Full-Time MA in Digital Management

Modules

8 areas of study

Foundation Days: Build your team and create a group culture, learn the Hyper Island methodology and develop skills to enhance your creativity.
Creativity Week: Discover idea generation techniques and essential research methods under the guidance of program leaders.
Design Thinking: Explore design thinking tools and processes, including looking at other related areas such as service design and human-centred design.
Digital Technologies: Recognize digital technologies as enablers for change and grasp the basic concepts involved both from a theoretical and practical hands-on perspective.
Business Transformation: Take an in-depth look at business model development. Work with cutting-edge business modeling techniques, case studies, and user journeys.
Managing Projects and Teams: Explore the project lifecycle and consider projects from a holistic perspective. Takes place during the entire on-site part of the program and is built on your project and professional work.
Innovation Project: We challenge you to apply all your previous learnings and create your own project which aims to show innovation in the development of new ideas or transformation of existing ideas in an area of digital management.
Industry Research Project: Find a problem in your industry within a professional context, and work to solve it. Instead of the traditional Master’s thesis, you will identify a problem, formulate hypotheses, prototype solutions, and share original insights based on your research.

Companies

Companies we have worked with

Alumni

Student Stories

Hyper Island taught me that digital is all about people

Maja lives a short distance away from the Hyper Island Stockholm campus in Hägersten. She is originally from Uppsala but moved to Stockholm for her bachelor degree in advertising and PR. Now she is studying our part-time MA in Stockholm.

A Learner’s Journey: Q&A with Eunice Hong

A Senior Designer at Proctor & Gamble and a part-time Masters student at Hyper Island shares her thoughts on her passions in the digital world.

It’s probably one of the best decisions I’ve made. Without the MA, I’d probably still be wondering why things are changing around me instead of being a part of them.

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Aimee Tasker

Service Designer, Common Good

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Program Entry Requirements

In order to apply for the MA Digital Management program, you’ll need:

A Bachelor’s degree or higher
In lieu of a degree: 3-5 years of relevant work experience

If you are a Non-EU applicant and have not received English education at university-level, or are from a country where English is not the main spoken language, you will be required to prove your English level with IELTS Academic exam results* (score minimum of 6.0, no less than 5.5 on each section).

Payment Options

There are two standard payment options for this program. As your option preference might differ based on whether you are funding the program independently or through your employer/company, we ask you to please speak to our education managers for more information.

Scholarships & Grants

Hyper Island does not offer scholarships but does offer grants for qualifying students. You can read more about our grant program here.

Relocation

The full-time MA Digital Management program requires you to be on the Hyper Island campus for 6 months in Stockholm or Manchester, where you will be studying from Monday to Friday 9am-5/6pm. This means you will need to relocate to your selected campus location for the first 6 months of the program.

For the remaining 5 months, you will embark on your Industry Research Project. This project must be completed within a professional context but can be completed remotely from anywhere in the world.

Study Visa

For students requiring a study visa, Hyper Island will support applications of a 6-month study visa in Stockholm or Manchester to cover the on-campus part of the program.

Qualification

Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a Master of Arts Degree in Digital Management, a qualification that is recognized worldwide. The program is designed in partnership with and validated by Teesside University.

Estimated Living Expenses

To help you understand the costs involved in your Masters, we have outlined the total estimated expenses of your six months on campus.

Manchester
Housing & Utilities 4000 – 6000 GBP
Living 3000 GBP
Local Transport 420 GBP

Stockholm
Housing & Utilities 40000 – 60000 SEK
Living 45000 SEK
Local Transport 5340 SEK

These amounts are based on market benchmarks and exchange rates at the time of print and are therefore subject to change. If you’d like to compare location living expenses in more detail we suggest you visit this website.

How will Brexit affect my studies?

EU students won’t be affected until December 2020 as there will be no change to immigration rules to satisfy the requirements of the transition period. International student conditions remain the same.

For students joining from December 2020 onwards, Hyper Island is already in close collaboration with the relevant education authorities in the UK and will provide additional support to ensure a smooth transition for any student affected by post-Brexit changes.

For further details, we suggest that you reach out to us or have a look at this website.

Programs & Courses

MA Digital Management

Intro

What you'll be doing