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Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation (M.A.)

Do you want to start your entrepreneurial project in health, mobility, manufacturing, food or your topic?

Are you a team player and thrive in an international and interdisciplinary work environment?

Do you desire to learn from peers and professionals in a community of aspiring entrepreneurs and corporate innovators?

Then the joint master's programme Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation offered by Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences and Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) is the right fit for you. Either as founders of your own business (entrepreneurs) or as corporate innovators with our industry partners (intrapreneurs), your project team will be supervised by a professor and a coach to come up with innovative solutions for the digital businesses of tomorrow.

Through a learning-by- doing approach with the right balance between theory and practice, you will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to start your own business or innovate in an organizational environment.

General information
The interdisciplinary master programme Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation enables graduates to either start their own digital business or lead corporate digital transformation projects to success.

Designing solutions for the digital world

Digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, or Blockchain will continue to revolutionize business models of established industries. Many start-ups build their value proposition on these new technologies. According to a PWC study from 2018 the contribution of digitization and smart automation to global GDP is expected to be about US$ 15trillion by 2030. This digital revolution asks for qualified employees and passionate founders to design innovative solutions that improve our business and personal lives.

Your key benefits
- project work at the core of the study programme
- interdisciplinary and international teams
- individualized study plan
- safe environment for experimentation
- building strong networks

Curriculum (Overview)

Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation is a full-time master programme designed to take three semesters.

You must complete a total of 90 credit points to graduate from the programme. The curriculum consists of compulsory courses on entrepreneurship and digitalization as well as electives from the master programmes of other faculties.

Admission requirements and application process
All applicants—both international and German candidates—must complete an online application via the platform Primuss .

A two-stage suitability procedure will be performed, consisting of a pre-selection on the basis of your university degree, grade point average, the project description, and the proven knowledge in the areas of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, digital transformation and implementation of projects.

Thus qualification requirements for access to the master programme include:
- University degree and grade point average
  
  "Proof of a university degree at a German university comprising at least 180 ECTS credits and at least six theoretical semesters of study, completed with an overall examination result of 2.5 or better, or an equivalent degree.
  
  The overall grade of 2.5 or better is not required in exceptional cases if evidence is provided of above-average technical and operational performance in the context of responsibly implemented intra/entrepreneurship or digitization projects."
  
  Please note: By completing a course, seminar, or module, you get awarded ECTS-credit points. Every ECTS credit point represents the amount of workload you accomplished in that period of time. For full academic year, 60 ECTS credits will be assigned, normally 30 credits are given for a semester. As per Germany 1 ECTS credit point equals 30 study hours of workload.
  
  In case you have an undergraduate degree with less than 210 (but min. 180) ECTS credit points:
  
  If you wish to successfully graduate from the master programme you have to complement your 180 ECTS credits from your undergraduate study with additional 30 ECTS credit points.
  
  This can be achieved through:
  
  - participation in courses from the range of studies at HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences.
  
  - or through a min. 20-weeks full-time internship
  
  - or through a min. one-year professional employment (full-time) after graduation
  
  The examination board of the master programme will determine what skills and competencies are missing, compared to a 210 ECTS credit points degree, and therefore need to be made up during the master's programme.
- Proof of English language skills
  Evidence of good English skills on the B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages are required.
  
  Please note that a semester abroad in an English speaking country does not count for B2 level, neither do several courses in English during your undergraduate study program.
  
  Tests or certificates of proof of good English skills that are being recognized as valid:
  
  Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet based at least 72 points
  International English Language Testing System (IELTS) at least 5.5
  Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) at least 785
  Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE)
  Cambridge Advanced English (CAE)
  Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency (CPE)
  Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage
  UNIcert II
  A german high school diploma showing the "B2"-Level (not older than 4 years)
  
  Due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, we accept all test results from online tests and certificates.
- Submission of a project description
  What exactly is the project description?
  
  The project description is a text document of 2-3 pages that describes either an "entrepreneurial" activity (i.e. starting your own business) or an "intrapreneurial" activity (i.e. taking part in an innovation project in a company). You were either personally involved in one of these projects, or your describe how you would realize it if you had to start tomorrow.
  
  It should reveal your systematic approach - starting from a specific problem or challenge, or based on a new technology to developing a specific solution (a product or a service) to practical implementation.
  
  Leading questions would be:
  
  Why did you choose the selected project for description?
  What was/is the starting point: a specific problem? A specific need? A new technology?
  Who was/is your relevant target group or customer?
  How did/would you develop a solution? What techniques and tools did/would you apply?
  What was/is the added value of your solution for your target group or customer? How did/does your solution look like?
  
  What kind of resources did/do you need to create and deliver your solution to your target group?
  How did/are you going to make the project or solution sustainable?
  What did you learn from this activity professionally and personally?
  
  DO NOT SUBMIT ANY THESES, CONFERENCE PAPERS, OR OTHER NON-RELATED DOCUMENTS. IN THIS CASE YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS INCOMPLETE.
- Proof of knowledge in entre- or intrapreneurship
  
  Additionally, you need to provide proof of knowledge in the fields of entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship, digital transformation, AND implementation of projects through record, transcripts, certificates.
  
  Examples are attended university courses, participation in summer schools or bootcamps or hackathons, open online courses, (co-) founding a business, internships in start-ups or innovative companies, etc.
  
  Our open online course (MOOC) is considered as a proof of knowledge in entrepreneurship and digital transformation.

Applicants with international degrees

If you have a non-German Bachelor or diploma degree, please use uni-assist for prior evaluation of your certificates before applying to the master's programme at Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences.

uni-assist evaluates if your university degree/certificates fulfil the general criteria for studying in Germany.

uni-assist also converts your grades to the German system of grades. [Please note that the grading scale at German universities goes from 1 = very good to 5 = failed]

Please note that uni-assist will need 4-6 weeks to issue the preliminary review record (VPD).

You have to upload the VPD to our online application platform. uni-assist WILL NOT FORWARD your documents to our university.

Self-assessment of qualification

Before you submit your documents to uni-assist and pay a fee for their review services, we recommend converting your grades on your own by using the Bavarian formula. This tool will give you a first orientation if your grades probably meet the qualification requirements for access to the master programme.

Another helpful link to check whether the university you graduated from is considered as a higher education institution, is offered by anabin (language is German only).

Application for winter semester: May 2 - June 15

If you wish to apply to the master's programme, you must first register for the online application process. This will ensure that only you can access your information on Primuss which is the Online Application Platform of Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences.

You can submit your online application only during the official period from May 2 to June 15.

On the platform you will be able to add the degree programme for which you would like to apply and then enter your personal data, educational background, pre-study details and further required documents.

In case of passing the first examination of the documents, an invitation to the admission interview will follow.

"The applicant's analysis and problem-solving competence and reasoning and communication skills in particular are examined in the admission interview on the basis of the project description and the other papers submitted for the preselection" (Study and Examination Regulation §2 para. 2)

Admission interviews will take place around the end of July. For those applicants who cannot travel to Munich for the interviews, virtual participation will be made possible.