Masters In Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions
Turin, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 161 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* tuition fees are related to family or individual income, up to a maximum of 5593 euros per year for those with the highest incomes
Introduction
The Master of Science in Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions has been designed to train the digital expert, a professional that can understand how technologies impact societies and cities transitions towards new development models.
Fast facts:
- 2 years, full-time programme, taught in English
- Starting September
- Located in Turin, Italy
- International Student population
- An interdisciplinary approach provides participants with key ICT and social science skills across the following new technology landscapes: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, the Internet of Things, and Social Media
- Three specialization paths: Mobility, Heritage, and Industry 4.0
The digital expert
The Master's Course is characterized by a strong multidisciplinary approach that allows the digital expert to work in teams with digital technology related skills as well as practical skills. This leads to develop competencies in business management and management sciences, with in-depth knowledge in a specific transition-related process such as de-carbonization and energy transition, industrial automation, valorization of the cultural heritage.
Specialization Paths
With a focus on the interplay between the spatial and technological dimensions of digital transformation, the Master's Course is organized in three specialization pathways.
- Cultural Heritage
- Industry 4.0
- Urban Smart Mobility
Why this program
The Next Generation Europe will build and support the pandemic recovery strategy o become a genuine force for stable EU-wide change towards a greener, more innovative, and stronger economy. In this regard, the EU Commission has set targets in its skills agenda and the digital education action plan to ensure that 70% of adults have basic digital skills by 2025.
Indeed, by drawing on our globally connected multi-disciplinary digital expertise and knowledge, our students can contribute to the efforts for a more sustainable, resilient, digital-friendly, and inclusive European Union that can withstand future threats, such as climate change.
Moreover, the spread of digital technologies is having a massive impact on the labor market and the type of skills needed in the economy and in society. Automation, digital platforms, and other innovations are changing the fundamental nature of work.
At the European level, some forecasting studies point out interesting trajectories in the transformation of work related to automation and ICT technologies. On the one hand, digital technologies make superfluous some tasks that do not require high levels of education; on the other hand, they prompt the development of new professions that require "digital and non-cognitive skills", i.e. digital skills integrated with relational and social skills, complemented by the ability to be resilient with respect to the massive changes that affect the world of work. Public and private organizations face a shortage of digital experts who can develop cutting-edge technologies for the benefit of all citizens. A strong digital economy powered by digital experts is vital for innovation, growth, jobs, and competitiveness.
Programme Objectives
The MSc in Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions trains digital experts, those professional figures who are able to integrate ICT and social science skills that are needed to manage the socio-spatial transitions related to the increasing availability of Big and Open Data in the wider context of the transition of societies and urban realities towards new models of relationship, production, and consumption.
Graduates in the master's degree programs in the class will:
- be able to combine the methods and techniques of business management and public and private administration with the technologies and methodologies of information technology, possessing skills in each of the areas;
- be able to effectively interpret change and technological and organizational innovation in companies and administrations;
- be able to operate in interdisciplinary groups made up of experts with expertise in the fields of information technology and economic-managerial, as well as with expertise in specific application areas, having general knowledge in each of the areas and more in-depth knowledge in at least one of them;
- be able to deal with regulatory issues related to the use of information and telematic technologies (with reference, among others, to problems of security, protection of confidentiality, legal validity);
- be able to interpret innovation within companies and administrations and to design new solutions for the use of information and communication technologies in these areas.
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Ideal Students
The master's degree program is designed for all students from all over the world who are interested in consolidating and strengthening their knowledge and skills in the field of technological and digital transitions affecting societies.
The program will also allow those students who do not have previous skills in computer science to acquire basic knowledge of the most important approaches to programming digital systems that support innovative data management in different areas, e.g., business, public administration, and NGOs operating in the territory.
The course is therefore designed for students interested in the digital transformation and its applications in the relevant dimensions of the current transition within mobility, intelligent production, communication, heritage protection, and public management.
Curriculum
Organization of the Master Course
The Master of Science is organized in a first year dedicated to learn about the relevant programming instruments, database management, artificial intelligence, and geographical information systems (GIS) as well as fundamental knowledge related to business and public administration management, to social transformations and to legal regulation of technological innovation.
The first semester of the second year centers on applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) and other ICT tools the development of sustainable solutions for post-carbon communities. This semester also includes an optional course in each of the three specialization pathways (smart mobility, digital heritage, industry 4.0).
The program ends with a semester where the acquired digital expertise is used to design and/or study a specific case for the final thesis, to highlight the student’s capacity to work autonomously.
Activities for the final thesis include a traineeship in companies, public administration bodies, or research institutes.
The Master Course in Biomedical Engineering is organized in three specialization pathways:
- Digital Urban Heritage
- Industry 4.0
- Urban Smart Mobility
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Career Opportunities
The MSc in Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions has the objective of training the intellectual and professional figure of the Digital expert, that has a thorough cultural preparation both in the social and technical fields.
What do we mean exactly by digital expert? In the following, we provide some examples of professional profiles.
Digital expert in the field of urban heritage innovation and valorization
Digital expert works by means of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the critical and historical contextualization of heritage processes in cities and also in relation to museums. The digital expert is able to plan and manage actions aimed at integrating and representing cultural information as well as planning communication strategies related to heritage valorization.
Digital expert in the field of Industry 4.0 methodologies and tools
Digital expert works in the digitalization of industrial processes, with particular emphasis on issues related to predictive maintenance, the creation of "digital twins", quality control, integrated management of production systems, also through the use of Manufacturing Execution System tools (MES). Using a data-driven approach, the expert defines innovative technological strategies and solutions in the manufacturing sector according to the "Industry 4.0" paradigm. They can also operate with roles and functions of horizontal connection between IT, administrative and managerial areas of companies, companies, and entities, public and/or private.
Digital innovation expert in the domain of energy transition and de-carbonization processes
Digital expert works in the field of urban energy and environmental planning and management, including sustainable mobility. Using a data-driven approach, experts suggesst innovative technological strategies and solutions in the energy and environmental sustainability sector. The expert operates with roles and functions of horizontal connection between IT, administrative, managerial, and communication areas in public and/or private companies, companies, and entities.
Expert in innovative and data-driven services for local private companies and public administrations
Digital expert works in the field of technological innovation and organizational change within companies and administrations. Thanks to a data-driven approach, he suggests innovative technological strategies and solutions in the area of personnel management and relations with the external public. The expert operates with roles and functions of horizontal connection between IT, administrative, managerial, and communication areas in companies, companies and entities, public and/or private.
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