You want to support companies on their way to a “green” future? The part-time master degree programme Digital Management & Sustainability equips you with the necessary skills: Our students acquire management, innovation, digitalisation, and sustainability competencies that are essential for the existence and the success of a company and that will become even more relevant in future.

Environmental problems and social tensions are increasing noticeably, and we have to ask ourselves earnestly and constructively how we might solve them. It will not be possible without the relevant competencies – sustainability management being among the most important ones.

Sustainability management encompasses a wide range of qualifications:

• A sound understanding of the ecological, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability
• Analytical skills for developing effective sustainability strategies
• Communication skills for entering into dialogue with various interest groups including staff members, customers, suppliers, investors, and the public
• Project management skills for the planning, organisation, execution, and monitoring of measures
• Capacity for innovation in order to respond to changing requirements and challenges
• Stakeholder commitment for ensuring cooperation with various interest groups including government authorities, non-governmental organisations, local communities, and other bodies

Graduates of the master degree programme Digital Management & Sustainability have many different career opportunities and remarkably good job and promotion prospects. This is a selection of current job opportunities – both during and after your studies, you could work as a

• Project manager for compliance and sustainability
• Junior project manager
• Sustainability manager
• Junior business development manager
• Innovation manager
• Change manager
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager, etc.

In this cross-sector master degree programme, you acquire skills in management & strategy, digitalisation & innovation, and sustainability. The practice-oriented education prepares you for a management career in companies, non-profit organisations, or the public sector. These competencies support your skills in greening, innovation, sustainability, and digitalisation.

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You can adjust your studies to your interests and preferences and focus on your selected topic contents by selecting two out of three specialisations:

• Business Process & Strategy
• CSR & ESG Management
• Digital Project & Innovation Management

Moreover, the “Window of Opportunity” in the 3^rd semester offers further possibilities for following your individual interests and honing your personal professional profile. In addition to a pool of courses offered by the master degree programme itself, from which students can freely select, there is also the possibility to make use of, e.g., additional offers from outside the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences.

Thanks to its flexible structure, this part-time master degree programme is ideally oriented towards the needs of working students:

• Duration: 4 semesters, part-time
• Teaching mode: teaching in blocks, Friday and Saturday, full-day, mix of online and on-site teaching
• Use of digital tools in teaching
• Language of instruction: mainly German, occasionally English