Hochschule Hannover Fakultät IV Wirtschaft und Informatik

What Hochschule Hannover Fakultät IV Wirtschaft und Informatik does

Hochschule Hannover Fakultät IV – Wirtschaft und Informatik is a public organizational unit within Hochschule Hannover, a state-recognized university of applied sciences (Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) in Hannover, Germany, governed under the State of Lower Saxony. The faculty delivers higher-education services across three departments (Betriebswirtschaftslehre / Business Administration, Informatik / Computer Science, Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business Informatics), offering 8 bachelor's programs (including International Business Studies, Applied Computer Science, Banking & Insurance, Media Design Informatics, Administration Informatics, Business Informatics, and an inter-faculty Applied Mathematics and Data Science program) and 4 master's programs (Corporate Development, Applied Computer Science, Digital Transformation, SME Management & Entrepreneurship). Student instruction is delivered on the Campus Linden site at Ricklinger Stadtweg 120 through lectures, seminars, project work, and supervised internship phases, with international mobility and dual-degree options routed through the university's international office.

Its offering is supported by standard public-university IT infrastructure: an iCMS content management system, the Moodle e-learning platform, and conventional PC laboratories; no proprietary technology platform, app, or API is disclosed. Applied research runs through the faculty's research institute (Data|H – Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover) and named research groups (Inergi, Softwarearchitektur, Zertifizierung Projektmanagement), plus cross-faculty centers (CC ITM, IGM).

The faculty operates as a non-profit public entity funded primarily by the State of Lower Saxony under German public higher-education regulations; tuition fees follow state-level rules, no commercial revenue model is disclosed, and there are no funding rounds, M&A events, or external investors in the input. The primary customer segment is prospective university students seeking practice-oriented bachelor's and master's degrees; downstream relationships include regional businesses for project work and thesis collaborations. Marketing and lead generation run through the faculty's official website and the university's channels, while student initiatives (Campus Motorsport, HsHandelt, INFluencers-Mentorinnenprogramm) provide supplementary engagement surfaces. Leadership sits with Prof. Dr. Michael Bienert as Dekan, supported by program-level professors and academic advisors listed in the extracted contacts.

Name

Hochschule Hannover Fakultät IV Wirtschaft und Informatik

Legal name

Hochschule Hannover

Website

https://f4.hs-hannover.de

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fakultät IV – Wirtschaft und Informatik of Hochschule Hannover is a public German university faculty in Hannover delivering 8 bachelor's and 4 master's programs in business administration, computer science, and business informatics to prospective students.

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy, Consulting & General Management Institutes (EDAHAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Engineering & Technology Institutes (Comprehensive) (EDAHAEAA), Executive Education & Corporate Programs (Non-degree) (EDAHAHAN)

Keywords

• Higher education programs
• Business administration degrees
• Computer science degrees
• Business informatics studies
• Applied data science research

Headquarters

HQ city

Hannover

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Fakultät IV delivers practice-oriented Bachelor and Master degree programs in Business Administration (Betriebswirtschaft), Computer Science (Informatik), and Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik), along with applied research through institutes such as Data|H. The faculty offers 8 Bachelor programs and 4 Master programs, with internationalization opportunities and dual study options.

Product overview

Hochschule Hannover Fakultät IV (Faculty IV – Business and Computer Science) offers a portfolio of degree programs across three departments: Business Administration (Betriebswirtschaft), Computer Science (Informatik), and Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik). The offering consists of 8 Bachelor programs (including International Business Studies, Business Administration, Applied Computer Science, Business Informatics, Media Design Informatics, Administration Informatics, Banking & Insurance, and Applied Mathematics & Data Science) and 4 Master programs (including Corporate Development, Applied Computer Science, Digital Transformation, and SME Management/Entrepreneurship). The faculty also operates research institutes and groups such as Data|H (Applied Data Science), Inergi, and Software Architecture. The portfolio provides practice-oriented, professionally qualifying studies at a high level with diverse internationalization opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Data|H – Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover: Research institute focused on applied data science located in Hannover.
• Data Science
• Campus Motorsport
• HsHandelt
• INFluencers-Mentorinnenprogramm

Products and services

• International Business Studies (IBS) Bachelor's program in international business with a broad range of elective courses, incorporating sustainability and digitalization topics, designed for prospective students seeking practice-oriented higher education with international exposure.
• Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BBA) Bachelor's program in Business Administration with broad elective offerings and extensions in sustainability and digitalization, for prospective students seeking practice-oriented business education.
• Angewandte Informatik (BIN) Bachelor's program in Applied Computer Science that qualifies students to actively and competently shape digitalization across all areas of life.
• Angewandte Mathematik und Data Science (MAT) Inter-faculty Bachelor's program in Applied Mathematics and Data Science offered jointly with Faculty I, combining mathematical foundations with applied data science.
• Bank- und Versicherungswesen (BBI) Bachelor's program in Banking and Insurance, aimed at students seeking a practice-oriented education in financial services.
• Mediendesigninformatik (MDI) Bachelor's program combining media design and computer science, for students interested in design-oriented technology and digital media.
• Verwaltungsinformatik (VIF) Bachelor's program in Administration Informatics focusing on digitalization of administrative processes, for students targeting public administration careers.
• Wirtschaftsinformatik (BIS) Bachelor's program in Business Informatics preparing graduates to work at the interface between computer science and business administration.
• Unternehmensentwicklung (MBD) Master's program in Corporate Development with focus on business administration topics, for graduates seeking advanced business qualifications.
• Angewandte Informatik (MIN) Master's program in Applied Computer Science with modern, quality-assured curricula for graduates pursuing advanced computer science expertise.
• Digitale Transformation (MDT) Master's program focusing on digitalization of administrative and business processes, for graduates seeking expertise in digital transformation.
• Mittelständische Unternehmensführung in Entrepreneurship (MMU) Master's program in Small and Medium Enterprise Management and Entrepreneurship, focusing on entrepreneurial and SME leadership skills.
• Data|H – Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover Research institute within Fakultät IV focusing on applied data science research, supporting faculty research and external collaboration projects.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Partner Universities (Partnerhochschulen)coreOthersFaculty IV maintains exchange partnerships with international universities through the university's international office, enabling student mobility and dual degree programs.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Technische Hochschule Köln - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften: Large public German HAW faculty offering business administration, business informatics, and computer science degrees with strong industry integration, directly comparable in structure and program mix to Fakultät IV.
• Hochschule RheinMain - Fachbereich Wirtschaft: Public German HAW offering business, business informatics, and computer science programs with a practice orientation and international partnerships, directly comparable in scope and mission to Fakultät IV.
• Hochschule Furtwangen - Fakultät Wirtschaftsinformatik: Public German HAW with a dedicated business informatics faculty offering similar bachelor and master programs with international and dual-study options, closely overlapping Fakultät IV's Wirtschaftsinformatik portfolio.
• Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU): Public German HAW combining business, computer science, and applied research with a sustainability and internationalization focus, highly comparable in positioning to Fakultät IV.
• Hochschule Darmstadt - Fachbereich Wirtschaft: Public German University of Applied Sciences offering comparable bachelor's and master's programs in business administration, computer science, and business informatics with a practice-oriented focus, serving a similar domestic student market.

Broad incumbents

• IU Internationale Hochschule: Largest private German university offering broad business, computer science, and data science programs, including many with strong digitalization themes; a broader incumbent operating across Germany rather than a regional HAW peer.
• FOM Hochschule: Germany's largest private university with extensive business and IT degree offerings, including dual-study programs; overlaps with Fakultät IV in target audience but operates nationally with a much larger scale and private funding model.

Emerging players

• SRH Hochschule Heidelberg: Private German HAW offering practice-oriented business and computer science programs with growing enrollment; an emerging competitor that overlaps with Fakultät IV's target audience, though operating under a different ownership and funding model.

Regional players

• Hochschule Bremen - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Public German HAW with comparable business, business informatics, and computer science programs; operates in a different regional catchment (Bremen/Northern Germany) and therefore competes more indirectly with Fakultät IV.
• Ostfalia Hochschule - Fakultät Wirtschaft: Public Lower Saxony HAW offering similar business administration and business informatics programs in the same federal state; competes for the same regional applicant pool but at a different campus location.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hochschule-hannover-fakult%C3%A4t-iv-wirtschaft-und-informatik

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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M&A

Investments

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