FHWien der WKW

Digital Innovation

  • MA
  • Extra occupational
  • German, English
  • 4 semesters
  • Vienna
  • 20 places
Application period
from 08.01.2025 to 31.03.2025

  • You are fascinated by the creative use of digital technology.
  • You would like to supplement your business skills from your first degree with specific technical know-how.
  • You want to be able to manage complex innovation projects professionally in the future.

FHWien der WKW offers two Master’s programs at the interface of digital technology and innovation: the Master’s program in Digital Innovation and the more technically oriented Master’s program in Digital Technology & Innovation.

Highlights

  • Master’s degree in digital technology especially for people without a formal background in technology or programming
  • 60 % online learning, often in teams – if you need a good work-life balance and still don’t want to study alone
  • Cooperation with the pilot factory of TU Wien to work with robotics and assistance systems

Focus & Qualifications

Graduates combine skills from the areas of “Management“, “Innovation” and “Digital Technology“.

Management:

You know how to use highly specialized management tools from the following areas:

  • Innovation management
  • Personnel management
  • Strategic management
  • Business planning

The focus here is on change and transformation.

Innovation:

You are able to take responsibility for interdisciplinary innovation projects. You attach great importance to user-centered, iterative and holistic working methods:

  • You work independently with agile innovation methods (e.g. from the field of design thinking).
  • You use transformation strategies and innovation networks.
  • You use data as an important business asset.
  • Together with other corporate functions, you support the market launch of innovations from an economic, organizational and technical perspective.

Use of digital technology:

You will acquire the ability to

  • assess the use of digital technology from an interdisciplinary perspective and contribute to technology selection decisions,
  • take on coordinating roles in the agile development of prototypes (e.g. product owner) and
  • familiarize yourself with emerging technology areas.

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Entry requirements

The admission requirements for the Master’s program in Digital Innovation are a completed Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject at a University of Applied Sciences or the completion of an equivalent study program at a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution.

Relevant Bachelor-level study programs include all Social and Economic Sciences programs as well as programs in Business Informatics and Industrial Engineering fields, provided they include the following: introduction to business administration, accounting and finance, project and process management and private business law.

Appointment

Application mode:
multi-level

Application time:
January 8 – March 31, 2025

Appointment for the admissions process:
March, April, May

Admission procedure:
Online registration, sending application documents, computer-based admissions test, degree-program specific admissions procedure (CV-Check, group interview)

Start of studies:
September

Study information days:
Dates on the website: https://www.fh-wien.ac.at/en/?cat=66&post_type=event#start

Tuition fee:
Euro 363.36 per semester (excl. Austrian students’ union fee)

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