Business Informatics, Department
Fakultät Informatik
Technische Universität Dortmund
Fakultät Informatik
Otto-Hahn-Str. 14
D-44227 Dortmund
https://www.tu-dortmund.de
TU Dortmund
Department on the internet
Otto-Hahn-Str. 14
D-44227 Dortmund
https://www.tu-dortmund.de
TU Dortmund
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
230
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
10
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
13/16 points
International orientation
- Outgoing students
no data
Job market- and career-orientation
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners
no data
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's
3.0%
- Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
- Master theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
Research
- Publications per professor
no data
- Doctorates per professor
0.6
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Career and practical orientation
- Learning and working spaces
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital learning
- Support for stays abroad
- Rooms
- Library
- Labs and Spaces
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
no data
Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Digital learning
- Practical orientation in teaching
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Transition to Master's studies
- Research orientation
- Support for stays abroad
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
no data
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
joint degree programme of two faculties; the wide choice of electives in the degree course offers freedom to design one's degree programme based on individual interests and career plans; theoretical knowledge can be applied directly in practical project work; Specialist projects offer an opportunity to deal intensively with specific topics and develop innovative solutions; in proseminars, current topics are discussed to train critical thinking and networking within the field of study
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
joint degree programme of two faculties; as in the Bachelor's degree programme, the Master's degree programme also offers a wide choice of electives and permits individual focus in the course of study; In project seminars, exciting topics from Business Informatics are applied as part of a practical project. With an eye to current trends, skills such as teamwork, project management and software development are trained. The project seminar offers optimal preparation for the real world of work.
Special features regarding the international orientation
There are several options for exchanging doctoral students and writing the thesis at cooperating universities in Europe, the USA and Australia. BIPs are optionally included in the curriculum (Winter School Sevilla/Vaduz).
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Frankreich: INSA Lyon (FRA), ECE Paris (FRA); Italien: University of Udine (ITA), University of Verona (ITA); Niederlande: Leiden University (NLD); Portugal: IST Lissabon (PRT); Schweden: Umeå University (SWE); Spanien:
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ESP), Univ. Comp. Madrid (ESP), University of Málaga (ESP).
Special features regarding the equipment
Computer rooms: in order to be able to work undisturbed, numerous rooms can be used with up-to-date computers; Free print and online media: Students have access to a huge selection of media – all for free!; Free access to cloud clusters (GPU): Students benefit from powerful cloud clusters; Co-working space: learning is supported through practical application of state-of-the-art technologies
Special features regarding research activities
First-class research position: Research centres: Lamarr Institute: Focus on AI methods, RC Trust: Specialisation in Trusted Intelligent Systems. Research collaborations with the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST): Applied research. Joint research with Fraunhofer IML. Ongoing research projects are mainly carried out in consortia. Research focuses: BPM, AI in Operational Application and Digital Transformation
Other special features
Lecture cycle on sustainability: regular lectures address topics around sustainability and offer fresh perspectives; npi Sustainability Award: The Department's Sustainability Commission has awarded the npi Sustainability Award since 2024
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Acronyms
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(P) = Professors' judgements
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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education