Degree Programme in Business Information Technology | Developing Digital Services | part-time studies

Business information technology studies give you professional skills in business management and IT. Along with the digital service business, you will learn the basics of requirement analysis, application design, -implementation and -testing. This programme is designed to fill the needs of the changing business world as it becomes more digital every day.

The programme is suitable for anyone that is interested in studying IT. Studying in this programme deepens your competence in Digital Services Development including Design of Applications, Applications Development and Testing & Quality Assurance. During studies, you will get to apply diverse learning methods including videos, e-books, articles, webinars, discussions, multiple choice questions, essays, hands-on training, and project work.

This BIT programme offers you a vast selection of possible paths in work life. The graduates may become employed to jobs requiring profound technical skills as well as jobs in which more general business expertise is required. 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.

Study content

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.

Core competence studies

• Business Operations
• Competence in IT
• Sustainability and Business Analysis
• Expert in Development and Workplace Innovation

During the complementary competence studies, you can specialize on those fields of BIT that you find interesting and would like to work among in the future. You will deepen your expertise in work placements and at the end of the studies in your thesis/final project which is usually conducted in collaborations with an organization from working life and your specialization area.