Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information Technology

Programme info

• Degree programme: Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Business Information Technology
• Degree title: Bachelor of Business Administration
• Duration of studies: 210 ECTS, 3,5 years

Business Information Technology (BIT) programme gives you the chance to develop skills in IT and business management. Along with the digital service business, you will learn the basics of requirement analysis, application design, -implementation and -testing. As work is becoming more digital, companies need skilled application developers who are familiar with all the phases of software development life cycle. This programme is designed to fill those needs.

Programme content

Business Information Technology (BIT) programme gives you the chance to develop skills in IT and business management. Along with the digital service business, you will learn the basics of requirement analysis, application design, -implementation and -testing. As work is becoming more digital, companies need skilled application developers who are familiar with all the phases of software development life cycle. This programme is designed to fill those needs.

This degree programme offers you the opportunity to specialize in Digital Service Development. The programme is suitable for anyone that is interested in studying IT, as well as for career changers or people who are already working in the IT-domain. Studying in this programme deepens your competence in Digital Services Development including Design of Applications, Applications Development and Testing & Quality Assurance. The programme is composed of compulsory core competencies, complementary competencies, job placements and final project/thesis.

Workplace collaboration has a very important role at Laurea, and the BIT programme was developed in close cooperation with our partners in the business world.

Programme in more detail

The programme is composed of compulsory core competencies, complementary competencies, job placements and final project/thesis.

Core Competence

Competence in ICT 30 ECTS​
Business Operations 30 ECTS
Sustainability and Business Analysis 30 ECTS
Expert in Development and Workplace Innovations 15 ECTS​

Complementary competence

Design of Applications 10 ECTS​
Application Development 20 ECTS​
Testing and Quality Assurance 10 ECTS​

Other possible complementary studies​

Introduction to Information Security ​
Information Infrastructure and Security​
Information Security Management​

Employment opportunities

The BIT programme provides you with a broad range of possibilities for employment. These include jobs requiring profound technical skills as well as jobs in which more general business expertise is required.​

Our graduates typically work as:​

• IT consultants​
• application/web/mobile developers​
• IT specialists​
• data analyst​
• ecommerce specialists​
• agile product owner/scrum master​
• project managers​

Upon graduation you will have a good set of competences needed in Digital Service Development in the modern working environment. Laurea’s BIT students have found employment particularly in web and mobile application development.

Read more about the tuition fees and scholarships.

For more information, please contact by e-mail at education.export@laurea.fi.