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Business informatics: Addressing the challenge of a networked economy

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Intended Audience

Successful applicants to the European MSC program will face one of the most challenging year in an European environment. Many young professionals have worked several years in software development after completing another primary degrees, who need this Master Programme to boost their career chances with their current employers. Participants enrolling in the European MSc in Business Informatics come from different countries and have achieved a primary degree in Computing, Computer Science, Software Engineering. Some candidates might come from a comparable discipline or have a degree in a Science or Engineering discipline with a significant software development content.

Knowledge in the following areas is essential:

  • Information and Communication Technology (Hardware, Software, Networks and Communication Technology)
  • Programming and Algorithms, Data and Object Structures
  • Mathematics and Logic (Analysis, linear Algebra, Numeric, Logic)
Students will learn the core subjects of Business Informatics, and will also take modules that will prepare them for work in an international and inter-cultural context. The practical project, which must be undertaken in a partner university outside Ireland, and will be supervised by a supervisor in that university, will provide a means of applying the learnt theory of Business Informatics, regulatory structures and Inter-culturalism. For non-native speakers an English language certificate is required.