Masters (MSc) in Digital Transformation
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 31,500 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
Introduction
MSc Digital Transformation provides you with the strategic understanding and skills to navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape. You'll explore digital strategies, emerging technologies, and change management while developing analytical and problem-solving abilities. Through real-world scenarios, you'll gain the expertise needed to drive digital innovation and transformation within organizations.
Our MSc in Digital Transformation is a new, innovative programme designed to explore the multifaceted dimension of the digital revolution with the premise of developing future leaders with the expertise to navigate the evolving digital landscape successfully. On this programme, you'll delve deep into the strategies, technologies, and organisational change dynamics required to thrive in an era defined by digital disruption.
The core course units at the heart of the programme will encompass a rich array of subject areas that form the foundational pillars by which a career in technology can be built. These include Digital Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Data Strategy and Visualisation, and Change Management.
Our programme fosters a collaborative and innovative learning environment, allowing you to engage in experiential learning opportunities to apply your newfound knowledge and skills to solve complex business problems. Immersing you in real-world scenarios, you'll develop the practical insights and capabilities needed to drive meaningful change within organisations.
Aims
- Recognise and evaluate the role of leadership in driving and facilitating organisational change.
- Analyse the impact of digital technologies on various industries and sectors, including the implications for business models and the adoption of emerging technologies in diverse settings.
- Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address challenges in digital strategy formulation and implementation within a collaborative team project.
- Design and implement digital strategies and initiatives to enhance organisational operations and supply chains.
- Utilise project management methodologies and tools to plan, monitor and deliver digital transformation projects.
Special features
Special features
- Take one of two pathways, depending on your interests including our unique fintech pathway.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of practice and theory in the areas of financial technology (fintech).
- Take part in a year-long consultancy project with a live case study that allows you to apply your studies to tackle real-world business challenges.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Funding Opportunities for Master's Degrees
There are a number of Master's funding options for our courses and these will vary depending on whether you’re a student from the UK, or EU, or an international student from outside the EU.
Please note: if you are successful in receiving more than one scholarship award, the total scholarship amount must not exceed 50% of your course tuition fees.
Master's student loan for UK students
If you are a prospective Master's student from the UK there are potential sources of funding available. The UK Government has confirmed that Postgraduate Loans will be offered to UK students starting a master's course in the 2024/25 academic year.
Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme
The Master's Scholarship is offered to students and alumni of The University of Manchester enrolling on one of the Business School's taught master's courses.
BAföG funding
German applicants can apply for BAföG funding in the form of a grant, subsidy, state or bank loan.
Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan (CSFP) General Scholarship
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission supports around 750 awards annually at universities around the Commonwealth.
Curriculum
Teaching and learning
We adapt teaching practices to reflect the diverse ways in which students learn, by combining traditional lectures with more interactive workshops, self-learning, as well as various aspects of e-learning.
Across the whole programme, the teaching and learning methods are designed to help you develop a sufficiently broad range of transferrable skills, including:
- Regular group discussions to develop interpersonal oral communication skills
- Group projects to develop team-working skills
- Written assessments to develop written communication skills
- E-Learning incorporated into assessment to develop greater levels of confidence in managing your own learning and transferable digital skills
Course unit details
Course unit information
Semester one - 4 core units:
- Digital Strategy
- Organising and Managing Change
- Core and Emerging Technologies
- Digitalisation of Operations and Supply Chains
Semester two - choose your pathway:
Pathway one - 2 core units:
- UX Design
- Data Strategy and Visualisation
2 elective units from:
- Fintech and Global Economy
- Financial Analytics and AI
- Open Finance and Payment Technologies
- Decentralised Finance, Blockchain and Web3
Fintech Pathway - 4 core units:
- Fintech and Global Economy
- Financial Analytics and AI
- Open Finance and Payment Technologies
- Decentralised Finance, Blockchain, and Web3
Year-Long Integrative Business Consultancy Project (60 credits)
- Apply what you have learned in the taught part of the course to real-world consultancy projects developed with businesses.
- Acting as consultants, students will be required to work in groups to deliver a comprehensive solution to a complex and live case study with support and guidance from their client.
- You’ll be working directly with industry to develop a consultancy project throughout the year.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates may consider a career in a wide range of private, public, third-sector and academic organizations. Roles would focus on the management of teams that utilize modern digital methods to tackle challenges to business practices.
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.