POLIMI Graduate School of Management

International Master in Digital Innovation and New Business Design

Programme structure

Our International Master in Digital Innovation and New Business Design is a 12-month Master programme.

At POLIMI Graduate School of Management, your learning journey goes beyond lectures and textbooks, as every aspect of your education will be geared towards equipping you with the skills and insights needed to thrive in your future career. You will gain expertise to navigate new products, services, and business models fuelled by digital technologies by attending courses designed by the Faculty of Politecnico di Milano and with Poli. Design and Product Heroes.

Your Courses

• General Management Courses (Distance Learning)
• Digital Waves & Digital Mindset
• Digital Product & Strategy Specialisation
• Digital Innovation Specialisation

Your Purpose

• Management with Purpose
• Inspiration from Purpose Pioneers
• Leadership with Purpose

Your Practice

• Challenge Yourself
• Meet the Corporate World

Your Career

• Career Training Sessions
• Purpose in Your Career
• Impact Career Fair

Project Work / Internship
Graduation Ceremony

Start and End of courses may vary

Is it right for me?

You are an ideal candidate for our International Master in Digital Innovation and New Business Design if you:

• have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Within the International Master in Digital Innovation and New Business Design we welcome all backgrounds as long as you have achieved a minimum of 3 years of full-time study;
• are ready to gain insights on digital products and services and learning how to apply digital solutions to foster innovation in different areas of a company;
• want to gain the professional expertise, approaches, and tools to interpret and master the strategic and managerial aspects of digital transformation;
• are ready to embark on an impactful journey, with a perfect blend between theory and practice, with a hands-on approach, while collaborating with industry leaders.

Please note that we’ve designed this programme for recent graduates with ideally no more than 3 years of work experience. If you have more experience, you might also like to take a look at our International MBA programmes.

At the end of your Master’s, if eligible, you will be granted a:

• Master’s Diploma from POLIMI Graduate School of Management
• 1st level University Specialising in Master degree from Politecnico di Milano

Your Career Path

The Career Development Centre provides students with a self-assessment of their skills and an analysis of the job market; candidates will be supported in designing a customised career strategy and an effective action plan, to turn their career aspirations into achievable goals. The Career Development Programme will assist students to develop professional skills and to become successful “Career Leaders”.

Career Impact & Top Employers

Our International Master in Digital Innovation and New Business Design gets you ready for a variety of roles, including:

• Digital Product Manager
• Digital Services Designer
• Digital Innovation Specialist
• Digital Innovation Consultant
• Digital Transformation Consultant

For the 2022 cohort, 80% of our students had been offered employment opportunities by the end of the programme, covering positions in a wide range of company sectors such as Banking, Luxury, Fashion & Lifestyle, Tech & Digital, and many others.

The Last Year’s Top 3 Employers

• Deloitte
• GELLIFY
• Beko Europa

Our International Master in Digital Innovation and New Business Design trains you to be able to increase your awareness of the wide spectrum of entrepreneurial and strategic opportunities that come from digital technologies, covering both well-established corporations as well as startups.

Develop your knowledge

Take part in a programme that will introduce you to new products-services, organisational innovations and business models that take advantage of digital technologies, and will do so to generate advantages for businesses, industries and society. Moreover, you will have the chance to attend courses developed with Poli. Design, a Consortium Company founded by Politecnico di Milano, has been ranked 4th in Europe and 8th in the world according to the QS World University Rankings 2023 in the Art & Design category.

Specialised learning experience

Our Master is a concentrated and specialised learning experience that aims to develop your skills through a hands-on approach. You will have the chance to address complex challenges and turn them into valuable opportunities for the physical world. You will tackle and reflect on Inclusive Design as a way of coming out with a solution that benefits a broad range of people while taking into consideration best practices and tools.

Practice-oriented programme

Our Master uses a practice-oriented and action-learning approach characterised by our close links with companies sharing their field experience on Digital Innovation projects. Through in-class company lectures and seminars, you will have the chance to increase your awareness regarding the wide spectrum of entrepreneurial and strategic opportunities that come from both well-established corporations as well as startups.

Moreover, by becoming part of our School you will:

• Be in direct contact with innovation and digital transformation due to our network that includes over 370 research centres, PoliHub – the Politecnico di Milano incubator – and over 40 observatories
• Participate in networking moments with alumni, headhunters, and companies that will give you an insight into the market needs required to become a future leader
• Be able to develop your professional career with the assistance of our Career Development Centre. In the academic year 2021-2022, an 83% rate of Employability within all the Specialising Masters was accomplished three months after the end of teaching activities.