Informatics: Business Intelligence
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Numerous organisations have consistently ranked BI as their top priority among application and technology advancements, which attracts most of the investments and garners substantial attention from the leadership. The course's main goal is to strike a balance between theory and practice by considering the demands of the current employment requirements in ICT and business trends.

The course explores BI at both micro and macro levels. At the micro level, the development of BI applications is covered by defining a business problem and identifying the necessary data to answer the identified problem. Students will work in small groups to address a real-world problem given a set of data. As part of the assignment each group must hand in a written report and make an oral presentation. The overarching goal is that students should acquire knowledge on how to develop BI applications and design BI solutions for different BI users and use cases.

At the macro level, the course explores theoretical advancements of BI from the standpoint of information systems and overarching effects of BI across the entire organisation. Issues related to data integration, data modelling, data quality, meta-data, data management, BI architecture, data visualisation, data storytelling, Big Data and scalability are addressed. Moreover, contemporary BI trends, such as BI governance, privacy, ethics, and AI are also partly covered. Overall, the course describes the evolution and current state of BI theory and practice.

The teaching method consists of lectures, guest lectures from industry and/or academic experts, seminars, computer laboratories, and individual and group supervision through office hours.

The course doesn't require any programming and database knowledge, but having such knowledge can be advantageous, particularly since Qlik Sense and Power BI are used in the group project for creating a BI application. As part of the course enrolment process, Qlik Sense licenses are allocated to students in the beginning of the course.

Course director

Blerim Emruli

How to apply

Lund University uses a national application system run by University Admissions in Sweden. It is only possible to apply during the application periods.

When to apply for studies

Step 1: Apply online

Check that you meet the entry requirements of the programme or course you are interested in (refer to the section above on this webpage).

Start your application – go to the University Admissions in Sweden website where you create an account and select programmes/courses during the application period.

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Rank your programme/course choices in order of preference and submit them before the application deadline.

Step 2: Submit documents

Read about how to document your eligibility and how to submit your documents at the University Admissions in Sweden website. Follow any country-specific document rules for Master's studies or Bachelor's studies

Country-specific requirements for Bachelor's studies – universityadmissions.se

Country-specific requirements for Master's studies – universityadmissions.se

Get all your documents ready:

- official transcripts and high school diploma (Bachelor's applicants)

- official transcripts and degree certificate or proof that you are in the final year of your Bachelor's (Master's applicants)

- passport/ID (all applicants) and

- proof of English proficiency (all applicants).

Prepare programme-specific documents if stated in the next paragraph on this webpage.

Upload or send all required documents to University Admissions before the document deadline.

Pay the application fee (if applicable – refer to the section below on this webpage) before the document deadline.

* Note that the process is different if you are applying as an exchange student or as a part of a cooperation programme (such as Erasmus+).

* If you have studied your entire Bachelor's programme in Sweden and all of your academic credits are in Ladok, you do not have to submit transcripts or your diploma when applying for a Master's programme. However, there may still be other documents you need to submit! See the link below.

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