Digital Innovation

• You are fascinated by digital technology.
• You have previous knowledge of business.
• You have a talent for designing innovative solutions.
• You enjoy learning hands-on in the context of specific team projects.

Type of degree program

Part-time (PT)

• 60 % online learning (Tuesday and Thursday after 6.30 pm), for a good work-life balance
• 8 on-campus weekends per semester so that social interaction is not neglected

Language of instruction

German and English – you decide in which language you want to perform

Study abroad

2^nd semester: international excursion lasting several days

4^th semester: possibility of a semester abroad in connection with the Master’s thesis

Start of the degree program

Always at the beginning of the winter semester in September

Place of study

wko campus wien, Währinger Gürtel 97, 1180 Vienna
(U6 metro station Währinger Straße/Volksoper)

Application procedure

• Deadlines & Dates
• Specific admission requirements MA Digital Innovation
• Specific admissions procedure MA Digital Innovation

Costs

€ 363.36 per semester (excl. Austrian students’ union fee)

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You will acquire the ability to

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

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.

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.

The Master’s program promotes your personal and social development:

• You will strengthen your ability to take responsibility for complex projects.
• You will learn how to independently familiarize yourself with emerging areas of digital technology and act as an expert mediator between future users, technicians and investors.
• You will train your creativity and resilience in a particularly dynamic environment.

You will learn about the technical and organizational aspects of global cloud infrastructures as a basis for digital innovation.

You will receive an introduction to the concepts and principles of programming, start working with an advanced programming language (Python) and develop your first small projects independently.

You will get to know the topic of innovation management from three perspectives: methods for developing innovative solutions, innovation management as a corporate function and selected approaches to innovation economics.

You will optimize your ability to work in a team (a central learning and working mode during your studies) and sharpen your understanding of the function of innovation networks.

You develop skills in working with data, understand data as an important corporate asset, learn about data architectures and models and deal with data security issues.

You will deepen your knowledge of a sub-area of digital technology, e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotics, Assistance Systems or Augmented Reality by getting to know selected systems and designing specific functions in a lab environment under supervision and implementing them in teams.

You deal with modern organizational concepts, leadership theories and personnel strategies as well as their impact on corporate culture and change leadership. You reflect on your personal approach to leadership, especially in situations characterized by uncertainty and high dynamics.

You will train your eye for the strategic perspective on the two core topics of the study program, “digital technology” and “innovation”.

As part of an international field trip, you will get to know the innovation culture of another country and deal with methods from the field of technology management.

You will develop an exposé for your Master’s thesis and receive feedback from other students and lecturers.

You develop an interdisciplinary overview of current trends in digital technology and deal with technical issues as well as questions of sustainability, user acceptance and the development of new business models.

In agile teams, you will develop software prototypes for the innovative solutions you developed in the “Innovation Challenge” module (2^nd semester) – with input phases, advice and coaching from lecturers.

You will deal with technical, technical-organizational and economic challenges in the roll-out of digital innovation.

Your Master’s thesis will be accompanied by feedback and exchange with other students and lecturers.

You will plan and implement an independent research, development or innovation project – usually with a concrete connection to your professional activity.

Women, with main residence in Vienna, who

• are at least 25 years old or can prove at least 24 months of employment above the marginal employment threshold,
• whose highest educational qualification is a Bachelor’s degree or a Master’s degree in a non-technical field,
• do not earn more than € 36,000 gross per year during their studies,
• who have a study place commitment in a part-time study program according to the list of study programs that can be supported in this program
• and who do not receive a student grant or a self-employed scholarship during their studies.

The total amount of the scholarship is € 7,500 for the intended duration of the Master’s program.

Information & advice

If you have any questions, please contact the waff directly via e-mail (bbe@waff.at) or telephone (01 217 48 555).

Further information can be found here:

• Download waff info sheet (in German)
• waff website (in German)