<s>
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Informatics	I-Application
(	O
MBI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
postgraduate	O
degree	O
in	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
(	O
BI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BI	O
programs	O
combine	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
IT	O
)	O
and	O
management	O
courses	O
and	O
are	O
common	O
in	O
central	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
master	O
programs	O
in	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
were	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Rostock	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
face-to-face	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
Virtual	O
Global	O
University	O
(	O
VGU	O
)	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
European	O
University	O
Viadrina	O
Frankfurt	O
(	O
Oder	O
)	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
program	O
(	O
see	O
virtual	O
education	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
Bologna	O
process	O
,	O
many	O
Central	O
European	O
universities	O
have	O
been	O
,	O
or	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
,	O
setting	O
up	O
master	O
programmes	O
in	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
MBI	O
program	O
is	O
the	O
VGU	O
's	O
"	O
International	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Informatics	I-Application
"	O
program	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
program	O
was	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
accredited	O
in	O
accordance	O
with	O
nationwide	O
guidelines	O
for	O
content	O
and	O
structure	O
,	O
it	O
reflects	O
well	O
the	O
state-of-the-art	O
of	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
master	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Master	O
in	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
"	O
in	O
Utrecht	O
University	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
students	O
to	O
specialize	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
four	O
career	O
areas	O
:	O
business	O
consultant	O
(	O
provides	O
business	O
advice	O
from	O
an	O
ICT	O
perspective	O
)	O
,	O
IT	O
consultant	O
(	O
provides	O
ICT	O
advice	O
from	O
a	O
business	O
perspective	O
)	O
,	O
entrepreneur	O
(	O
independent	O
entrepreneur	O
who	O
develops	O
ICT	O
products	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
IT	O
researcher	O
(	O
continuing	O
with	O
a	O
PhD	O
or	O
targeting	O
a	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
department	O
in	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Courses	O
may	O
include	O
topics	O
like	O
applied	O
computer	O
science	O
,	O
computer	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
and	I-Architecture
Internet	I-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
,	O
website	O
engineering	O
,	O
programming	O
,	O
or	O
information	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
Methods	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Important	O
application	O
domains	O
of	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
may	O
be	O
investigated	O
in	O
courses	O
like	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
,	O
e-commerce	O
and	O
e-business	O
networking	O
,	O
industrial	O
information	O
systems	O
,	O
or	O
electronic	O
finance/electronic	O
banking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graduates	O
in	O
Business	B-Application
Informatics	I-Application
can	O
fill	O
positions	O
like	O
information	O
manager	O
,	O
systems	O
analyst	O
,	O
systems	O
designer	O
,	O
project	O
manager	O
,	O
business	O
solutions	O
developer	O
,	O
IT	O
entrepreneur	O
,	O
IS	O
specialist	O
,	O
consultant	O
in	O
areas	O
like	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
,	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
,	O
or	O
knowledge	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
