Master of Arts (M.A.)

Study Digital Entrepreneurship

Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit? The Master's programme in Digital Entrepreneurship is an innovative degree programme aimed at you as a potential founder in the digital environment. We will prepare you for the world of start-ups!

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What is the Digital Entrepreneurship degree programme about?

You would like to...

  • start a business?
  • work for innovativecompanies?
  • work with digital products and services?
  • develop your entrepreneurial skills?
  • work on a start-up idea?
  • know which business ideas will endure in the future?
  • work in interdisciplinary teams and have the right mindset?
  • are you tech-savvy and a digital native?

If you can answer "yes" to a majority of these questions, then our Master's programme is right for you!

Strengths of the degree programme

Start-up Center with top position in the German "start-up radar"
The OTH Regensburg Start-up Centre actively promotes start-ups: We offer start-up teaching, advise and support start-ups as well as their successors. The Start-up Centre team helps with networking and funding applications. In the Master's programme Digital Entrepreneurship, you will be in constant contact with the start-up coaches and benefit from this close cooperation.

Start-up Lab
As a maker-space with workshops and co-working spaces as well as seminar and design thinking laboratories, the OTH Start-up Lab offers space to develop ideas:

  • Work on mock-ups, design studies or functional prototyping
  • Try out, experiment, discover and develop
  • The Startup Lab promotes networking among people interested in entrepreneurship

The possibility of merging physical product ideas with digital and virtual concepts offers particular opportunities. As a student, you have exclusive use of the facilities.

KickStart@FH Grants
"KickStart@FH" is intended to provide flexible support to selected individuals or teams from OTH Regensburg for a maximum of six months. This offers an uncomplicated way for the project team to test particularly innovative ideas that could lead to a start-up. As a student, you have the opportunity to apply for this grant.

Career opportunities

Launch a business or take on start-up tasks in innovative companies

The Master's degree programme offers you the optimal preparation for the challenges in the start-up sector. Achieve your dream of founding a start-up or work as a start-up specialist in companies of any size and in any industry.

Structure and modules

How is the degree programme structured?

The first two semesters focus on the DigitalEntrepreneurship modules, the elective field MINT and Business as well as the Digital Innovation Business Lab and Opportunity Workshop. The third semester is used to write the master's thesis.

  • Digital Innovation Business Lab und Opportunity Workshop:

    - Opportunity Workshop

    - Digital Product Development Lab

    Digital Entrepreneurship:

    - Digital product development in innovation

    - Entrepreneurship – Principles and Case Studies for Starting, Growing and Exiting New Ventures

    - IT and Digital Business Law

    Elective STEM (MINT) and Business: Here you can select modules from a changing catalog of modules that correspond to your interests and thus set a focus in the degree program.


  • Digital Innovation Business Lab und Opportunity Workshop:

    - Digital Business Model Lab

    Digital Entrepreneurship:

    - Human Computer Interaction

    - IP- Technology and Trends

    - Entrepreneurial Marketing

    - Self-development: Presentation and Negotiation

    Elective STEM (MINT) and Business: Here you can select modules from a changing catalog of modules that correspond to your interests and thus set a focus in the degree program.


  • In the 3rd semester you will complete your final thesis.


Studies and organisational matters

So that everything runs smoothly

Where do the lectures and internships take place? What else do I need to know? You can find answers to these and other questions here.

  • The accreditation was awarded by the Internal Accreditation Commission on 14 September 2020. It is valid until 30 September 2026.


  • A semester or internship abroad is not explicitly required, but can be easily integrated into the degree course, ideally in the third semester. For a semester abroad, the Faculty of Business Studies has over 70 partner universities to choose from.


  • The study and examination regulations (SPO) and the study plan are documents that contain the regulations governing studying and examinations. You can find them in the download area.


Application info

1. Please register in the OTH Regensburg application portal. It is not necessary to register with “Hochschulstart” for this degree programme.

2. The application process is entirely online. Please complete the online application and upload all required application documents.

3. Make sure you regularly check your status in the application portal. Here you can also see whether any documents are still missing. These documents must be submitted by the end of the deadline.

4. You will automatically receive email notifications via the application portal when your application status changes.

5. After your application has been processed, you will receive an e-mail with further information from the Admissions and Organisation Office of the OTH Regensburg as confirmation of receipt.

 

6.  If all application documents have been received within the application deadline and are valid, you will receive an e-mail with further information after the examination committee has checked the documents. Please note that it is no longer possible to apply after the application deadline.

7. So what comes next? You can find all the information you need in the section under "Admissions and enrolment".

 

Für ein Wintersemester:

Bewerbungsfrist: 01.05. - 15.06.

Für ein Sommersemester:

(Kein Studienstart, deshalb ist eine Bewerbung nur für ein höheres Semester möglich. Voraussetzung dafür sind anrechenbare Leistungen aus einem einschlägigen Masterstudium)

Bewerbungsfrist: 15.11. - 15.01.

1. Please register in the OTH Regensburg application portal.

2. The application process is entirely online. Please complete the online application and upload all required application documents. Important components of the application are your university entrance qualification, your current transcript of grades from your previous studies and the application for credit transfer. If further documents are required, they will be requested in the application portal.

3. Make sure you regularly check your status in the application portal. Here you can also see whether any documents are still missing. These documents must be submitted by the end of the deadline. Please note that it only makes sense to apply for a higher semester if you have already obtained credits in the same or a closely related degree programme. If this is not the case or if you are in doubt about receiving credit, please apply (additionally) for a first semester. If you are currently enrolled in your first semester, you will not receive your exam results before the application deadline. We do not accept incomplete records or provisional results, so you will not be able to apply for admission to another programme in a higher semester.

4. After your application has been processed, you will receive an e-mail with further information from the Admissions and Organisation Department of the OTH Regensburg as confirmation of receipt.

 

5. If all application documents have been received within the application deadline and are valid, you will receive an e-mail with further information after the examination committee has checked the documents. Please note that it is no longer possible to apply after the application deadline. 

6. The examination committee decides on the crediting of academic achievements and whether a placement in a higher semester is possible. This placement is based on the creditable achievements and not on the semesters completed. Please note that there may also be admission restrictions in the admission procedure for higher semesters. 

7. So what comes next? You can find all the information you need in the section under "Admissions and enrolment".

 

 

BACHELOR'S CERTIFICATE

For the application for this Master's degree programme please submit your certificates and diplomas of your home country translated into German or English. The complete Bachelor's certificate with all subjects, the final grade and the grading scale is required. You can find detailed information in the admission requirements.

 

GERMAN LANGUAGE SKILLS

German language skills on level DSH 2 are required. You have to upload your German language certificate either when applying or when enrolling via the online portal.

These certificates are recognized as an alternative to the DSH 2 certificate:

  • TestDaF: TDN 4 in all sections of the exam
  • Studienkolleg: Feststellungsprüfung „Deutsch“
  • DSD: Level II with C1 in all sections of the exam
  • Goethe: C2
  • telc: telc Deutsch C2, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule
  • ÖSD: C2
  • UNIcert® Deutsch III

If you need a visa to study in Germany, you should look into the visa procedure and (if necessary) register on the waitlist as soon as possible. Depending on your country, receiving a visa appointment can take a long time. On the other hand, our admission letters are only valid for one semester and admission cannot be deferred.

You can find more information for prospective international students (on visas or other issues) on the web pages of the International Office.

Admission and enrolment

After the Master Commission has checked your documents, you will receive an admission or rejection notice by e-mail.
If you receive admission, you can immediately accept the place of study online in the application portal and upload the enrolment documents.
Enrolment generally takes place in August for a winter semester or in February for a summer semester.
 

Important information for online enrolment

Semester fee

The application for enrolment ("Antrag auf Immatrikulation") will include information about the current semester fee and the transfer details.

Documents

The following documents must normally be uploaded for online enrolment at the university:

  • Signed application for enrolment ("Antrag auf Immatrikulation") along with other documents required, depending on the individual case. You will receive this by e-mail.
  • Signed(declaration of consent regarding data protection (“Einwilligungserklärung zum Datenschutz”). You will receive this together with the application for enrolment.
  • Copy of valid identity card/passport
  • Digital notification of health insurance (M10), see the following notes "I would like to enrol. What do I have to do?"

I want to enrol as a student and have to provide proof of health insurance. What do I need to do?

  • If you have chosen public / statutory insurance, please contact your health insurance company and inform them that you are planning to enrol at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg. Your health insurance company will then send us a digital notification known as M10. Please note that we cannot accept any insurance membership certificates in PDF or paper form. Our institution number is H0000048 (please provide this to your insurance company if necessary).

    If you have questions about public vs. private insurance, please check the website of the DAAD.


  • If the insurance from your home country is not accepted in Germany and you are over 30 years old, you may have chosen a private health insurance for Germany. In this case, please contact any public health insurance company in Germany with your insurance documents. Please inform them that you would like to enrol at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg and remain privately insured. The health insurance company will then send us a digital notification of your exemption from public insurance. Please note that we cannot accept an insurance membership certificate from your private health insurance instead of the exemption. Our institution number is H0000048.

    If you have questions about public vs. private insurance, please check the website of the DAAD.


  • If you are already insured in another EU country, your insurance may be accepted in Germany. If that is the case, you need to apply from exemption from compulsory public insurance. To do that, please contact any public health insurance company in Germany, send them your insurance documents and inform them that you would like to enrol at Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg. The health insurance company will then send us a digital notification of exemption. Please note that we cannot accept any insurance membership certificates in paper form. Our institution number is H0000048.

    If you are coming from a non-EU country and/or are over 30 years old, you need to take on public or private health insurance which is valid in Germany. The website of the DAAD should help you better understand your options and choose the type of insurance which is best for you. After you have chosen your insurance, please ask your insurance company to send us a digital confirmation message of your insurance, or (if you have chosen private insurance) apply for exemption as instructed above.   

     

     


Consultation hour for MDE applicants via Zoom

Thursday 13/06/2023 at 10:00

Dial-up data:

oth-regensburg.zoom.us/j/89530659555

Meeting-ID: 895 3065 9555

Identification code: 519108

What our students say

Ein StudierenderEin Studierender

The Master Digital Entrepreneurship equips you with the necessary skills to develop business ideas, further improve them and turn them into tangible reality by prototyping. The master's program is great for anyone with founding ambitions.

Robin Karl
Student 2nd semester