Digital Management (specialisation)

Entry requirements

Your admission into this programme depends on your previous education. You are admissible if you have a completed a Bachelor’s degree in a similar (or related) field from another research university with a fair number of courses in your preferred specialisation. Your degree must be equivalent to a Dutch Research University diploma. Ideally, your Bachelor's degree should cover the following courses:

• Organisation Theory
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Finance
• Statistics
• Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
• Bachelor’s thesis of 12 EC

Students must also be fluent in both written and spoken English. Find all (language) requirements on Radboud University's website.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Do you want to play a key role in responsible digital transformation in and by organisations? Learn about (big) data, infrastructure and AI, as well as developing your critical thinking and skills about the implications of using digital technology.

Something for you?

Are you impressed by what digital technology can do, yet also concerned when you read how organisations rely on wearables in warehouses to push for inhuman productivity targets (Amazon) or how AI cannot provide an example of a black, female executive leader? Then this master specialisation is right up your alley as we:

• Focus on ethical, legal, societal and sustainable aspects (ELSSA) of digital transformation in and by organisations
• Provide you with hands on basic understanding of (big)data, infrastructure and AI
• Develop your critical reflection and skills on implications of digital technology
• Teach you how to develop responsible digitalisation strategies
• Turn you into the ‘boundary spanner’ between data and AI experts and strategic management that many organisations currently express an urgent need for
• Prepare you to safeguard and contribute to SDGs and have significant societal impact

What will you learn

Our courses in Digital Transformation, Data Analytics for Responsible Decision Solutions (DARBS), Organisations in the Digital Economy, Digital Technology @ Work, and Digital Marketing will equip you with skills to leverage data and technology for responsible strategic decision-making, innovation, and sustainable growth, while taking into account possible impact on stakeholders and society.

In the ‘Digital Transformation’ course, you will be familiarized with foundational concepts regarding responsible digitalisation, such as types of data and data governance, infrastructures, forms of AI, legal and security issues, digital strategizing, and implementation and change management aspects. The ‘data analytics (DARBS)’ course teaches you to reflect on and use data and data analytical tools wisely for making informed choices. In the ‘Organizations in the Digital Economy’ course, you'll explore platform business models and their impact on labour markets and stakeholders, i.e. how they affect businesses and people's lives. The ‘Digitalisation @ Work’ course focuses on (managing) digital technology's impact on employees, work processes and labour relations. The ‘Digital Marketing’ course will provide you with the skills and strategy to leverage digital channels ethically and effectively to reach and engage audiences.

By the end of the program, you'll be ready to steer organisations through responsible digitalisation that benefit not only organisations but society at large. The knowledge you gain will help you make organisations in the digital age a better place for everyone.

Let's keep in touch, learn more via the Radboud University contact form.

Information for international students

Application deadlines

Non-EU/EEA students

• The deadline for non-EU/EEA students who wish to apply for a scholarship is 31 January prior to the September intake. For the requirements and selection procedure for scholarships, please check our scholarship overview.
• The deadline for those not applying for a scholarship is 1 April for non-EU/EEA nationals for the September 2026 intake. You can apply for the September 2026 intake from 1 October 2025.

EU/EEA students

• The application deadline for EU/EEA students with housing assistance for the September 2026 intake is 1 May, and the deadline without housing assistance is 1 July. You can apply from 1 October onward for the 2026/2027 academic year.

The application deadlines for Master’s starting in February are 1 November for non-EU/EEA citizens and 1 December for EU/EEA citizens.

Fees and funding