Master of Management & Digital Technology (MSc) – Heilbronn Technical University of Munich

Courses are held 100% in English.

As the complexity of new technologies increases and both the innovation cycles and the research and development cycles become shorter, firms need employees with proper digital skills who can easily adjust to and implement digital technologies. Our Master's programme in Management & Digital Technology addresses these challenges, and thus, plays an important role in supporting firms, particularly small and medium-sized companies and family businesses to compete successfully within a globally competitive environment. The programme untangles the complexity of new and innovative tools through in-depth and targeted training in these technologies as well as effective change management strategies.

Management and leadership skills, including interdisciplinary thinking to recognise interrelationships and to effectively serve as a liaison between diverse stakeholders, are essential in addressing the above-mentioned challenges. This also includes developing management competencies to introduce digital technologies on a larger scale within the company. Training in business analytics will assist with adequately analysing, implementing, and using data. As more and more data are available in the context of the digitisation of processes, these competencies become an essential part of the programme.

Start of winter semester: October
Start of summer semester: April

The application period for the winter semester runs from 1 April to 31 May (national and international applicants).

The application period for the summer semester runs from 1 November to 30 November (national and international applicants).

During the four-semester programme, students can earn 120 ECTS in various courses. They acquire advanced knowledge in empirical methods (12 ECTS), which they can build on in upcoming research projects. Moreover, students specialise in digital technology (30 ECTS). In this focus area, they can choose from elective lectures, seminars, and exercises depending on their prior knowledge of informatics and personal interests. Another focus is on management (48 ECTS). Students can either specialise in family enterprise or digital enterprises or they can freely choose elective courses from both areas without setting a focus. After students have successfully completed all courses, they conclude the Master's degree programme with the Master's thesis (30 ECTS).

Internships are optional. While we cannot directly arrange an internship for you, we provide a wide range of support services.

No tuition fees

This degree programme does not charge any tuition fees. For semester fees, please check: https://www.tum.de/en/studies/fees.

In order to cover personal expenses while studying in Heilbronn, we recommend a budget amounting to at least 992 EUR per month for accommodation, living, health insurance, books, and miscellaneous expenses. Check our website for information on living in Heilbronn: https://www.mgt.tum.de/campuses/heilbronn/living-in-heilbronn.

To qualify for the Master's in Management & Digital Technology, applicants must fulfil the following requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (at least 140 ECTS at the time of application) in Management & Technology, Management, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable programme
• Successful completion of various modules (see details here)
• Proof of English language proficiency (details below)
• Additional application via uni-assist if you did not obtain your Bachelor's degree from a German university
• We would like to inform you that applicants with a Bachelor’s degree from China, Bangladesh, India, Egypt, and Pakistan must submit a GMAT (Classic or Focus) with at least a 65th percentile ranking. For more information, please click here.
• All applicants who wish to apply for a degree programme at a German university with a Chinese, Indian, or Vietnamese school or university degree need a certificate from the Academic Evaluation Center (Akademische Prüfstelle, APS).

Check our website for application and admission requirements: https://www.mgt.tum.de/programs/master-in-management-digital-technology/how-to-apply.

Applicants must also be able to prove that they are proficient in the English language at the time of application. In addition to accepted English language proficiency certificates for TUM study programmes, applicants can prove their English language knowledge with a previous university degree that was taught and assessed in English entirely or at least 12 ECTS thereof, including your final thesis. A GMAT with a score higher than 600 is also accepted as proof of English language proficiency.

Please note that it is not necessary to prove any knowledge in the German language at the time of application. However, as a foreign student, you are required to provide proof of basic German language proficiency (comparable to A1 level) by the end of the second semester.

The application period for the winter semester runs from 1 April to 31 May (national and international applicants).

The application period for the summer semester runs from 1 November to 30 November (national and international applicants).

Information on funding and financial aid can be found on our website at: https://www.tum.de/en/studies/fees-and-financial-aid/scholarships/.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) supports students and staff in their search for accommodation by providing personal advice, listings for housing, and useful information to ensure that they can quickly find a place to call their own: https://www.mgt.tum.de/campuses/heilbronn/living-in-heilbronn.

TUM School of Management wants all of its students to enjoy a successful and fulfilling career, which starts from the first semester onwards. We offer a range of support services to help students along this path, for example:

• an online job board, which provides details of current openings at companies – full-time jobs as well as internships, working student jobs, project studies, student assistant jobs at the faculty/school, or other part-time jobs (known as "minijobs" in Germany)
• frequent career events with TUM School of Management's corporate partner companies, during which students can get in touch with Germany's leading employers
• career coaches that may provide useful hints and advice on applying for jobs in Germany

Online and on-site information sessions

The TUM Heilbronn campus is part of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). TUM is one of Europe’s leading research universities, with around 700 professors, 12,300 staff members, and almost 53,000 students. The focus areas of TUM are engineering sciences, natural sciences, life sciences and medicine, combined with social sciences and economics.

TUM was one of the first universities in Germany to be awarded the title “University of Excellence” and secured this title for the third time in a row in 2019. Due to its high academic standard, the university also regularly occupies top positions among the best German universities in international rankings. With its focus on entrepreneurship, TUM aims to promote talents and to create value for society. The university also forges strong links with companies and scientific institutions across the world.

TUM is represented in Germany with campuses in Munich, Heilbronn, Garching, Weihenstephan and Straubing as well as worldwide with the TUM Asia campus in Singapore and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Cairo, Mumbai, San Francisco, and São Paulo.

Welcome to the Region of World Market Leaders!
There are many reasons to study in Heilbronn. The city lies in the heart of Heilbronn-Franken, the region of world market leaders. A great number of innovative firms, many of them family-led small and medium-sized enterprises, have achieved top positions in world markets from their locations right here. That makes Heilbronn the perfect match for the particular TUM model, with its combination of entrepreneurial spirit and innovative capacity. Here, you can learn how these companies operate and how they are managed – straight from the source.

The Campus for the Digital Age
The primary focus lies on managing digital transformation in the field of family businesses and information technology. Research and teaching aim to bridge the gap between business, engineering sciences, and information engineering in a dynamic, international environment. This opens up new research fields – for example, related to digital transformation and platform economy, which are used both in the innovative companies of the Heilbronn-Franken region and worldwide.

One of the most significant advantages of the TUM Heilbronn campus is its size, being home to just 1,000 students. This creates a sense of belonging and makes it easy to meet people: there is a good chance that our Student Service Point staff will quickly know your name.

Living in Heilbronn
The charming combination of tradition and modernity makes Heilbronn an attractive place to live and study. Besides great museums such as Experimenta, Germany’s largest science centre, Heilbronn has many stores and boutiques located close to the historic city centre and a lively restaurant and bar scene that has emerged along the Neckar River in recent years. Heilbronn is well connected to the highways A6 and A81, making it easy to discover cities such as Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Mannheim, and Würzburg from your base here.