting or an academic career through continuation to a doctoral program.
The master's programme offers vocational preparation for activities requiring leadership, analysis, planning, assessment and consultation in information and knowledge management, modelling of business processes, and the creation of information systems within the value chain. The master's programme combines the perspectives of business administration and information technology, with special consideration of information and communication systems.
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Curriculum
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Master's Programme Information Systems will give you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Master's degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria have to be fulfilled for enrolment in the Master's Programme Information Systems, how long the programme takes, which modules have to be completed and much more.
The curriculum 2024W currently applies to the Master's Programme Information Systems.
Information on the Curriculum (2024W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's resp. diploma degrees at the University of Innsbruck:
- Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics
- Bachelor's Programme Computer Science
- Bachelor's Programme International Economics and Business Studies
- Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies
Proof of general university entrance qualification:
The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the second semester of the master's programme. The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.
The following qualitative admission requirements according to § 63a Para 1 Universities Act also apply:
- In the winter semester 2024/25, a fundamentally revised curriculum for the Master’s programme Information Systems will come into force.
The Master's programme Information Systemsand all other English-language Master's programmes at the Faculty of Business and Management have been fundamentally revised. The courses now include a more flexible range of (research) topics. One change is that the Master’s programme Information Systemsand all English-language Master's programmes now have as an additional qualitative admission requirement a GMAT with at least 550 points or GMAT Focus with at least 525 points.
For graduates of the Faculty of Business and Management at the University of Innsbruck, the GMAT is waived for an overall grade between 1.0 and 2.8. This admission requirement holds in addition to the existing requirement of the general university entrance qualification.
Recommended Course Sequence (in progress)
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
To avoid study delays, it is recommended that the program be started in the winter term.
20.0 ECTS-Credits: Introduction (1)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Business Information Systems
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Fundamentals of Business Information Systems
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Methods in Information Systems
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Business Process Management
10.0 ECTS-Credits: IT Project Management
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module
20.0 ECTS-Credits: Master’s Thesis
5.0 ECTS-Credits: AG Research Colloquium for Master's Thesis
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Conception of the Master's Thesis
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics of Information Systems, especially Digital Markets
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics of Information Systems, especially Digital Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics of Information Systems, especially Digital Society
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Operations Management I: IT-supported Production and Supply Chain Planning – Concepts, Methods and Software
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Operations Management II: Applying Methods of Operations Management – Optimization, Simulation and Analytics
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Data Warehouse
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Enterprise Architecture
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Semantic Web and Semantic Systems
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Software Engineering
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Special Topics in International Accounting
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Corporate Valuation
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Information Economics
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Applied Risk Management
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics in Banking and Finance
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Financial Regulation
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Applied Behavioral Finance
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Ethics in Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Art, Culture and Expert Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Gender, Work and Organization
10.0 ECTS-Credits: HRM and Organization
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Issues in Theory and Practice of Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Organizational Communication and Governance
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Entrepreneurship
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Marketing Performance Management
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Current Topics in Strategy & Marketing
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Creativity & Change Management
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Human Relation Management (I): Intercultural Human Resource Development
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Human Relation Management (II); Employment-Oriented Consulting
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Interdisciplinary Skills
(1) Depending on the bachelor program completed by a student, two of the following mandatory courses totalling 20 ECTS-Credits must be taken: Management Essentials for students with a degree in Computer Science or Computer Science Essentials for students with a degree in Management or Economics. The selection of these two courses is determined by the Director of Studies of the University of Innsbruck.
| Semester | ECTS-AP | Titel |
|---|---|---|
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 38.2 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 39.5 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 15.6 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria | 6.7 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Forms
- Application for the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- Assessment of the compulsory module: Preparation of the Master’s Thesis
- Cover Sheet for the Master's Thesis
- Submission of the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- To block the thesis (inclusive english translation)
Recognitions (in German only)
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Location Universitätsstraße 15
Associate Dean of Studies
Dr. Maximilian Schreieck
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Mike Peters
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Older curricula can be found in the archive Course Catalog
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