Society’s present challenges call for innovation. Digitalisation and fact-based research are key to this development.

We offer a highly qualified education at this interface of applied research, innovation and digitalisation with a focus on topics such as artificial intelligence, governance and protection. The Master in Digital Innovation and Research, which is taught entirely in English, enables you to make an important contribution to the realisation of digital transformation.

Career Prospects:

Graduates of this international master degree programme acquire competences at the interface of digitalisation, innovation and research, which provides them with the best possible preparation for the job market.

• SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises). As a graduate, you can:  

• • identify research and innovation possibilities in the area of computer science in your company;
  • determine concrete demand for research;
  • establish adequate cooperation projects with higher education institutions and non-university-based research centres.
• Research Divisions of Large Companies: You are already equipped with practical experience in research projects thanks to your studies. You are able to quickly acquire the necessary skills in various fields (e.g. support in preparing proposals, project implementation as a junior researcher, reporting and controlling).
• Higher Education Institutions and Research Centres: Be it a university of applied sciences, a university, or a non-university-based research centre – you are able to prepare research projects in such a way that their findings lead to product, process or service innovations at the partner companies. Furthermore, you are able to actively participate in research projects and work on your PhD thesis at a higher education institution.

Research in the Computer Science & Security Department:

Research in the field of computer science and digitalisation is a top priority our UAS which enjoys an excellent reputation at the national and international levels, particularly when it comes to the areas of Cyber Security & IT Security and Data Analytics & Visual Computing. Furthermore we are home of a Josef Ressel Center for blockchain-technologies & security management.