Master's in Management & Digital Technology (MSc) Technical University of Munich

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.

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.

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 (see details here and also refer to the website 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 Centre (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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 52,000 students. The focus areas of TUM are engineering sciences, natural sciences, life sciences and medicine, combined with social sciences and economics.

In March 2026, TUM was designated a “University of Excellence” for the fourth consecutive time. 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.

Since 2018, TUM has been teaching and conducting research at its Heilbronn campus. The TUM Heilbronn campus stands for excellence in research and sustainable innovation, teaching, and continuing education in the digital era. The focus lies on the intersection of management, digital technologies, data science, and family enterprises. Excellence in research and teaching, state-of-the-art infrastructure, its international orientation, global networking, and strong ties to local SMEs and world market leaders make it a top destination for students and researchers alike.