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shape our healthcare sector

become a future health pioneer

healthcare informatics, b.sc.

faculty of applied healthcare sciences

This degree programme will cease to run and is no longer available for applications.

 

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The aim of the bachelor's programme is to train computer scientists who are able to work on relevant issues and perform managerial tasks on the basis of information technology, medical, scientific, technical and management-oriented findings in the health sector and in the health economy. The Bachelor's programme in Health Informatics imparts knowledge and skills for designing, developing, configuring and operating information systems for health care and the health industry and for applying them in compliance with legal requirements.

In detail the students acquire:

  •     Comprehensive specialist knowledge in health informatics, which enables them to solve problems directly and to take on management functions in institutions, bodies and organisations in the health care sector and the health economy in a well-founded and responsible manner,
  •     Social and methodological skills that allow them to act confidently and competently in a complex, multi-professional and intercultural environment.

fact sheet healthcare informatics

Degree: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Duration: 7 semesters (3.5 years)

ECTS points: 210

Start: October (winter semester)

Location: Deggendorf

Taught in: German

Application period: 15 April - 15 July

Admission requirements:

  • General German university entrance qualification, or please check your eligibilty at the DAAD if you own an international qualification

Prerequisites:

  • Knowledge of economics or natural sciences subjects are an advantage
  • Programming knowledge desirable
  • See language requirements

Postgraduate opportunities:

Fees:

  • €72 student union fee per semester
  • International students from non-EU/EEA countries are required to pay service fees for each semester. Click here to read about our service fees.

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career prospects

  • System development
  • System administration
  • IT Security Officer in the Healthcare Sector
  • Process management
  • System analytics
  • Practice management
  • Application in the field of medical technology
  • Compliance officer
  • Distribution of medical products (medical technology, medical software, pharmaceutical products)
  • Clinical studies and healthcare research
  • Telematics and eHealth

subject overview

Overview of lectures and courses, SWS (Semesterwochenstunden = weekly hours/semester) and ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) in the Bachelor's degree Healthcare Informatics.

 

All courses are taught in GERMAN only.

 

1. Semester SWS ECTS
     
Medicine for Non-Medicals 2 2.5
Terminology and Classification 2 2.5
Mathematics 1 2 2.5
Statistics 1 2 2.5
Formal Languages, Data Structures and Algorithms     4 5
Physics 2 2.5
Biology and Chemistry 2 2.5
Social Legislation 2 2.5
Liability Law 2 2.5
Technical English 4 5
     
2. Semester SWS ECTS
     
Business Administration and Accounting 4 5
Software Development 2 2.5
Software Engineering 2 2.5
Data Bank Design 2 2.5
Data Bank Programming 2 2.5
Systems and Applications 2 2.5
Networks 2 2.5
Mathematics 2 2 2.5
Statistics 2 2 2.5
Compliance and Risk Management 2 2.5
Data Protection and IT Security 2 2.5
     
3. Semester - Specialising SWS ECTS
     
Medical Documentation 4 5
Telematics 2 2.5
Medical Engineering 2 2.5
Process Management 2 2.5
Medical and Nursing Documentation Systems 2 2.5
Content Management and Document Engineering 2 2.5
Human Factors 2 2.5
Innovation Management 2 2.5
Complexity Management 2 2.5
Data Protection and Security in Healthcare Management 4 5
     
4. Semester SWS ECTS
     
Medical Engineering 4 5
ERP-Systems 4 5
Operations Research 4 5
Health Economics 2 2.5
Case Study Health Economics 2 2.5
Programming Multi-media Systems 2 2.5
Web-based Medical Documentation 2 2.5
Current Aspects of the Healthcare Industry 4 5
     
5. Semester SWS ECTS
     
Internship + PLV    
     
6. Semester SWS ECTS
     
Social Processes and Communication 4 5
Knowledge Management 2 5
Project Management 2 2.5
IT Controlling 2 2.5
Hospital Logistics 2 2.5
Logistics for Medical Engineering and Medical Products 2 2.5
Computer Supported Collaborative Work 2 2.5
Groupware 2 2.5
Programming in a Team 2 3
     
One technical compulsory elective subject (Fachwissenschaftliches Wahlpflichtmodul (FWP))
has to be chosen from FWP-1, FWP-2 or FWP-3
   
     
FWP-1 - Evidence-based Medicine 4 5
FWP-2 - Telematics in the Healthcare Industry 4 5
FWP-3 - Data Analysis and Data Mining 4 5
     
7. Semester SWS ECTS
     
Managed Care 4 5
IT Organisation 2 2.5
Data Centre Management 2 2.5
Management and IT Consulting 2 2.5
IT Service Management 2 2.5
Business Game: Medical Information Systems 2 3
     
Bachelor Thesis - 12