Business Informatics (WIF)

In particular for the study of an innovative, future-oriented and technology-related subject such as business informatics, the general conditions of the course are of decisive importance for a high-quality degree.

This is where the young and innovative Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and the Bachelor of Arts in Business Informatics study programme offer decisive advantages!

Modern IT equipment:

As a new university, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences has a very modern equipment and infrastructure. In the field of business informatics, the equipment is strongly geared to training in small, manageable groups.  This is especially true for the equipment with computer labs, the so-called computer or PC pools.

5 PC pools with different equipment are available for practical training on the system. The facilities meet the latest technical requirements.

In accordance with the objective of ensuring training in small groups with individual supervision, the number of available computer workstations is between 20 and 25 PCs per pool. This also corresponds to the maximum group size for events in the PC pools, since each student should use their own computer for the events in the computer laboratory.  When setting up the equipment, care was taken to ensure that the lecturer could move freely through the room in order to be able to reach and supervise the individual student at his or her workplace.

In addition, the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences maintains a WLAN infrastructure at central locations (canteen, library, outdoor areas, foyers). Every student enrolled at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences can log on to this WLAN with his or her private notebook.

 A goal-oriented study structure:

Adherence to the standard period of study is not a utopia for us. With a stringently organised curriculum and other structural measures, we have created the conditions for you to actually hold your degree certificate in your hands after seven semesters. In detail we have made a smooth course of studies possible:

• A sensible sequence of compulsory courses has been implemented in the curriculum. You thus follow an efficient path through the modules that build on each other.
• The courses provided for in the curriculum are all offered in the semester in question. We will ensure that the courses are complete!
• You can also attend all of these courses. Because all courses or modules of a semester are planned without overlapping in time.
• If you have failed a written examination once, you can repeat it in the following semester. All examinations for which we have registrations are offered every semester.
• Even studying abroad in the fourth semester does not lead to an extension of the study period. This is because completing the specialisation subjects abroad fits into the overall course without any problems.

International orientation:

In setting up the study programme, great importance was attached to an international orientation of the training. Language skills are already taught in the second semester and certified by the internationally recognised  TOEIC language test in order to facilitate participation in international study programmes. Some of the courses of the second semester (e.g. Project Management, Consulting, Business Applications with SAP) are held in English.

As an option for continuing education at an international level, the two module groups (specialisations) to be selected in the fourth semester can also be completed at a university abroad. This means that the entire fourth semester can be taken abroad and the studies can be continued without any loss of time after returning home.

Alternatively, the fifth semester can be spent abroad. In this semester, the curriculum will mainly include courses in business administration, which are part of the usual range of subjects offered by business administration faculties and can therefore be completed at a business school abroad without any problems.

For this purpose, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences has a well-developed network of partner universities for student exchange.

Teaching the contents in small groups:

You do not share your PC workstation with a fellow student here. Our motto is: "One man (or girl) - one machine".  To make this possible, several small groups are set up per course. The maximum number of participants is 20 to 25 students, depending on the size of the room.

Your lecturer can actively support you with this group size. He slips into the role of the coach., who is the coach. If there is a problem, he comes to your workplace and supports you. (But only after you have really looked for a solution yourself.) And if there are too many problems in a small group and he no longer "gets around", we use student tutors to support him in looking after the course participants.

Our didactic approach is action-oriented teaching, pure "lectures" are a thing of the past. This means: you act - the lecturer is your coach. Of course, he will teach you the necessary tools - the theoretical concepts. And he will guide you in their application. But this is ultimately your task. Just like in driving school - you steer and accelerate, occasionally the driving instructor will take corrective action on your steering wheel. And you can also step on the brakes when you need to. To prevent worse. But then you find the accelerator pedal yourself again.

Consistent training on the software systems used in practice:

As in practice, so in your studies: Here you work with software systems for the implementation of operational tasks, with development systems for business software applications and with software for the modelling/design of operational processes.
And to a not inconsiderable extent.

As a rule, the following applies:

• We will teach you the business fundamentals of individual functional areas, e.g. accounting or logistics. Equipped with this, you will sit down at the computer and learn concretely how the respective operational functions and processes are implemented in finished standard applications. In this way, you will bridge the gap between business administration and software applications (such as SAP or NAV), understand their function and mode of operation, and acquire the interface competence between business administration and IT that is so important for business IT specialists.
• You will learn the procedures for information processing, e.g. programming, database modeling and software engineering, directly on current development and server systems. The starting point is often concrete business problems. The knowledge of the functionality of standard applications provides an important orientation.
• Also the deepening of the special tasks of the economical informatics usually takes place in company or on the basis of current software systems.

Business Informatics aims at the practical and economically meaningful application of IT solutions. At the same time, a university should also identify, investigate and drive forward developments that will be relevant in the future.

With this goal, two institutions have been established at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences in the field of business informatics, which offer an organizational-technical framework for the realization of these goals in future-oriented fields of business informatics. The two institutions are:  

• The Games Lab @ HS Ansbach
• The Mobile Development Center @ HS Ansbach

Another possibility for targeted research in cooperation with companies is the Master Research Program.