LEAD Transformation!
Dates and Deadlines
- Start: 8 September 2025
- Early bird bonus: 15 August 2025
- Application deadline: 15 July 2025
- Schedule
Quick Facts
- Certificate: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Duration: 3 semesters part-time
- ECTS credits: 90 ECTS
- Languages of instruction: German and English
- Participation fees: 3 semesters: 20,700 euros (VAT-free)
These fees do not include travel, accommodation and subsistence costs. - Programme location: TU Graz, online
As a managing director, I wanted to deepen my knowledge of business administration. Current business aspects of digitalisation are also highly relevant to me. In the MBA programme Leadership in Digital Transformation, I am consolidating and expanding the essential entrepreneurial tools I need for my company, while staying open and up to date in the digital sphere. I particularly appreciate the opportunities for specialisation and the transfer projects, which allow me to address business-related questions as part of my studies. Another major advantage of this part-time programme is the personalised approach: the individual life and work situations of each student are taken into account, and solutions are sought for any scheduling conflicts.
The MBA programme was truly enriching, both professionally and personally.
The lecturers were excellent – knowledgeable, practice-oriented, and always in touch with the latest developments.
The focus on current topics made the experience particularly engaging. Both the core and specialisation modules offered practical insights that can be directly applied in day-to-day professional life.
Another highlight was the networking: exchanging ideas with colleagues from a wide variety of backgrounds made it especially valuable.
The course itself was exceptionally well organised and supported by the programme management.
Content and Specializations
The interdisciplinary university programme offers various educational tracks: It provides a basic management education for specialists and managers with a technical or scientific background or provides graduates in the business economics, law and social sciences fields with a basic education in computer science as part of the programme's basic modules.
It is possible for you to further individualise and tailor your degree programme by choosing specializations in highly relevant application fields:
- Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Digital & Sustainable Production
- Future Mobility & Management
- Smart & Sustainable Business Economics
- Digitization & Energy Management
Additional opportunities for individualisation are offered by transfer projects and a Master's thesis.
Teaching and learning methods
The in-service university programme has a modular structure, and teaching is carried out in the form of blended learning (combination of distance learning and presence teaching sessions).
The modular form of the blocked courses helps meet the needs of working students, with extra support provided by the upstream distance learning elements. As a rule, only one presence block every two to three month is required, from Monday 9 a.m. to Saturday 4 p.m. A virtual teaching and learning environment (TeachCenter) also offers students the opportunity to network with lecturers and fellow students outside the presence sessions. A transfer phase following the presence phase concludes the content of the respective module.
Integrated Institutes and Organisations
The lecturers come from the following institutes and organisations:
- Institute of Business Economics and Industrial Sociology
- Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation
- Institute of Automotive Engineering
- Institute of Production Engineering
- Institute of Software Technology
- Institute of Technical Informatics
- Institute of General Management and Organisation
Montanuniversität Leoben
1 international consulting group:
Programme Director
Institute for Corporate Management and Organisation
Kopernikusgasse 24/IV8010
Graz
www.ufo.tugraz.at
Stefan Vorbach
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn.
Tel.: +43 316 873 7500
stefan.vorbach@tugraz.at
Target Groups
The university programme has been developed for technicians, natural scientists and graduates in the fields of the social sciences, economics and/or law who have completed their primary academic education and would like to acquire complementary skills in the broad subject area of carrying out digital transformation projects or digital transformation processes as well as graduates with a proximity to the disciplines of technology or business, for example from the fields of business psychology, media or communication sciences.
After receiving the master's degree
- implement digital transformation processes in the company.
- You will be prepared to tackle challenging tasks in interdisciplinary project teams.
- You will be able to design digital business models and reflect on the limits and opportunities when applying technological solutions.
- You will be able to assess the benefits of different technologies for solving entrepreneurial issues in your company and thus will be able to initiate and manage change and innovation projects.
- You will be able to represent the business and/or technological side of the digital transformation in the company as part of a team, but you will also be able to understand and assess other departmental positions.
The broad range of services is geared toward meeting the current needs of the companies. The focus and holistic approach are unique in Austria and in the European environment - Life Long Learning sees itself as a digital transformation hub.
With our new offer in the field of digital transformation, we want to invite you, your company and your organisations to set off on the road that leads to the digital world and empower you so that you can properly take advantage of new opportunities.
TU Graz is not only world-renowned for its expertise in researching key technologies that will enable a successful digital transformation of the economy and society (e.g. cyber security, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, data-driven business models), but also a pioneer in the digitalisation of teaching and learning.
Admission Requirements
As a prerequisite for admission to the postgraduate MBA programme Leadership in Digital Transformation
, applicants must provide proof of one of the following qualifications:
- completion of an internationally recognised master's degree at a university or university of applied sciences in the field of technology, natural sciences, or the social sciences, business economics, or law;
- completion of an equivalent degree from a domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution in the field of technology, natural sciences and/or the social sciences, business economics, or law;
- completion of a bachelor's degree in the field of technology, natural sciences and/or the social sciences, business economics, or law at a domestic or foreign university or university of applied sciences and at least three years of professional experience.
- Several years, at least 2 years of qualified professional experience
Application
Online Applications must include the following documents:
- Completed and signed application form
- Curriculum vitae
- Documentation of academic degrees and/or completion of professional training and/or school
- Certificates/evidence of employment
- Letter of motivation
- Copy of passport or personal identification card
The documents must be submitted online at: helmut.aschbacher@tugraz.at
Why you should take part in this university programme
You benefit from
- an interdisciplinary and intersectoral continuing education that specifically takes into account all heterogeneous work contexts in the field of digital transformation.
- an integrative view of the various levels: technology, strategy, business model and process.
- a chance to broaden your perspective and acquire important interdisciplinary competences.
- a high degree of flexibility, which allow you to make individual choices among the research-based areas of strength (FoE) at TU Graz.
- the high degree of practical relevance through transfer projects
Contact
Helmut ASCHBACHER
Dr.
TU Graz Life Long Learning
Phone: +43 316 873 4943
helmut.aschbacher@tugraz.at
