Information Engineering

Information Engineering for Sustained Business Success

The importance of information for companies in our modern internet economy is twofold: First, efficient and effective information supply is required for business planning and operations. Efficiency, reliability, and safety are key issues for information supply chains in modern companies. Second information is an important product for the TIME industry, which includes not only companies in the field of information brokerage but also in the telecommunication, multimedia, and entertainment sector. Flexibility and short response times to changing market requirements are the main success factors for the TIME industry.

Information Engineering aims at satisfying these requirements on the one hand, Information Engineering provides approved methods and tools to support the complete information supply chain in all kinds of organizations. On the other hand, Information Engineering provides techniques that cover the whole life cycle of information products, leading from the early planning stage via the design and production steps to the final market introduction. It includes aspects such as pricing, design of contracts and technical implementation of electronic markets. Information Engineering is based on an interdisciplinary approach which includes innovative concepts from different disciplines such as Informatics, Business Administration, Economics and Law.

The HECTOR School Master's Program in Information Engineering provides the chance to specialize in the theory, in the methods, and in the applications of Information Engineering.

The future need for highly qualified people trained in Information Engineering will further increase due to the predicted growth of TIME industry. The program prepares students for challenging careers such as product manager in the telecommunication sector, chief information officer in a bank or consultant in the field of information brokerage and e-business.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis
Program Director of Information Engineering