Master’s Programme Strategic Management and Innovation
You want to develop innovative business models and shape the digital transformation?
Students of the Master's programme in Strategic Management and Innovation are prepared for leadership roles and consulting activities in the strategic management and innovation management of companies as well as for founding and building their own start-ups.
Students acquire in-depth knowledge on the development and implementation of strategies and business models in the context of disruptive change and digital transformation. The internationally oriented programme trains entrepreneurial thinking and action through innovation projects and provides practical insights into leading innovation ecosystems.
Study Code
UC 066 618
It is recommended to commence the programme in the winter semester in order to avoid study delays.
FAQ
The internationally oriented programme trains entrepreneurial thinking and action through innovation projects and provides practical insights into leading innovation ecosystems. Students acquire in-depth knowledge on the development and implementation of strategies and business models in the context of disruptive change and digital transformation.
The Master's Programme Strategic Management and Innovation addresses students with an entrepreneurial mindset, who are interested in founding and developing their own start-up. Further the program focuses on the ability to understand and develop strategies and business models, which address challenges and opportunities through digitalisation. The master's program prepares students to find creative solutions and develop and manage innovations.
The programme values critical thinking, openness, creativity and reflexivity to enable students to develop managerial and social competences. The programme emphasizes cooperative teamwork and the establishment of networks with companies and institutions. Students have the opportunity to apply their abilities and creativity at an early stage in strategy and innovation projects for small, medium-sized and large organizations, or in scientific research projects.
The goal of the Master's Programme Strategic Management and Innovation is to train creative strategy and innovation experts who can excel in various cultures. The master's program enables students to pursue a career as
- mid-level and top-management leaders for all kinds of profit and non-profit organizations
- CEO
- innovation manager
- management and innovation consultant
- founders or entrepreneurs
- pursue an academic career, especially a PhD Programme
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Curriculum
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Master's Programme Strategic Management and Innovation will give you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Master's degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria have to be fulfilled for enrolment in the Master's Programme Strategic Management and Innovation, how long the programme takes, which modules have to be completed and much more.
The curriculum 2024W currently applies to the Master's Programme Strategic Management and Innovation.
Information on the Curriculum (2024W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin September 5th 2024, Issue 88, No. 1089 (Equivalence list)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2024)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin April 2nd 2024, Issue 34, No. 645
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's resp. diploma degrees at the University of Innsbruck:
- Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics
- Bachelor's Programme International Economics and Business Studies
- Bachelor's Prorgramme Sports Management
- Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies
Proof of general university entrance qualification:
The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the second semester of the master's programme. The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.
The following qualitative admission requirements according to § 63a Para 1 Universities Act also apply:
- Ability to combine strategic, organisational and marketing-related knowledge as well as sound knowledge of finance and accounting, which are prerequisites for strategic management and innovation, with qualitative and quantitative methodological knowledge of economics; this knowledge is deemed to have been acquired if courses totalling at least 15 but no more than 25 ECTS-Credits from the field of internal and external accounting, 7.5 ECTS-Credits from mathematics and/or statistics and at least 12.5 ECTS-Credits from the fields of marketing, trade, strategy and corporate management, tourism/service management or administrative management/public management have been successfully completed.
- In the winter semester 2024/25, a fundamentally revised curriculum for the Master’s programme Strategic Management and Innovation will come into force.The Master's programme Strategic Management and Innovationand all other English-language Master's programmes at the Faculty of Business and Management have been fundamentally revised. The courses now include a more flexible range of (research) topics. One change is that the Master’s programme Strategic Management and Innovation and all English-language Master's programmes now have as an additional qualitative admission requirement a GMAT with at least 550 points or GMAT Focus with at least 525 points.
For graduates of the Faculty of Business and Management at the University of Innsbruck, the GMAT is waived for an overall grade between 1.0 and 2.8. This admission requirement holds in addition to the existing requirement of at least 15 but no more than 25 ECTS-Credits from the field of internal and external accounting, 7.5 ECTS-Credits from mathematics and/or statistics and at least 12.5 ECTS-Credits from the fields of marketing, trade, strategy and corporate management, tourism/service management or administrative management/public management.
Recommended Course Sequence (in progress)
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Strategy and Digital Business Models
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Business and Data Analytics
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Innovation Management
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Entrepreneurship
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Strategy Implementation
15.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Advanced Research in Strategy and Innovation
20.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules
| Semester | ECTS-AP | Titel |
|---|---|---|
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | = 100% | ||
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | |||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | |||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria | |||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
in process
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Forms
- Application for the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- Assessment of the compulsory module: Preparation of the Master’s Thesis
- Cover Sheet for the Master's Thesis
- Submission of the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- To block the thesis (inclusive english translation)
Recognitions (in German only)
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Location Universitätsstraße 15
Associate Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Katja Hutter
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Mike Peters
Please send your enquiries to
smi-smt@uibk.ac.at
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Older curricula can be found in the archive Course Catalog
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