Bachelor of Science in Informatics

Key and cross section disciplines

In the last few decades, informatics, as a modern science for the presentation, storage, transmission and processing of information, has become a stronger and more permanent influence on our lives, work and leisure time than any other science. As a key discipline it includes different subjects, such as process structuring, systems architecture, network setup, conception, development and implementation of hardware and software, as well as the economic and ergonomic layout of application systems. As a cross-discipline, it offers a variety of connections to the engineering and economics disciplines.


Careers

Due to the high dynamics of technological developments in information and communication, the role of informatics is continually increasing and constantly changing. As a result, our graduates are skilled in new technologies and processes and have wide-ranging career prospects in industry, commerce, software companies, banks and insurance companies, public administration, management consultancies, and last but not least, in research. Some typical informatics careers are: software developer, system and database administrator, organization and IT consultant, IT controller, sales manager and IT project manager. The career opportunities for computer scientists are still relatively good compared to those of other graduates.

Bachelor / Master Degress at the University of Applied Sciences

In the comparison to the recent study for a diploma degree at the Universities of Applied Sciences, which lasts 8 semesters, the bachelor program in informatics leads to a graduation after only 6 semesters.

With a substantive focus and a conscious interplay of fundamentally qualifying course content, a professional specialization and the integration of practice-relevant questions, the students are qualified for a career at the end of a Bachelor course. The mandatory industrial internship during the study will help you start your career because you will have already had first hand experience in the profession. The consistent practice orientation is an important feature of our college graduates and is highly valued by employers.

A good bachelor's degree also allows for the inclusion of an advanced Master's course of study. In the computer science department we offer a "consecutive" master course of study which continues the bachelor program and leads to a second degree after four semesters. The Master's program is designed, to deepen the academic qualification in the field of interactive multimedia services and applications and also to expand the thematic areas of interest. The research-oriented study, which is based on fields of interest, is encouraged by allowing freedom of choice. Graduates of the Master courses can work as specialists in various fields. With a qualified Master degree it is also possible to launch a promotion at an university and start a scientific career.

Bachelor of Informatics: Entry Requirements

If you wish to study you should have a general qualification for university entrance or a specific baccalaureate and be interested in informatics, mathematics and formal structures. Furthermore, it is an advantage if you enjoy organizing practice-related problem solving in an interdisciplinary work environment.


Course sequence

One of the key characteristics for the Bachelor  in Informatics at the University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden is that it conveys competence in informatics, which involves extensive programming, implementation in software and hardware systems, software engineering and techniques for developing complex systems. At no other University of Applied Sciences in Thuringia is such an intense training in the core subjects of computer science possible.

The 6-semester bachelor's program is structured so that the students are taught all foundations of computer science, natural science, technology and economics in the first two semesters. In the 3^rd and 4^rd semesters, selected technological areas of information systems will be learned more in depth and will be supplemented by additional optional subjects. The 5^th semester is an internship at an external company. In the 6^th and final semester you have to chose additional subjects from the mandatory course selection and write your bachelor's thesis.

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