Overview

Digital4Business is a new European Masters Programme that will focus on the practical application of Advanced Digital Skills within European SMEs and companies, helping businesses to achieve long term competitiveness and growth through digital transformation and innovation. The programme will train business leaders, professionals and graduates from all across Europe to fill crucial occupational profiles that are in very high demand and critical to the success of European companies. It will deliver the next generation of ‘Digital Decision Makers’ and Business Professionals with knowledge in advanced digital skills who can work effectively with ICT teams. The MSC will be entirely market and industry led, co-created with companies in order to address the growing digital skills gap that is hampering the development of many European businesses, and in particular SMEs. The MSC will concentrate on key topics such as AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data Analytics and Digital Transformation; with elective modules in other key emerging technologies such as Blockchain, IoT, and Quantum. The innovative new MSC will be delivered in both part time and full time online formats, complemented by physical workshops, seminars & networking events. It will provide students with academic accreditation, industry certification and microcredentials, along with work based learning, employability & mobility programmes. The DIGITAL4Business consortium includes 15 Partners from 7 EU countries consisting of Higher Education Institutes, Research Centres, Training Providers and Industry partners. DIGITAL4Business is a 4 year, €19.92m EU funded project, one of the largest non-infrastructure projects awarded to date under the European Commission’s flagship DIGITAL Europe Programme, which provides €7.5 billion of funding to accelerate the economic recovery and shape the digital transformation of Europe’s society.