The Information Systems Institute in Leipzig (IWI)

The Information Systems Institute (IWI) was founded in 2004 and combines competence of three chairs in this area which already exist since 15 years. The three chairs of the institute today comprise approx. 25 researchers as well as the faculty's computation centre (FRZ). To ensure a profound education the institute offers a broad range of facilities including (PC) laboratories, the connection with the University’s Computation Centre and a library covering most of the latest literature on computer science and business information systems. Research and teaching at the IWI focuses on innovative and practice-oriented topics and aims for a well- founded and practice-oriented education. IWI has relationships with numerous international companies and research institutes, such as:

• Macquarie University, Australia, Department of Computing
• Poznan University of Economics, Poland, Department of Information Systems
• Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Information and Communication Technologies
• Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Business and Economics Research Institute
• University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, Institute of Information Management
• University of Waterloo, Canada, The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
• Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, Department of Design