ICT (Information and communications technology) has become increasingly important for organisations in the networked and multicultural economy of the 21st century. It is integral to many social and economic innovations and activities that offer new strategic options for companies. In many aspects of business and management the development of ICT has accelerated the introduction of new methods and processes. However, despite the continuous supply of new technology, problems remain with the development of technological solutions into usable and effective information systems that solve the business needs of networked organisations. In the continual transformation towards information based networked economies, understanding and developing purely technological solutions is simply not enough. To be qualified for future challenges graduates have to be able to solve business problems and analyse underlying organisational processes as well as understanding their wider social, economic and cultural implications. This is the core field of interest of the European Master of Science in Business Informatics.

The central focus of the European Master of Science in Business Informatics is to train and qualify individuals, enabling them to apply technological solutions and develop information system architectures to solve business problems of organisations within the networked economy. With this goal in mind one of the key advantages that make this program unique is the engineering perspective and the integration of cultural studies into the curriculum and the combination of international institutions and industry partners throughout Europe.

The School of Computing, in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Dublin City University launching a one-year full-time programme of study leading to the award of a European M.Sc. Degree in Business Informatics. The programme will be delivered in co-operation with a network of other European universities. The programme is designed to be completed in one calendar year of full-time study and consists of two taught semesters followed by a practical project, referred to as a practicum, completed between May and August, to be undertaken in another European country.

The programme is intended for students and professionals who have achieved a primary degree in Computing, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a comparable discipline, or in a Science or Engineering discipline with a significant software development content. These 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.