BA Digital Product Management
Plan, implement and lead the development of innovative digital products to become a key player in a technology-driven organisation
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Product Management, Innovation and Marketing
Graduates can apply knowledge of contemporary tools and technologies for product management. In addition, our students will learn all aspects of the development of digital products, enabling them to analyse consumers and market events using the methods of the subject and to derive strategies for innovative digital products from this.
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Curriculum | Digital Product Management
Across six semesters, students who choose to study product management will gain a wide range of in-demand skills and in-depth knowledge from management basics and design thinking to the BA thesis and final project. The bachelor’s degree in digital product management also includes a semester abroad or internship during the fifth semester to further students’ real-world experience and enable them to apply their knowledge in a practical setting.
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Key facts BA Digital Product Management
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Admission Requirements
Here are some things you will require for your application at the UE:
- Completed admission form
- Transcript & language proficiency
- CV & Copy of passport
- A portfolio is not required
Semesters & Credits
- 6 semesters
- 180 ECTS (Credits)
- Teaching language: English
- The programme starts in both the winter and summer terms.
- Study and examination regulations
In your 5th semester, you can do internships or study abroad.
Studying Digital Product Management at UE will provide you with a highly dynamic and interdisciplinary education in one of the tech industries’ most relevant areas.
You will acquire hands-on knowledge of your discipline through collaboration with industry partners and practical experiences. In the elective subjects, students can develop individual subject specialisations in the areas of Digital workflow, User Research & Insight Generation as well as Strategic Design and Start-Up Culture.
Fees
- EU applicants standard: € 744 monthly
- Non-EU applicants standard: € 12,700 yearly
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Digital Product Management at a glance
Graduates of our Bachelor programme in Digital Product Management have a broad, interdisciplinary and integrated understanding of business, information technology, quantitative and legal principles. They can independently and holistically identify business opportunities, formulate structured requirements for digital products and coordinate agile development teams and organisations.
During the product management degree, students are encouraged to deal scientifically with socially relevant issues and acquire social skills that strengthen their teamwork, communication and cooperation skills as well as intercultural competence. Therefore, choosing to study product management, contributes to students’ personal development.
Due to the professional and conceptual proximity of digital product managers to the field of UX/UI design, students also explore media, art and cultural theory in the first semesters to participate in current and future discourses that precede the creation of relevant digital content.
Career options with a degree in Digital Product Management
Possible job titles for our graduates of Digital Product Management can be: Product Manager, Digital Product Manager, Product Owner, Chief Product Officer, VP Product Management. The knowledge you will gain:
- Develop and manage one or a series of digital products (e. g. web-based or mobile applications, user-specific and customised products).
- Conduct strategic market analysis to generate a competitive advantage
- Understand user and buyer personas and develop unique value propositions for both.
- Analyse and continuously improve existing digital products.
- Increase retention rates (customer loyalty) and customer lifetime value (LTV).
- Create and prioritise strategic product roadmaps.
- Work in close exchange with UX and CX designers.
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