Master Digital Innovation & Intrapreneurship (MA)

Your degree, your way:

By obtaining a master's degree in Digital Innovation and Intrapreneurship from IU, Germany's largest university, you can maximize your business potential and combine innovation and entrepreneurship. Initiate and implement innovation from inside with skills to help businesses achieve new heights and audiences as you lead the digital revolution. This study program will push you to assume responsibility for a variety of activities and projects in corporate innovation management while focusing on a scientifically sound and concurrently practice-oriented education in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Why IU?

• Germany’s largest University: With over 100,000 students from more than 153 countries
• Digital, Flexible, 100% online: IU offers outstanding, innovative digital learning materials and a great online environment for success in your studies wherever you are with online classes and exams 24/7.
• Fully Accredited Degree: All IU's degrees benefit from German state accreditation and are internationally recognized in major jurisdictions such as the EU, US and UK
• Study at a 5-star rated University from QS: IU is the first German university that achieved a 5-star rating for Online Learning from QS
• International Focus, Practical Orientation: 94% of their graduates have a job within six months of graduation.
• Scholarships available: Depending on your situation, motivation, and background, IU offers scholarships that can reduce your tuition fees by up to 67%.

A short overview of your study

• Degree: Master of Arts (MA)
• Credits: 60 ECTS
• Start of study: Anytime
• Study duration: 12, 18 or 24 months
• Study model: Online study including online exams 24/7

Career Outlook

Upon successfully completing your online Master’s degree in Digital Innovation and Intrapreneurship, an exciting wealth of prospects awaits you across varied business sectors. You’ll be primed for a career in a managerial position, for example, in one of these roles:

Project Management Innovation

Stand at the intersection between product development and marketing, and use your knowledge to help teams bridge the gap between design ideas, practicality and market demand.

Innovation Specialist

As an innovation specialist, you’ll be responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of new product prototypes or service beta runs. Oversee quality assurance tests and analyse users’ and testers’ responses in order to assure a smooth launch later on.

Innovation & Application Development Manager

Innovation & application development managers initiate and lead product and service development projects. They’re responsible for providing technical and customer support for newly launched products and services, working closely with sales and development teams in order to implement necessary changes based on feedback from users.

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The 60 ECTS Master’s in Digital Innovation and Intrapreneurship programme focuses on further honing and developing your entrepreneurial skills and vision, in order for you to help implement digital innovation processes in your future place of employment.

You’ll explore closely the macro- and microeconomics of entrepreneurship, how to inspire and support inner company innovation initiatives and how to develop digital business models, based on modern management methods.

In the second semester of this programme, you’ll acquire further specialist knowledge through one of the offered elective courses, and work on developing your technical or marketing knowledge based on your career ambitions.

Electives Overview

In your 2nd semester, you'll need to choose an elective module, which you can choose from one of the following modules:

• Start-Up Lab
• Artificial Intelligence
• Data Science and Analytics
• Big Data
• IT Project and Architecture Management
• Corporate Finance and Investment
• Consumer Behavior and Brand Management
• Leadership and Change
• Performance Management
• Product Development and Design Thinking
• Agile Start-Up Methods

Accreditations, Rankings, and Memberships

	Accreditation  IU International University of Applied Sciences has received system accreditation from EQAR, FIBAA, the German Accreditation Council, the German Council of Science and Humanities, and WES Canada. This means their courses, faculty and teaching material all match the rigorous standards that have been set for them and they can now accredit their own programmes.
	Cambridge Assessment International Education / High School Diploma A-Levels IU is the first online university partner of Cambridge International's high school diploma A-Levels. Students now have a chance to earn a high school diploma while studying for a bachelor’s degree – with no additional cost. The A-Levels is a unique 12-month course with a 150-hour workload, which you take alongside your bachelor courses. The A-Levels concludes with an exam that can be retaken an infinite number of times.
	Awards and Rankings  IU is the first German university to get 99/100 on the QS Stars Report, but they also topped 6 out of 25 categories in Germany’s largest university ranking by CHE. Recently IU’s online MBA programmes ranked 26th in Europe in the prestigious QS Online MBA Rankings, an impressive achievement and recognition on the international stage.
	Memberships  IU is a member of the Business Graduate’s Association, Online Learning Consortium, AASCB, and UNESCO's Global Education Coalition. These memberships give them connections to other institutions, companies, and NGOs as well as top-tier degree programmes and lifelong learning development courses. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, IU helps students in need to continue their education and pursue lifelong learning.

Global Recognition and Academic Partners