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The International Master's Degree Programme in Digital Transformation Management aims to train professionals able to manage, support and speed up the process of business digital transformation.

Digital transformation involves technological, cultural, organizational, social, creative and managerial changes associated with the use of the digital technology in all the aspects of human society.

Innovation together with the adoption of digital solutions requires professionals who are able to turn the digital transformation process into value for their organizations. Therefore, at the end of the programme, you will be both familiar with the new technologies and their applications and will be able to manage the risks connected with their implementation.

Interdisciplinarity of DTM course

Indeed, the Master’s degree programme focuses both on IT as well as on managerial skills through an interdisciplinary approach:

• IT courses (e.g. those related to Data Science, IoT and Artificial Intelligence…) provide knowledge and skills to develop technologies and systems to guide companies’ technological innovation. 
• Managerial courses provide knowledge and skills to analyse and design business models, control business dynamics, manage and improve company performance and organization and develop entrepreneurial and analytical expertise.

The Department of Information Technologies, located in Cesena, will offer the courses focused on IT while the Department of Management, located in Forlì, will  offer the courses focused on the managerial aspects. 

Course Organization and Methodology

The learning process is organized in the following learning steps:

1. Complete your basic knowledge on the IT and management thanks to a guided choice of 30 ECTS elective credits during the first semester of the first year, according to each student’s background;
2. Take the compulsory courses to acquire the core competences in the IT and management fields;
3. Choose your specialized innovative elective courses in your last semester.
4. Complete a compulsory internship for the thesis preparation before graduation

Besides the traditional courses, the learning methodology is innovative, including hackathons and challenges to solve business cases and also group activities to develop cooperation skills .

The degree programme is strictly connected with the business world thanks to the cooperation with companies that are partners of the programme. Moreover, most of the courses provide for laboratory activities in order to apply the theorical/methodological competences acquired during the learning process, which is then completed with a final internship related to your thesis.