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Business Informatics, Department

Fakultät Information und Kommunikation

Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart

Fakultät Information und Kommunikation
Studiengänge "Wirtschaftsinformatik und digitale Medien" und "Wirtschaftsinformatik"
Nobelstraße 10
D-70569 Stuttgart
Telephone: +49 711 8923-10
https://www.hdm-stuttgart.de
HdM Stuttgart
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

370

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

40

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

4.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

15.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

15.0%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

79.3%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

82.8%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

1

Third party funds per professor

51,806 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Career and practical orientation
Learning and working spaces
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Courses offered
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Exam organisation
Digital learning
Rooms
Library
Labs and Spaces
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Return rate of the questionnaires

30

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support

Not specified
Support in studies

Not specified
Digital learning

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching

Not specified
Courses offered

Not specified
Study organisation

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Transition to Master's studies

Not specified
Research orientation

Not specified
Support for stays abroad

Not specified
Overall study situation

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Return rate of the questionnaires

no data

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

High proportion of project-orientated courses; Emphasis on key skills (own educational area worth 15 ECTS + data literacy 10 ECTS); High proportion of interdisciplinary issues and projects through intensive networking of all programmes of the university; Entrepreneurship skills; International teaching formats on innovation topics (real & virtual boot camp). Additional opportunities to delve into the field of artificial intelligence (AI), as evidenced by certificates.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

High possibility of individual specialisation through a large range of optional required subjects and broad offerings.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Minor programme "Data-driven Consulting" for incoming students; International students regularly attend the minor programme, which is integrated into the curriculum; Courses offered jointly with international partners BIPs; Business Analytics simulation game day (BI Games) with internationally mixed teams at alternating locations, Global Build Boot Camp for sustainable innovations, business model project with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (block days at both universities), research stay (approx. 4 weeks) at an int. partner higher education institution, e.g. KMITL Bangkok

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL; Howest, Brügge, Belgien; Karel De Grote University College, Antwerpen, Belgien; Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Kanada; Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Schweden; Universidad de Almería, Almeria, Spanien; Dongguk University, Seoul, Südkorea; King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand; University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand; Oregon University System, Corvallis, USA

Special features regarding the equipment

Well equipped with general hardware and software; Specialised laboratories with subject-specific equipment (e.g. Big Data/Business Intelligence lab). Extensive departmental GPU capacities in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Special features regarding research activities

Teaching-related research projects, e.g. ERASMUS plus project TICON (Teaching Creativity Online), ESF project KUBUZZ KULTUR BUSINESS ZUKUNFT (continuing education concepts and coaching for artists and cultural workers); BWS plus project Learning and Teaching BI; Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts project Data Literacy for SMEs (continuing education concept and piloting), research work placement at a foreign partner university (KMITL Bangkok).

Other special features

Buddy programme for the easier start of the first study semester in the Bachelor (introductory workshop, onboarding activities, direct assignment to buddies from higher study semesters, social events).; Introductory workshop for the first semester in the Master’s degree course with icebreaker and method workshop by tutors from higher semesters.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education