| Degree awarded | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
| Duration and credits | 6 semesters; 180 ECTS credits |
| Starts in | October (winter semester) |
| Language of instruction | German |
What does a degree programme on digitalisation entail?
Digitalisation is fundamentally changing our economy and society. The interplay between organisations and information technology creates a need for professionals who have a solid, broad grasp of business administration and the technical skills to help shape the digital transformation.
When you study the B.Sc. Digital Transformation in Business and Society programme, you receive training in both business and digitalisation, enabling you to take on this key role. This degree programme has a strong business administration orientation and allows you to set your own interdisciplinary specialisation. You can choose whether to specialise in management (business administration) or information systems; at the same time you will have the opportunity to acquire additional competencies in communication studies, psychology, IT law or entrepreneurship. This will put you in a position where you can support the digital transformation of organisations and develop new business models.
The School of Business, Economics and Information Systems offers two master's programmes – M.Sc. Business Administration and M.Sc. Information Systems – which build directly on this bachelor's programme.
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Demand for experts and managers who not only have economic specialist knowledge but also well-founded methods, data and digitalisation skills is increasing. Those graduating from the B.Sc. Digital Transformation in Business and Society are prepared for the challenges of a digitalised world in a multitude of ways:
- when assisting in the development and design of digitalisation strategies for companies and organisations,
- for new occupational areas and interface functions in data analysis and visualisation,
- for working as specialists and managers at internet-driven businesses, in e-commerce or user experience design, or
- in a start-up environment.
Furthermore, the degree programme provides the prerequisites to access other occupational areas in education and science, market and opinion research as well as (depending your chosen secondary subject/minor) in the occupational fields of media and communication research, media management and digital services development.
This degree programme comprises four module areas and a bachelor's dissertation:
Module area A: Introductory phase
The introductory phase lasts two semesters and imparts theory and methods from the areas of business, economics, law and information technology. During this phase you will develop your foundational methodological, data and digitalisation competencies. You will also acquire specialised foreign language skills in business English.
Module area B: Main subject (“Major”)
From the third semester onwards, you will specialise in a main (“major”) subject and deepen your subject-specific competencies. Two subject majors are available:
- The Management major (business administration) imparts knowledge in fundamental business management functions and decision fields in order to be able to assess the potential of digital technologies for these decision fields.
- The Information Systems major (business information systems) provides specialist knowledge to support digital transformation processes in companies and organisations and focuses on the interface between business administration and digital technology.
You will write your bachelor's dissertation in your chosen major subject.
C: Secondary subject (“Minor”)
You will also choose a secondary subject (“minor”) to expand your competencies and for interdisciplinary training. This deals with the challenges of digitalisation in areas that are complementary to business and economics. The following minors are offered:
- Communication and psychology
- IT law
- Entrepreneurship
Module area D: Elective area
The elective area allows you to take further subjects from the entire range of the degree programme and thus further build your profile according to your personal interests.
This degree programme starts in the October (winter semester) each year.
With Abitur or European qualifications
Prospective students with a higher education entrance qualification from Germany or the EEA region (e.g. German Abitur or the Austrian Matura) can enrol directly for this degree programme during the enrolment period.
Prospective students with non-EEA qualifications
You will need German language skills at level C1 CEFR or higher to study this degree programme. If German was the language of instruction for your secondary school education or prior tertiary education, your academic certificates suffice as proof of your language skills. Otherwise, you will have to provide a recognised German language certificate along with your application for a place of study.
If you can provide recognised certificates for German language skills at level B2 CEFR at the time when you apply for a place of study, you may receive a conditional offer. In that case, you will be required to provide a recognised language certificate at level C1 CEFR by the time you enrol on the degree programme.
If you would like to learn German or advance your language skills, the University's Language Centre and its German Courses Passau division offer a variety of German language classes. However, if you would like to apply for a place of study on one of the University's German-taught degree programmes, you must meet the stated language requirements before you apply.
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Sonja Hanbuch
Studying B.Sc. Digital Transformation in Business and Society
I like the diversity and the future-oriented IT affinity that the degree programme offers.
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I like the diversity and the future-oriented IT affinity that the degree programme offers. In addition, the university offers many more opportunities for personal development, from lectures to language courses and student societies.
Hannah Bittl
Studying B.Sc. Digital Transformation in Business and Society
The decisive factor for choosing my degree programme was definitely the interdisciplinarity it offered! You gain a broad knowledge from a wide range of disciplines (computer science, economics, law…
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What is special about the degree programme?
The decisive factor for choosing my degree programme was definitely the interdisciplinarity it offered! You gain a broad knowledge from a wide range of disciplines (computer science, economics, law and so on) on current economic issues. In addition, the specialisation that is possible at the later stage of the programme gives everyone the chance to set their own personal focus.
Why did you decide to study at the University of Passau?
At first, I wanted to study either business informatics or business administration. More or less by chance, I then discovered the DTBS degree programme at the University of Passau, which combines the two disciplines perfectly. In addition to the topicality of the subject of digitalisation, the fact that it is a completely new degree programme that did not exist in this form anywhere else only encouraged me further to study at the University of Passau.
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This year, the University of Passau was ranked in the top 10 of universities in Germany on StudyCheck, the German web portal where students review their degree programmes. Based on the ranking, StudyCheck issued the University with a "TOP Universität in Deutschland 2025" award ("top University in Germany").
In the universities category, Passau was ranked 6th in Germany and reached the first place among Bavarian universities.
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