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Business Informatics, Department

Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg

Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Güterstraße 8
D-96317 Kronach
https://lucas-cranach-campus.de
HAW Coburg/Kronach
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

50

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

no data

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

23.0%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

no data

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Third party funds per professor

no data

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Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Career and practical orientation
Learning and working spaces

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Teacher support
Support in studies
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Digital learning
Rooms
Library

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Labs and Spaces

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

15

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

"Hands-on instead of lecture hall": Students work on real business cases from the first semester, not just in theoretical lectures. Innovative exam formats: In lieu of classic exams, students perform project work, presentations, prototypes, elevator pitches, etc. Hybrid/digital teaching: Use of online tools, digital whiteboards, Moodle and occasional online meetings in combination with classroom instruction. Rooms & infrastructure: Modern project rooms, open learning areas, smart equipment (e.g. in the makerspace)

Special features regarding the international orientation

Support and advice for German students regarding the organisation of semesters abroad, including financing options and scholarships (jointly with the International Office); Support and advice for international students regarding integration at the Coburg location (registration, explanations on the curriculum, choice of specialisations); Maintenance of relationships with international partner institutions of higher education

Exchange universities for stay abroads

University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), Sippy Downs, Australien; Chinesisch-Deutsche Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (CDHAW) @Tongji University, Shanghai, China; Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK), Seinäjoki, Finnland; INSEEC Grande Ècole, Paris/Lyon/Bordeaux, Frankreich; Dublin Business School (DBS), Dublin, Irland; University of Akureyri, Akureyri&Ísafjörður, Island; Riga Technical University, Riga, Lettland; Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Napier, Neuseeland; Slovak University of Technology (STU), Bratislava, Slowakei; Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Ungarn

Special features regarding the equipment

Wide range of business software (incl. training); Various simulation games; Use of mobile devices (e.g. Microsoft Surface, iPad); long opening hours at the PC laboratories; Software: SAP, Datev, Eclipse, IBM SPSS Statistics; SPSS Modeler, STATA, MAPLE; Usability Laboratory; Laboratory for simulation in Production and Logistics; Laboratory for Quantitative Methods of Risk Assessment; Lab for virtual teamwork; OLAP tools for multidimensional data analysis from MicroStrategy. Maker space with 650 sqm in Kronach (including welding, wood- and metalworking, 3D printing, podcast studio, etc.)

Other special features

Promotion of women in the technology sector through targeted support when applying for corresponding programs (e.g. BayFiD)

Further information on research activities

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