Malmö, Sweden
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
SEK 275,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
Introduction
Are you looking to combine the engineering practices of computer science with a focus on innovation, business, and management? Computer Science: Innovation for Change in a Digital Society is a two-year master’s program that integrates these different disciplines to train future innovation leaders in a digital society.
Digitalization has a major impact on society, industry, and individuals and comes with several opportunities as well as challenges. Fully reaping the benefits and successfully addressing the challenges on a global and local level requires both innovative technical solutions and skilled business leaders who understand and can engage with the rapid and continuous changes that characterize the digitalized society.
Rather than only pursuing advanced skills in computer science, the program complements students’ prerequisite knowledge with its emphasis on skills in innovation, business, change, and sustainability management. The program focuses on user-centric innovation and change management within new and existing organizations and markets. Graduates of the program will find job opportunities either as change agents in organizations, as entrepreneurs in the start-up sector, or as researchers in academia.
To survive the rapid change of digitalisation, organizations today need new capabilities and competencies in fields such as software engineering, business development, innovation, technology management, and leadership. Organizations are therefore looking for people who understand both technologies as well as business and managerial aspects. By integrating advanced computer science knowledge with skills in innovation and business, as well as change and sustainability management, the master’s program prepares students for future careers as drivers of innovation. The program is relevant for students who have studied computer science as part of their undergraduate degree.
Collaboration with industry and research
The program is built around the research environments at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, including the Internet of Things and People research center, the Software Centre, and the new Data Society Research Program: Advancing Digitalisation Studies. The teaching staff includes experts in software engineering, business and innovation, digital innovation, research methods, and design. The program involves senior researchers, involved primarily as teachers during the first year and as supervisors during the second year.
Prepared for a career as a digital change agent
Students in the program have many opportunities for interaction and collaboration with external partners and client organizations through, for example, thesis projects and internships. Graduated students will be well prepared for work in any number of industries currently undergoing a rapid digital transformation, as well as for continued PhD studies at Malmö University or other universities.
Admissions
Curriculum
Challenge-based curriculum and real-world cases
During the program, students learn theories and practices within software technologies, innovation, entrepreneurship, and digitalization. There is a specific focus on organizational theory, change and sustainability management, sustainability, and ethics. An overall challenge-based pedagogical approach allows students to work with real-world cases from client organizations as well as their entrepreneurial projects.
The program’s four semesters are organized around a series of sequential learning goals, starting with foundational courses during the first semester. The second semester’s theme includes practical courses and opportunities for applying different theories. The third semester focuses on specialization, offering elective course options in the student’s areas of interest. The third semester also includes a research course in preparation for the master’s thesis, which is the focus of the fourth semester.
Organization
The student deepens his or her knowledge within computer science with a focus on innovation for change in a digital society. Furthermore, the student deepens his or her knowledge and skills regarding methods used in research and development in the field. The program combines theoretical understanding with practical application by working with applied projects during the study period.
The program focuses on modern and emerging technologies in computer science, and the student develops his or her ability to use appropriate tools and methods for innovation and change work in a digital society. This is at the same time as social, economic, and ecological aspects are analyzed and taken into account. After completing the education, the student is expected to be well prepared to understand, initiate, evaluate, and manage different types of innovations in a digital context in their future professional careers.
Comment
The course, Emerging Digital Technologies 15 credits, starts in the latter part of semester 1 and continues the first part of semester 2.
Program Outcome
Knowledge and understanding
In order to complete a master’s degree in Computer Science the student must:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of computer science, incorporating broad knowledge within the field as well as substantial, specialized knowledge within certain aspects of innovation in a digital society, and also demonstrate in-depth insight into relevant research and development work; and
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of methodologies within computer science
Competencies and skills
In order to complete a master’s degree in Computer Science the student must:
- Demonstrate the ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge and to analyze, assess, and handle complex phenomena, issues, and situations, even with limited information;
- Demonstrate the ability to critically, independently, and creatively identify and formulate questions, to plan and execute – using appropriate methods – advanced assignments within specific deadlines and thus contribute to the development of knowledge, and to evaluate such work;
- Demonstrate the ability in both national and international settings to orally and in writing describe and discuss his/her conclusions and the knowledge and arguments on which these are based, in dialogue with different groups; and
- Demonstrate the skills that are required to take part in research and development work or for independent work in other qualified activities
Evaluation and approach
In order to complete a master’s degree in Computer Science the student will:
- Demonstrate the ability within computer science to make assessments about relevant scientific, social, and ethical aspects, as well as demonstrating awareness of ethical issues in research and development work,
- Demonstrate insight into the opportunities and limitations of science and innovation, their role in society, and the human responsibility for how this is used, and
- Demonstrate the ability to identify their own need for further knowledge and to take responsibility for their knowledge development