
Digital Business
Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom
Course overview
The MSc Digital Business is an innovative one-year full-time programme designed to equip students from diverse academic backgrounds with advanced digital skills and leadership capabilities to excel in the digital economy. A key feature of the programme is its emphasis on practical, real-world applications and employability, offering students multiple opportunities to collaborate with industry leaders in digital business. The curriculum covers a broad spectrum of contemporary digital business topics, including digital strategy, data analytics, artificial intelligence, digital innovation, and e-commerce, while also addressing critical issues such as sustainability, digital ethics, and global digital governance.
By integrating theory with practice, the programme provides students with hands-on experience in a vibrant, tech-enabled learning environment. It addresses critical digital challenges facing organisations and fosters professional connections with digital pioneers. With access to cutting-edge technology and world-class facilities, students will develop the skills needed to drive digital transformation in a range of industries and sectors.
This programme is an ideal foundation for careers in roles such as digital strategy, data analytics, digital marketing, consulting, and technology management in global industries. Students on the programme will study seven core modules and one optional module, each worth 15 CATS, and will undertake a Capstone module worth 60 CATS.
Key highlights
- Open to students from diverse academic backgrounds
- Multiple opportunities to collaborate with digital business industry leaders
- Covers digital strategy, data analytics, AI, digital innovation and e-commerce
- Addresses sustainability, digital ethics and global digital governance
- Hands-on learning in a tech-enabled environment with cutting-edge technology
- Seven core modules, one optional module and a 60-credit Capstone
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2.2
Scholarships
International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship
Year one award of between £2000 and £5000.
Up to £2,000The Burdett Trust MSc Nursing Scholarships
For Home Students: Tuition fees £7,665 Stipend £10,250. For International Students: Tuition fees £24,295 Stipend £17,000
Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Postgraduate Taught
Value: 50% of tuition fees paid for up to a maximum of two years.
Up to 50% of fees
Careers this course leads to
- Digital Strategist
- Data Analyst
- Digital Marketing Manager
- Digital Transformation Consultant
- Technology Manager
Cost of study
UK/Home: £8,950 (NI/ROI), £10,400 (GB) | International: £26,500
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Queen's University Belfast, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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