Digital Technologies * (Master)

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES is the innovative, practice-oriented computer science degree program at Clausthal University of Technology and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences. During your studies, you will become an expert in the development of digital sustainable innovations in order to subsequently advance the digital transformation and shape the future sustainably.

From the winter semester 2023/24, you will have the opportunity to study DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES with practical cooperation at one of the Center for Digital Technologies (DIGIT) practice partners. Here you can earn money during your studies, get to know the company in the accompanying practical phases and gain additional practical experience from your studies. You can find all the information about studying with a work placement and current job vacancies here.

No other discipline is developing as rapidly and producing as many innovations as computer science. As a computer scientist, you are an all-rounder who can shape the future with digital technologies and drive the digital transformation forward.

The DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES degree program combines theory and practice in an innovative way. The strong application focus makes the degree program unique.

On the DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Master's degree program, you can choose a major and a minor in each of the computer science disciplines and application areas. This allows you to determine your individual specialization during your studies.

You can choose from these computer science disciplines:

• Cooperative Human-Machine Interaction
• Engineering Methods and Dependability
• Machine Learning and Big Data
• Smart Cyber-Physical Systems

Master's students choose the application areas that interest them the most and thus set their specialist focus.

You can choose from the following application areas:

• AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
• CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
• DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
• ENERGY
• INDUSTRY 4.0
• MOBILITY

In digitization projects, small teams of Bachelor's and Master's students work together in small teams over the semester on digitization problems and apply their theoretical knowledge in practice.

In addition to the theoretical foundations, students also acquire broad application skills in the following areas in the interdisciplinary digitization projects:

• Project management and creativity techniques
• Practical hardware and software projects
• Soft skills (communication, conflict and team skills)
• SCRUM as a project and product management tool for agile software development

Digital technologies and innovations can be used to sustainably shape and transform industrial processes. Whether next-generation recycling robots, even smarter control applications for buildings or production processes or even apps for future mobility services - students on the Digital Technologies course learn how to develop all of these digital innovations. No matter what our students choose, they are always at the forefront at the interface between computer science and the field of application.

We also support and promote start-up projects in the field of sustainable innovations by our students.

The courses in the Master's degree program are mainly offered in German. The course can also be studied in English with a limited range of subjects.

After your Master's degree, you can start your career in the following areas:

• Software developer or engineer in our application areas
• Agile project management
• Srum Master
• Innovator and founder
• Scientist
• Designer of industrial, sustainable processes
• Consultant for digital transformation and sustainability
• Developer for modern human-machine interaction
• Developer of the latest AI applications
• Product owner
• Agile coach

The Master's degree course in Digital Technologies can also be studied part-time. More information on the requirements, structure and legal consequences of part-time study can be found here.

Before applying for and starting a part-time degree program, you must have a consultation with the responsible part-time study coordinator (see below). During this consultation, the part-time study coordinator will agree on an individual study plan (learning agreement) for the part-time study program in consultation with the student.

Student Advisory Service at Ostfalia
Phone: +49 5331 939-15200
E-mail: zsb@ostfalia.de

Student Advisory Service at Clausthal University of Technology
Phone: +49 5323 72-3671
E-mail: studienberatung@tu-clausthal.de

Academic advisor/degree program coordinator at Ostfalia
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt
E-mail: digitec@lists.ostfalia.de

Academic advisor/course coordinator at Clausthal University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rausch
E-mail: digitec@tu-clausthal.de

Part-time coordinators at Clausthal University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rausch
E-mail: digitec@tu-clausthal.de

Representative:
Steffen Küpper, M.Sc.
E-mail: steffen.kuepper@tu-clausthal.de

Contact the programme coordinator: hello@digitecstudieren.de