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Study media informatics

Overview

Welcome to the media informatics degree programs (Bachelor/Master) at the University of Regensburg.

Media informatics is an applied computer science program that primarily deals with the interaction between humans and computers and the technical properties of media.

In the Bachelor's degree program in Media Informatics, you combine media informatics with one or more other subjects, e.g. information science, media studies, mathematics, history, ..

In this degree program, you will learn how to develop software (and hardware) that people enjoy using. Program content includes: Programming (desktop, smartphone, web), media technologies, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, game development, data analysis, artificial intelligence and many other specialisations.

You will need solid computer science skills for the Master's in Media Informatics. In several larger projects, you will learn to carry out technically and organisationally complex software projects and deepen your expertise in the areas of human-computer interaction, games engineering or digital humanities.

Information for students and prospective students

  • Contact and Academic Advising

    If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact us.

  • Study start

    Current information for all students and prospective students

  • Study-trial program

    Opportunities to get to know media informatics

  • Final theses

    Information on the procedure for Bachelor's and Master's theses in media informatics

  • Test subject hours

    Information on the provision and crediting of test subject hours

Contact and Academic Advising

If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Final theses

Information on the procedure for Bachelor's and Master's theses in media informatics

Study start

Current information for all students and prospective students

Test subject hours

Information on the provision and crediting of test subject hours

Study-trial program

Opportunities to get to know media informatics

Study programmes

B.A. Media Informatics

Bachelor of Arts

M.Sc. Media Informatics

Master of Science

M.A. Digital Humanities (external link, opens in a new window)

Master of Arts

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Together with the Chair of Digital Humanities and the Chair of Information Science, the Chair of Media Informatics also offers the Master's degree program in Digital Humanities.

Further study programmes

M.A. Public History and Culture (external link, opens in a new window)

Media Informatics is responsible for the area of digitalisation in this degree program.

LL. B. Digital Law (external link, opens in a new window)

Media iÍnformatics teaches the basics of computer scientists and machine learning (text mining) in this degree program (modules DIGLAW 8 - 10 = Computer Science for Lawyers I-III).

LL.M. Legal Tech (external link, opens in a new window)

The Executive Master's in Legal Tech, which provides lawyers with a modern introduction to legal informatics, has been in existence since 2020.

Links and tools

Campus portal - course catalogues and course registration (external link, opens in a new window)

You can find the course catalogues on the campus portal of the University of Regensburg. You can register or apply for courses there after logging in with your NDS account.

GRIPS - The online learning platform of the University of Regensburg (external link, opens in a new window)

On GRIPS you will find a suitable online course for every media informatics course. We will keep in touch with you via these courses (forum) and provide you with learning materials (e.g. slide sets, literature or quizzes). In the course of the semester, you will submit your completed exercise sheets and practical project work to us via the GRIPS courses. The links to the corresponding GRIPS courses can usually be found in the entry for the respective course on the campus portal.

Media centre - Lecture recordings and other materials (external link, opens in a new window)

The University of Regensburg offers a media centre where you can find videos of lectures and other courses. We also provide recordings and additional materials for our courses here. We usually let you know where you can find which materials in the media centre via the GRIPS courses of the individual courses.

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