Studiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik at the Nordakademie/Elmshorn (priv.)

Nordakademie/Elmshorn (priv.)

Köllner Chaussee 11
25337 Elmshorn
Phone: +49 412 140-900

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Basic information

Number of master degree students	190
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	5.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education	490
Extent of interlinking	7/10 points

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/12 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, master's

not ranked, extra-occupational programmes only

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	4/13 points
International orientation, master's
Outgoing students	2.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, master's
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	100.0 %
Share of professors with work experience	88.0 %

Students' assessments on cooperate education courses

Teacher support	1.8
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.5
Study organisation	1.4
Exams	2.3
Support for stays abroad	1.9
Coordination of theory and practice phases	2.2
Rooms	1.9
Library	2.1
IT-infrastructure	2.4
Overall study situation	2.0

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Special features regarding teaching
Lessons with a maximum of 36 students per group; predominantly seminar courses with a high proportion of practical exercises with modern software systems suitable for computer science courses; continuous feedback of the imparted content with practical requirements, language courses in small groups (on average about 10 to 12 people); additional offers in the form of seminars (Studium Generale with around 60 topics per quarter).
Special features regarding the international orientation
English as a foreign language is compulsory in the Bachelor's degree course in Business Informatics, optionally Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese or Japanese can be taken. Many cooperation companies are internationally positioned so that practical experience abroad can be gathered.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Griffith College Dublin, Dublin, Irland; Dublin Business School, Dublin, Irland; University of Victoria, Victoria, Kanada.
Special features regarding the equipment
Use of modern media in the classroom (smartboards), campus-wide WiFi; The university, including computer rooms, is open to students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; modern user experience laboratory for usability research; Network laboratory; conference centre with modern equipment for collaborative work; free availability of many library databases (ACM DL, Springer-Link, Statista, WISO etc.); constant expansion of the e-learning offer.
Special features regarding research and development
Practical research projects with companies; participation of students in research projects and publications is possible; organisation of conferences and specialist meetings by the department
Support for founders
Compulsory elective modules in the field of entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs Club as a student presentation; projects in start-up companies in the Master's program; projects in the Master's program with self-chosen topics of the students for ideas of a later spin-off; alumni network NORDAKADEMIKER e.V. as an exchange platform and peer group for start-up ideas.
Other special features
International Office for mentoring and support (outgoing and incoming, Erasmus program), extensive reference library with research offerings, graduates have the opportunity to work as a research assistant and support for cooperative doctoral procedures.
Further information on research activities
https://www.nordakademie.de/forschung
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.nordakademie.de/duales-studium