This phase in the first and second semesters provides you with fundamental knowledge in business informatics, computer science, business administration and economics. You will also gain knowledge of the crucial mathematical and statistical methods. In the module "Companies and Markets", which you take right in the first semester, you will receive an overview of the economics and business administration content of the degree programme and get to know various lecturers. You will then apply the theoretical knowledge you have acquired directly in a computer-based business game.
The orientation phase also gives you the opportunity to get to know different aspects of business informatics and computer science. In this way, you can discover your own interests and talents in order to make decisions about your future specialisation.

The orientation phase is followed by the in-depth phase from the third semester onwards: This area deepens your knowledge in different aspects of business informatics. You will learn about the design and management of information systems and take a seminar on business information systems topics.

You will also take modules from three of four focus areas:

• Integrated information processing: Learn the basics of information processing in companies and methods for digitising business processes.


• Data, information, knowledge: Learn methods and technologies for collecting, managing and evaluating data, knowledge and information as well as for the use of artificial intelligence in companies.


• Information and communication technology: Gain knowledge on the secure transmission of data as well as data protection, for example in e-commerce.


• Standard software, reference models, system development: Learn about commonly used software solutions and learn to map business processes through digital systems.

In this block you acquire knowledge about the basics of computer science. For example, you deepen your practical knowledge of programming languages. A highlight is the project seminar on system development, in which you conceive and design a software solution. Here you have the opportunity to work with practical partners. In addition, you choose further modules from two of three focus areas to deepen your studies individually:

• Practical computer science: Expand your practical knowledge, for example on computer networks, machine learning, databases or mobile communication.


• Theoretical computer science: Expand your knowledge of theoretical concepts in computer science such as algorithms and data structures or formal systems.


• Computer Engineering: Acquire knowledge about the interaction of hardware and software, for example in operating systems, computer networks or mobile communication.

In the courses from the area of "Business Administration", you will learn how companies are organised, how markets function and how value chains are structured. This understanding is important so that you can learn to understand the needs of companies and develop efficient solutions for them.

You will take three modules from the following list :

• Corporate Taxes I


• Internal Corporate Accounting


• Corporate Governance and Organisation


• Production and Logistics


• Marketing

The elective area gives you the opportunity to align your studies according to your individual interests and professional goals, to develop an independent profile and to optimally prepare for a Master's programme after the Bachelor's degree. You can freely choose modules from the areas of Business Information Systems, Business Administration and Quantitative Methods as well as the area of "Advanced Computer Science". In addition, you can have an internship credited to your degree programme or expand your knowledge in related legal fields, e.g. in business law. Key qualifications such as the acquisition of language skills or communication and leadership skills round off your individual profile.

Your freedom of choice is not only limited to what the University of Göttingen has to offer: Our exchange ring events give you the opportunity to attend lectures online at the Universities of Hanover and Osnabrück, for example, as well as at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt and Saarland University.

The final thesis enables you to practically apply the knowledge you have acquired and to work on a concrete question within a given time. In it, you combine all the skills you have learned during your studies: Research methods, critical thinking and independence. You select current topics and use, for example, real data as well as quantitative methods to answer your own research questio.

• Recommended study plan (Charts)


• Central allocation of seminar places (in German)