BSc Business Informatics
Companies no longer work without information technology. From giant tech corporations to small firms, business informatics shapes the digital world of work. Combine data analytics, financial transactions, management and logistics to develop the technologies of the future – today.

Facts
- Duration: 6 Semesters
- ECTS Worth: 180
- Degree: Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Language: German
- Restricted Admission: Yes / Process
- Curriculum: PDF / Courses
- Questions? — We have answers
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About
What to expect?
In the Business Informatics bachelor, you will learn how to plan, analyze, develop and implement information and communication systems for business. Theory and practice are closely linked.
At TU Wien, you’ll get to know all the basics of informatics, mathematics, and economics that you need. Data structures, algorithms, software engineering, accounting, and management are only part of your comprehensive education.
As an expert in Business Informatics, you are a mediator between IT and business and develop meaningful and sustainable strategies for our environment and society.
Why all this?
With your bachelor’s degree in Business Informatics, you are in high demand – whether in business, industry, or research and development. Work as a data scientist, software engineer, enterprise architect, IT manager, and more.
Develop, research, program, communicate, advise companies, manage IT projects or start your own company. With a bachelor’s degree in Business Informatics you are well prepared for an international IT career.
Curriculum
In the orientation phase (StEOP), you’ll learn mathematics, programming, accounting, systems design, and data structure. In short: all the essential basics.
Structural Sciences
Structural Sciences cover the mathematical foundation of computer science, including statistics, probability theory, and theoretical computer science.
Business Sciences
The basics of business administration are just as essential as economics and management. You will gain insights into organization, management, and optimization of companies.
Information Technology
Computational thinking and computer science are the core learnings of Information Technology. You’ll learn programming, software and systems engineering and implement real-world projects.
Business Informatics
In Business Informatics, we’ll teach you how databases work, how to model systems, and develop web applications. You’ll understand how business strategies and information systems interact and solve legal and security issues.
Environment
You are deeply immersed in a rich environment full of exciting ideas and interesting challenges that foster your talents and provide new experiences:
- Join our Bachelor with Honors program! Our excellence program enables you to prove your potential in individually designed challenges, nurture your talents, and engage you in scientific research.
- Participate in our student mobility programs! International exchange is in our DNA. Meet students, researchers, and lecturers from all over the world, participate in Erasmus, and join our double degree programs during your Masters.
- Come for the Bachelor; stay for the Master and Doctorate! A bachelor’s degree is the ideal preparation for one of our Master programs and a doctorate at the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School. And we are always looking for excellent candidates for open positions in the scientific field.
- Get to know the people and research! We are proud of the distinguished scholars and researchers who make up our diverse faculty. Find out who they are, what projects our research units are working on, and stay in touch through our newsroom and social media channels.
- Enjoy Vienna! Our campus is located directly in the heart of Vienna. Besides Vienna ranking as the city with the highest quality of life and TU Wien Informatics in the Global Top 15% in Computer Science, there are numerous more reasons why you should study with us.
You’re more than just a number when you study with us. Be part of TU Wien Informatics!
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there any access restrictions?
Which program is right for me?
I’m new, where can I get oriented?
I want to begin one of the expiring curricula in the summer term of 2023. Is it possible to still graduate?
Anyone who now (i.e., up to and including the summer term of 2023) starts a Software and Information Engineering, Media Informatics and Visual Computing, or Medical Informatics bachelor program can choose to complete it in the following five years or voluntarily switch to the new Bachelor Informatics program in the winter term of 2023.
More questions? Join our Online Info Event on June 19, 2023!
I am studying in an expiring bachelor’s program. How can I switch to the new Bachelor of Informatics?
Please send an e-mail to studienabteilung@tuwien.ac.at with your request and a scan/photo of your TU Card.
More questions? Join our Online Info Event on June 19, 2023!
I have switched from an expiring bachelor’s program to the new Bachelor of Informatics. Do I need to credit courses I have already taken?
Courses that are continued in the new Bachelor of Informatics do not have to be credited – this will happen automatically.
Courses that are DISCONTINUED in the new Bachelor of Informatics must be credited within two semesters of starting the new program. Fill in the relevant form and bring it together with the official signed transcripts to our TU Wien Informatics Study Services. As soon as the decision about your application has been received, you will be notified.
More questions? Join our Online Info Event on June 19, 2023!