Master - Business and IT

2 years: Duration

2,256 EUR/year: Price

Rolling admission: Start

Rolling admission: Deadline

Master: Degree

Online: Format

Berlin / Germany: Location

IU International University of Applied Sciences: School

Program description

Today's businesses rely heavily on information technology, and IT solutions are utilized to address a wide range of complicated issues. Information system and business process development and management are focal points.

Earning a master's degree in business and information technology will prepare you to analyze and improve complex business structures and procedures. As an added bonus, you'll have the chance to put into practice the specialized knowledge you gained during your undergraduate studies.

Program structure

Semester 1

Global Supply Chain Management
Information and Knowledge Management
Requirements Management
Advanced Research Methods
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Data Science

Semester 2

Customer Relationship Marketing
Artificial Intelligence
Seminar: Societal Challenges in Digitalization
Internet of Things
Management of IT Services and Architecture
Big Data Technologies

Semester 3

Project: Cloud Service Concept Study
Seminar Current Topics in IT-Management

Semester 4

Master Thesis

Price

Tuition fees for international students

188 EUR/month

An additional 1,000 EUR fee is charged for studying at one of our on-campus locations. The fee must be paid to IU by bank transfer no later than one month before the start of your studies. (The campus fee is not included in the tuition fees of the study programme)

Requirements for applicants

Completed undergraduate degree with 180 ECTS in business administration or computer science 
Your degree must be from a state or state-recognised higher education institution/university  
You must have achieved a final grade of at least “satisfactory” or Grade C equivalent in your previous undergraduate degree

Is your undergraduate degree not in the required subject field for this programme's 120 ECTS points variation admission requirements? You can still apply! You'll have to take 2 specific courses at the start of your studies and pass them successfully in order to continue with your studies. That way, you don't have to take an entrance examination, and can prove your skills while earning ECTS points as part of your studies.

For admission, proof of knowledge of at least one programming language must be demonstrated. For applicants who do not meet this requirement, modules from the university's bachelor's degree programmes are offered as bridging courses for free. 

English language proficiency

Duolingo (minimum 95 points) or
TOEFL (minimum 80 points) or
IELTS (minimum Level 6) or
Cambridge Certificate (minimum Grade B)

About the university

With a completely fresh approach, IU International University of Applied Sciences offers excellent programs for Bachelor, Master, and MBA degrees. They have developed campuses in Germany for students who choose to finish their coursework there, but they also provide comprehensive distance learning programs online. Additionally, students are free to mix the two.

It provides German and English-language campus-based, online, and blended learning programs. As of the summer semester of 2021, IU is the biggest state-accredited institution in Germany with over 100,000 students enrolled.

State recognition of the institution dates back to 1999, and in 2009 and 2021 it received accreditation from the German Science and Humanities Council. Additionally approved by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) on behalf of the German Accreditation Council are the study programs and the university's internal quality management ("system accreditation").

IU International University offers the following subject areas: