Applied Information Technology
How can you optimize business processes with IT? Where is the best way to use AI and robotics in agriculture? Two exciting questions from the two available focal areas within our degree program. Design, implement and operate relevant IT solutions. Focus on analysis of operational requirements, implement new software applications, or adapt existing ones.
Your heart beats for...
A Degree Program with a Future
Our degree program offers you two areas of specialization:
- Business informatics, focus on operational IT systems / business process analysis
- Agricultural computer science: focus on agricultural data processing / AI methods / robotics
You will bring one of the following educational backgrounds:
- General university entrance qualification (Abitur)
- Specialized university entrance qualification
- Advanced technical college certificate (Fachhochschulreife)
- Professional qualification (Case-by-case examination)
German language level: C1
1. Semester
- Basic information technology course: Fundamentals of IT systems
- Fundamentals of operating systems and computer networks
- Programming: introduction to OOP (Java)
- Mathematics I
- Introduction to business administration
2. Semester
- Basic computer science course: Algorithms and data structures
- Programming: Advanced OOP
- Academic working methods
- Mathematics II
- IT project management
3. Semester
- Database systems
- Programming: Server side computing / Micro services
- Network technology
- Introduction to business informatics / Agricultural sciences
4. Semester
- Software engineering: fundamentals, tools and methods
- Security engineering
- Practical project in the field of study (business informatics / agriculture)
5. Semester
- Software engineering: software internship
- Advanced subjects in the fields of study
6. Semester
- Internship semester or semester abroad
- Advanced subjects in the fields of study
7. Semester
- Research-oriented project
- Bachelor thesis
Focus areas
- Business informatics
- Agricultural computer science
- Planning and implementing company IT systems
- Analysis and modular decomposition
- Programming with Java and Python
- Understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Software development
- System administration
- DevOps planning and administration
- Business analysis
- Consulting and customer support
- Investigating IT security concepts
- Role of IT in operational processes (cooperation with FB W)
- Predictive models in agriculture
- Use of IT methods to analyze environmental and spatial data
... the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
- directly to industry, innovation and infrastructure
Studying at Sustainable Campus Höxter
Sustainable studying in Höxter
At the Höxter campus, much of the focus is on the environment, sustainability, and digitalization—for example, in the environmental engineering and landscape architecture degree programs and in the field of precision farming. Projects such as the 2023 State Garden Show demonstrate that sustainability can be exciting, practical, and innovative. This is ensured by modern laboratories, our own botanical garden, and close cooperation with local authorities and companies.
Important note: Future relocation of degree programs from the Höxter campus
The Sustainable Campus Höxter will remain one of the three locations of the TH OWL. Enrollment in the degree programs offered there will still be possible for the 2025/2026 winter semester. In the future, these will be relocated to the Creative Campus Detmold or the Innovation Campus Lemgo. Planning for this is underway; a concrete timetable will be announced in the course of 2025. TH OWL will ensure that all students are informed several months in advance and can continue to study and complete their programs without disruption.
Information
- Application and enrollment
- Dates and deadlines
- Semester dues
- FAQ about application and enrollment
- Study plan
- Manual of course modules
Only the details of the currently valid examination regulations of the degree program as published in the promulgation gazette are authoritative and legally binding. You can find the announcement sheets here.
Contact and Counseling
- Our Central Student Advisory Service answers questions about studying at the university
- Offers for study orientation
- Get to know your department!
- Click here to go to the subject-specific student advisory service of the department
- Apply via our KIS portal!
- Information on the enrollment procedure is available from the Enrollment Office
- Studying abroad? Our International Office is there for you!
Still unanswered questions?
Our Student Service Center will answer all your questions about studying at TH OWL as well as about application and enrollment:
Phone: +49 5261 702 2534
E-mail: studierendenservice(at)th-owl.de
Service hours: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.