Digital Business Managementfull time
- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 3 semesters
- Location
- Kiel
- Deadlines
- September 2026 (Germans and inhabitants)
- September 2026 (EU)
- September 2026 (Non-EU)
- Please enquire
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Business Administration
Target group
From the winter semester 2020/21, the Master's degree in Digital Business Management trains prospective students for a professional career as digital managers in companies. Graduates of the new Master's degree with a Master of Arts degree after 3 semesters, for example as a CDO (Chief Digital Officer), will be able to demonstrate digital leadership skills, implement and develop digital strategies, lead companies through digital transformations and build and position digital teams. Other areas of responsibility in the later professional field are the development of digital services and business models, as well as the implementation of an understanding of customer focus.
The course is therefore aimed at future top performers who want to independently, responsibly prepare, make and implement complex decisions on the management of digitised business models in companies.
The course is therefore aimed at future top performers who want to independently, responsibly prepare, make and implement complex decisions on the management of digitised business models in companies.
Annotation
The prerequisites for a Master’s degree are a completed first professionally qualifying degree in Business Administration or a closely related subject. Within the scope of this undergraduate degree, Economics skills (at least 120 ECTS), IT skills (at least 10 ECTS in IT subjects) and Statistical skills (at least 10 ECTS in Statistics subjects) should have been acquired.
If the first degree course comprises less than 210, but at least 180 ECTS, the missing ECTS must be made up in order to achieve a total of 300 ECTS. The department determines the required achievements in a separate manual.
Also possible as a degree course with practical training (PBS). For more information see https://www.fh-kiel.de/studium/studienangebot/duales-studium/praxisbegleitetes-studium/
If the first degree course comprises less than 210, but at least 180 ECTS, the missing ECTS must be made up in order to achieve a total of 300 ECTS. The department determines the required achievements in a separate manual.
Also possible as a degree course with practical training (PBS). For more information see https://www.fh-kiel.de/studium/studienangebot/duales-studium/praxisbegleitetes-studium/
Admission requirements
A first professionally qualifying degree in Economics. In addition, 10 credit points in the field of "Statistics" and 10 credit points in the field of (Business) Informatics or Digitisation must be demonstrated.
If the previous study comprises less than 210 but at least 180 credit points, the missing credits will have to be made up. As a rule, a total of 300 credit points should be achieved. Compulsory skills as well as the latest possible time for providing proof thereof will be communicated to the applicants by the examination board at the beginning of their studies, which represents a condition that they must meet.
Proof of command of English to at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Recognised evidence can be found in §7 of the examination regulations for the Master's degree in Digital Business Management.
If the previous study comprises less than 210 but at least 180 credit points, the missing credits will have to be made up. As a rule, a total of 300 credit points should be achieved. Compulsory skills as well as the latest possible time for providing proof thereof will be communicated to the applicants by the examination board at the beginning of their studies, which represents a condition that they must meet.
Proof of command of English to at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Recognised evidence can be found in §7 of the examination regulations for the Master's degree in Digital Business Management.
Lecture period
- 16.03.2026 - 20.06.2026
- 15.09.2026 - 21.12.2026
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
Applications without German university entrance qualification (HZB) via Uni-assist
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
Applications without German university entrance qualification (HZB) via Uni-assist
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.05.2026 - 15.09.2026
Summer semester (2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.11.2026 - 15.03.2027
Applications without German university entrance qualification (HZB) via Uni-assist
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.11.2026 - 15.03.2027
Applications without German university entrance qualification (HZB) via Uni-assist
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.11.2026 - 15.03.2027
Applications without German university entrance qualification (HZB) via Uni-assist
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.11.2026 - 15.03.2027
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
English