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MASTER'S STUDY PROGRAMME

Business Informatics

Part-time study in English language in the study year 2023/2024

Virtual real-time attendance at lectures
Optional live or virtual real-time attendance at tutorials

The new study programme Business Informatics provides in-depth understanding of the characteristics of the digital economy, the opportunities and threats brought by it, knowledge of the key areas of digital transformation, methods and tools for monitoring its success. The students will acquire the ability to plan and implement digital transformation projects and the ability to select and use a range of digital technologies or solutions in the process of digital transformation and in the development of new digital business models.

The study programme will be implemented for the first time in the academic year 2023/2024, as part-time mode of study.

The following individuals can be enrolled in the first year of the master’s study programme Business Informatics:

Who has completed a bachelor’s study programme in the fields of business informatics or social science informatics. The competent faculty authority does not prescribe additional study obligations based on the application for enrolment;
Who has completed a bachelor’s study programme in the fields that belong to the study fields of business and administrative sciences, law, information and communication technologies. Based on the application for enrolment, the competent faculty authority prescribes additional study obligations to the candidate in the range of 12 ECTS;
Who has completed a bachelor’s study programme in the fields that belong to the study fields of social sciences, journalism and information science, and from the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. Based on the application for enrolment, the competent faculty authority prescribes additional study obligations to the candidate in the range of 18 ECTS;
Who has completed a bachelor’s study programme in other fields of study. Based on the application for enrolment, the competent faculty authority prescribes additional study obligations to the candidate in the range of maximum 30 ECTS.

For graduates of higher professional study programmes adopted before 11. 06. 2004, the provisions for graduates of bachelor’s study programmes shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Anyone who has completed an equivalent education abroad can also enrol in the first or subsequent years of the master’s study programme Business Informatics. At the request of the applicant, FIS determines the equivalence of education acquired abroad within the procedure of education recognition.

To advance from the first to the second year, the student must acquire at least 45 ECTS from the first year. The faculty may allow the student to advance to a higher year, even if the required conditions are not met, in the following circumstances: maternity, prolonged illness, exceptional family or social circumstances, participation in top cultural, sports or professional events. A student who does not meet the conditions for enrolling in a higher year may repeat a year once during their studies or change their study programme or course due to non-fulfilment of obligations in the previous study programme or course. It is not possible to repeat the second year because an additional year (absolventski staž) is intended for fulfilling the missing obligations.

The condition for the completion of studies is the successful completion of all study obligations prescribed by the programme in the amount of 120 ECTS. A student who enrols directly in the second year, after completing a university education or specialization according to a programme adopted before 11.06.2004, must pass all prescribed differential exams and full-time study obligations of the second year. The study ends with the preparation and oral defence of the master’s thesis.

General understanding of the digitalization of business.
Ability to interpret business data and prepare reports based on it.
The ability to obtain, select, evaluate and embed the new information, as well as to interpret them to solve business problems.
In-depth understanding of the functioning of organizational systems.
Ability to use software solutions to develop digital business models.
Knowledge of established methodological approaches for managing modern business systems.
The ability to find sources and obtain data for the needs of digitalization of business.
Competences in business communication, teamwork and use of information technology for this purpose.
The ability to understand and transform a real business problem into an easier-to-present business model.
The ability of flexible usage of knowledge in practice.
Knowledge of the importance of quality and striving for the quality of professional work through autonomy, self-initiative, as well as (self-)criticism, (self-)reflection and (self-)evaluation.
Critical thinking about limitations of business data and their ethical usage.

Curriculum Business Informatics

1st year	2nd year	Elective courses
Digitalization of Business	Thesis Seminar	Linked data and sematic web technologies
Organisational Change Management	Digital marketing	Knowledge modelling and representation
Economics for Business Informatics	Digital transformation technologies	Innovation management
Development of Business Information System	Data warehouses and data analytics	Knowledge Management
Decision Support Systems	Security of Electronic Commerce	Organizational psychology
Information Technology Projects	Elective course 3	The introduction to the business, employment, contract and tort law
Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology	Master's thesis	Marketing Strategies based on Data Sets
Digital Transformation of Business Procesess		Fundraising
Elective course 1		User Experience
Elective course 2		Consumer behavior in the digital society
		Renewable energy sources and sustainable development
		Information Security
		Intelligent systems in informatics
		Society of the Future