The course is practical in nature providing you with knowledge of the manner in which technology can facilitate business decisions. It also incorporates work placement in an IT company which will significantly improve your skills and enhance your employability. Due to the shortage of suitably qualified IT professionals in Ireland and internationally, this degree offers exceptional job prospects for graduates. As a graduate of this course you will: Understand how technology can help solve business problems and facilitate business decisions. Acquire knowledge of the requirements, analysis, development, deployment, and implementation of business information systems. Acquire the skills to manage, communicate, and document IT-based solutions. Analyse and model business systems. Understand how to incorporate IT into the organisation’s strategy, planning and practice.

Graduates from the BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems have completed a 6 month work placement in industry and go on to work with a variety of organisations including multinationals, financial services, professional services and indigenous tech start-ups. Recent graduates are employed with companies including Microsoft, KBC, AIB, CR2, Eircom, The Summit and People Point. Roles include general and IT graduate programmes, IT support, systems programmer and systems administration. This course is also suitable for those who ultimately wish to pursue a career in teaching as it is recognised by the Teaching Council to teach computing