July 2026
Dear new Global Business Informatics students,
A very warm welcome to GBI. During the coming three years, you will be working both practically and theoretically with different opportunities and challenges, which organisations and societies face in relation to digital technologies. You will learn to approach these opportunities and challenges through lenses from different scientific disciplines such as computer science, sociology, business, and information systems. You will encounter state-of-the-art technologies (e.g. AI and platforms) and business and work practices, and you will learn foundational theories and concepts that have stood the test of time.
The programme is interdisciplinary, highly practically driving (theory and practice are closely related), and it is taught entirely in English. You will meet faculty members of different nationalities with a diverse set of experiences. This, along a variety of teaching activities, will hopefully create an inspiring, local as well as global environment for you to work in.
High-level academic content and teaching are important in defining educational quality, and at the IT University we aim to ensure that you obtain the competencies needed in the future job market. We work in close contact with an Employer's Panel and our dialogue with them as well as with our broad network of private and public sector stakeholders help us provide you with a solid academic basis for a versatile professional life.
At the IT University we expect active participation by our students, professionally and socially. Our programme is intense and demands a lot of work during all three years. The first semester we will establish study groups (approximately 6 students in each) to help you work together during the courses. All students are expected to be active members of their group. You can count on the support of IT University employees too. The teachers, the teaching assistants, the Study and Career Guidance, Student Affairs and Programmes and I as Head of Programme will help and guide you through the GBI life.
Do not hesitate to contact The Study and Career Guidance with questions relating to your studies. If you have questions of more factual character, e.g. regarding registration, exams, exemptions and SU - The Danish students' Grants and Loans Scheme - please contact Student Affairs and Programmes.
All the best!
Yours sincerely,
Sisse Finken, Head of Programme in Global Business Informatics