MSc Digital Business and Management
Key Details
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Award
- Degree of Master of Science
- Course Length
- 1 year
- Course Start Date
- September 2023
Course Overview
This course addresses the worldwide shortage of graduates in digital business and provides you with vital experience and understanding of contemporary and emerging digital technologies for the future, their management, how to communicate your knowledge, and work with others. Also, this course offers you an exciting opportunity to understand the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary character of digital business.
The shortage of graduates with knowledge of digital business and the necessary skills to make digital businesses successful is recognized by governments, non-government agencies and leading technology companies. Accordingly, you will learn how digital technologies transform businesses and markets, establishes new opportunities for value creation, disrupts traditional business models, and how digital technologies are applied in every aspect of business. You will cultivate deep analytical and critical skills when you demonstrate your understanding of digital transformation and business. You will also have the opportunity to examine the technological drivers of change and the roles people have in digital business.
The digitalization of business has been identified globally as essential for business success. If you want to ensure that you have the right digital business knowledge and skills for the future, and put yourself at a competitive edge over other graduates, then this course is right for you.
This course will give you the knowledge and skills to manage digital transformation and the advancement of digital business, and prepare you for a wide range of employment roles in digital business such as management and leadership, consulting and contracting for all types and sizes of business, and to being entrepreneurial and creating new digital businesses. You will be introduced to digital business, digital markets, different types of contemporary and emerging digital technologies, and digital transformation. This course enables you to develop expertise in digital business that is in demand by employers, or progress to further study doing a PhD.
Entry Requirements
- Degree Classification
- Bachelors degree - 2.1 or equivalent
- Degree Subject
- Business, Management, Marketing, Computing, Information Systems, Economics, Law or Psychology, a deep interest in the implications of digital technologies for business and management and strong verbal, written and visual communication skills
- English Foreign Language
We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:
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IELTS: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in only two components with 6.0 in the others)
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PTE (Pearson): 64 (minimum 59 in only two components with 64 in the others)
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
Other tests, including Cambridge English exams and the Trinity Integrated Skills in English are also accepted by the university. The full list of accepted tests can be found here: Accepted English Language Tests
INTO UEA also run pre-sessional courses which can be taken prior to the start of your course. For further information and to see if you qualify please contact intopre-sessional@uea.ac.uk
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- Intakes
This course is open to UK, EU and International applicants. The annual intake for this course is in September each year.
Additional Information or Requirements
INTO University of East Anglia
If you do not meet the academic requirements for this course, you may be able to study one of the International Graduate Diploma programmes offered by our partner INTO UEA. These programmes guarantee progression to selected master's degrees if students achieve the appropriate grade. For more details please click here:
Fees and Funding
Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2023/24 are:
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UK Students: £12,300 (full time)
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International Students: £21,200 (full time)
If you choose to study part-time, the fee per annum will be half the annual fee for that year, or a pro-rata fee for the module credit you are taking (only available for Home students).
We estimate living expenses at £1,023 per month.
Further Information on tuition fees can be found here.
Scholarships and Bursaries
The University of East Anglia offers a range of Scholarships; please click the link for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
How to Apply
Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University.
To apply please use our online application form.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying please do contact us:
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515
Email: admissions@uea.ac.uk
International candidates are also encouraged to access the International Students section of our website
Employability
After the Course
The course will prepare you to work within traditional or digital businesses, to start your own company, or work as a consultant. You could work in any industry, from manufacturing, to retail, to the service industries, media, arts, entertainment, sport and more, at multinational and major companies. If you choose to go on to further study, for example doing a PhD, the course provides you with a strong platform as you would have experienced how to do research into digital business and critique your findings, evaluate latest technology developments, and be able to assess the impact of digital technology and transformation within business settings.
Careers
A degree at UEA will prepare you for a wide variety of careers. We've been ranked 1st for Job Prospects by StudentCrowd in 2022.
Examples of careers you could enter include:
- Operations manager
- Supply chain manager
- Digital Marketing and Account manager
- Project Manager
- Consultant
- Business Analyst