Business informatics with focus on data science & consulting (DataCon)

full time

Master of Science

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Ludwigshafen

Location

January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

Information Systems and Management

Focus

Data Science & Consulting

Target group

You have already successfully completed your first degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science or Economics and wish to extend your IT skills to include a topic that currently dominates information technology, big data and the internet of things, as well as extending your consulting expertise in a Master's degree: then you have come to the right place!

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Applicants:who have not completed their first degree in Business Information Systems or Computer Science must show that they have basic knowledge (at least 20 ECTS) of Business Administration disciplines such as Accounting, Investment and Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Production Theory, Logistics or Corporate Management. Alternatively, the applicant can demonstrate knowledge he or she has acquired through self-learning by taking a written entrance examination on these topics and scoring at least 50% of the maximum points. Successful participation in an examination of knowledge in the areas of Programming, Databases, Web Applications and Business Intelligence is a further requirement. Applicants can prepare for the examination through a free top-up course offered by the department; no prior knowledge is required for this course. Applicants pass the examination if they achieve at least 50% of the points in each of its parts.

Lecture period

  • 10.03.2025 - 14.06.2025
  • 29.09.2025 - 03.01.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    There are degree courses with different application deadlines. Please visit our website for information: https://www.hwg-lu.de/service/studierendenservicecenter-ssc/informationen-fuer-studieninteressierte

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    There are degree courses with different application deadlines. Please visit our website for information: https://www.hwg-lu.de/service/studierendenservicecenter-ssc/informationen-fuer-studieninteressierte

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.05.2025 - 15.07.2025

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    in accordance with the letter of acceptance

Tuition fee

Fees

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Languages of instruction

Main language

German